Review: GameStop: Rise of the Players, The Afterparty, and The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

Unfortunately unless you were part of the ride, GameStop: Rise of the Players might leave you more confused than when you started watching. Also this week brings a pair of whodunit satires with The Afterparty on Apple TV+ and the cumbersomely titled The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window on Netflix.

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More about GameStop: Rise of the Players:

From the makers of Console Wars come the origin story of the Gamestop stock market phenomenon, featuring exclusive access to the original players who lit the fuse on an historic amateur investor uprising. Spotlighting the human side of a sensational business drama. Gamestop: Rise of the Players is a David vs Goliath tale about ordinary people waking up to the power they have in numbers.

More about The Afterparty:

“The Afterparty” centers on a murder mystery at a high school reunion. Each of the eight episodes features a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s personality Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou, and Dave Franco.

More about The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window:

For heartbroken Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor and his adorable daughter move in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she?

Starring: Kristen Bell, Tom Riley, Michael Ealy, Mary Holland, Shelley Hennig, Cameron Britton, Christina Anthony, and Benjamin Levy Aguilar