L.A. Confidential's frequent appearances on streaming services is a delight, but also a bittersweet reminder of what could have been.

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It could have been a totally different movie.

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People really care about Pearl the dog in Spenser Confidential and I'm here for it.

People really care about Pearl the dog in Spenser Confidential and I'm here for it.

He doesn't know how to be fake.

Mark Wahlberg! Winston Duke! Peter Berg! Post Malone? Uh, sure! This power quartet recently teamed up to deliver Netflix original Spenser Confidential, a cheerfully throwback Boston-set action-comedy. And the movie has caught fire, routinely making Netflix’s new top 10 lists, proving again that streaming is the perfect platform for mid-budget star-driven genre pictures to throw on and chill the heck out. If you dug the vibes of Spenser Confidential and are looking for stuff in a similar vein, look no further. Here’s what you should watch after Spenser Confidential -- all conveniently on Netflix!…

Oh wow, I'm super impressed by the way this Spenser Confidential scene played out.

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Spoilers: Lobstah is involved.

Spenser Confidential is both ideal for Netflix and also the embodiment of everything wrong with what a Netflix movie can be. Sure, the streamer backs auteurs like Martin Scorsese and Noah Baumbach, but Peter Berg's new movie isn't designed to be watched as much as it's supposed to play in the background while you screw around on your phone. There's nothing special about this story or how it's executed. No one in 2020 has ever thought, "Man, if only there were a movie where Mark Wahlberg plays a tough cop/criminal," (in this movie, he'…

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Well that doesn’t sound fun.

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Netflix releases a trailer for Peter Berg's Spenser Confidential, starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke as roommates taking down corruption.

If you're looking for someone to talk smack about Mark Wahlberg and the movies he makes with Peter Berg, go read another website, because the wrong guy was assigned to this article. I was, quite frankly, appalled by our Slack thread regarding the trailer for their latest collaboration, Spenser Confidential. No one wanted to touch it with a 10-foot pole. I won't name any names because I'm not a rat like that, but shots were fired, and as a longtime fan of the "Berg brothers," as I call them, I did not appreciate it. That's …