This week we have a festive treat: a bumper episode for a bumper crop of new Netflix films.Heavyweight drama Power of the Dog goes for the awards. Action blockbuster Red Notice goes for the masses. Somewhere in between is Don’t Look Up, a star-studded satire with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Meryl Streep(!). With all the talent and hype, we were “excited … but concerned.” Which should you watch over the holidays?  First: Don’t Look Up (02:14), which “goes very broad very quickly” but has “Veep vibes” and “a lot of cool symbolisms.”Why would every actor sign up for this? (11:39)Favorite characters and actors, if any (15:30)Ariana Grande’s “stomach-churning” song and a mysterious Friends cameo (20:01)Stream It or Leave It? (23:32)Second: Power of the Dog (24:35), a “feminist There Will Be Blood” directed by Jane Campion, whom we “love,” but had concerns about the amount of time "Benedict Cumberbatch was going to chew”: Who kills it among Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi Smit-McPhee (27:55)Spoiler Alert! (32:11) Does it nail the heavy themes? Did it earn its controversial ending? (38:16)Religious and mystical meanings of the title (42:58)Stream It or Leave It? (48:02)Last and definitely least, we gab Red Notice (48:35): “If Power of the Dog was ‘misery porn’ then … Red Notice is just misery.”We break down the three films’ awards-season chances (53:08).Bonus: What else we’re watching (54:36)Jeff: Alanis Morrissette doc Music Box: Jagged (HBO Max); docu-series Coming Out Colton (Netflix)Mat: mammoth Beatles documentary Get Back (Disney+)Shindy: And Just Like That (HBO Max) and the new Dune (VOD)--*Become a Stream It or Leave It Fan*Newsletter: Subscribe to Stream It or Leave It on Substack to be first to get alerts about our newest episodes. Follow @StreamitLeaveit on Instagram and Twitter.Follow the crew: Shindy Chen: @shindychen on Instagram and Twitter, @realshindychen on TikTokMat Sanchez: IG @matflixx, Twitter: @mrmatsanchezJeff Kuns: @spqanglemqker*This episode was brought to you by Scribe, a financial content agency. Scribe produces blogs, articles, website and product copywriting, ebooks, pitch decks, and whitepapers, for everyone from late-stage fintech startups to the world’s biggest banks and financial brands.*Stream It or Leave It ©Pod Barn, LLC. For questions or sponsorship inquiries, email [email protected].