I’m not a gambler, but if I were, I’d have placed a large bet on “The Woman in Cabin 10” soaring straight to the No. 1 spot in Netflix’s top 10 most-watched movies list.
This new Netflix original sailed onto the streaming service on October 10, and stars Keira Knightley as a journalist onboard a luxury yacht who becomes embroiled in a mystery when she witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard. Based on the best-selling Ruth Ware novel of the same name, "The Woman in Cabin 10" has all the ingredients to hook Netflix subscribers, and so I’m unsurprised to see it rapidly ascend to the top of the streaming charts. I won’t even be shocked if it's docked in the top spot for days to come.
There’s just one problem: “The Woman in Cabin 10” is another Netflix misfire. It’s a movie that promises