- First Movie I Ever Saw:
- Star Wars
- First Binge
- The Sopranos
- All-Time Faves
- Everything Werner Herzog, ‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘Unforgiven,’ Hitchcock’s ‘Notorious,’ ‘WALL-E,’ ‘My Neighbor Totoro,’ ‘Fargo,’ ‘Aliens,’ ‘RoboCop,’ ‘Deadwood,’ ‘The Simpsons’
- Current Obsession
- ‘Russian Doll,’ ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
- If I Were A GIF...
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘iNumber Number: Jozi Gold’ on Netflix, the New, Rock-Solid South African Action Flick in a Growing Franchise
By John Serba •This film follows 2013's iNumber Number and the 2017 TV series of the same name. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Nuclear Now' on VOD, Oliver Stone's Surprisingly Reasonable Solution to Climate Change
By John Serba •Nuclear power has a bad rep. So does Oliver Stone, so they're perfect for each other. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Unknown: Killer Robots’ on Netflix, a Chilling Documentary Exploration of the Military's Use of Artificial Intelligence
By John Serba •We're well on our way to having AI determine if people should live or die. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Quiet Girl’ on Hulu, a Softly Devastating, Must-See Irish Drama
By John Serba •Colm Bairead's feature directorial debut earned an Oscar nod for Best International Film. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Blackening’ on VOD, an Uproarious Comedy Skewering Horror Tropes Via the Black Experience
By John Serba •A stereotypical creepy cabin in the woods is the setting for the spoofing of many stereotypes. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘65’ on Netflix, a Bare-Bones B-Movie in Which Adam Driver Dodges Dinosaurs
By John Serba •It's a classic man-vs.-very-hungry-nature survival story. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Gold Brick' on Netflix, a Throwbacky French Caper With an Anticapitalist Twist
By John Serba •The '90s are still very much an influence in 2023. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ on VOD, Where James Gunn's Vision Stands Out Among the Marvel Muck
By John Serba •Gird your feel-cockles for the wrenching origin story of Rocket Raccoon. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Out-Laws' on Netflix, The Latest Happy Madison Yukfest (That Doesn't Feature Adam Sandler)
By John Serba •Adam DeVine headlines as a doofus who suspects his in-laws are notorious bank robbers. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: '80 for Brady' on Paramount+, A Ladies-Bonding Football Comedy That Fumbles the Ball
By John Serba •Tomlin. Fonda. Field. Moreno. It shouldn't be UGH, but it is. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Showing Up’ on VOD, Another Intimate Character Study from Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt
By John Serba •This is the fourth collaboration between the actress and filmmaker. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Linoleum’ on Hulu, a Gentle Sci-fi Mindbender Starring Jim Gaffigan
By John Serba •The movie tackles the little, inconsequential stuff like memory, the nature of reality and your place in the universe. No biggie. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘See How They Run’ on Hulu, a Fizzy, Self-Aware Murder-Mystery Bolstered by an Endearing Saoirse Ronan Performance
By John Serba •Ronan and Rockwell are the detectives sussing out who left a dead body on the set of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Book Club: The Next Chapter' on Peacock, in Which Four All-Time Greats Battle Moronic Cliches
By John Serba •Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen deserve better than this cruddy sequel to 2018's Book Club. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Nimona’ on Netflix, an Animated Adventure About a Delightfully Mischievous Misfit
By John Serba •Netflix wraps Pride Month on a high note. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Run Rabbit Run’ on Netflix, in Which Sarah Snook is Stuck Among a Litany of Creepy-Kid Horror Cliches
By John Serba •This is one of those movies where the bunny is cute and creepy at the same time. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'M3GAN' on Prime Video, a Screamingly Funny A.I.-Horror Satire
By John Serba •In which a killer dollbot makes us roar with laughter with the simple whirr of her eyeball servos. -
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'Through My Window 2: Across the Sea' Ending Explained: Who Dies? Do Raquel and Ares Stay Together?
By John Serba •The second film in the trilogy has a clear case of Empire Strikes Back syndrome. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'King of Clones' on Netflix, a Fascinating Documentary About Scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-suk's Cloning Scandal
By John Serba •Falsified data, ethical concerns and dashed hopes -- oh my? Yes. Oh my. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Through My Window 2: Across the Sea' on Netflix, The Return Of The Barely Legal Spanish Sex Series
By John Serba •The cast and creative team behind the first Through My Window returns to drive us up the wall with endless sex scenes cut with banal dreck.