- First Movie I Ever Saw:
- Pocahontas
- First Binge
- Season 1 of House (on DVD!)
- All-Time Faves
- Modern Times, Annie Hall, The Dark Knight, The Social Network
- Current Obsession
- Atlanta
- If I Were A GIF...
The Latest
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Today We’ll Talk About That Day’ on Netflix, A Melodramatic Tale of Cross-Class Romance
By Marshall Shaffer •This limp film has neither romance nor drama to offer, just platitudes and pleasantries. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Murderer’ on Netflix, A Multicultural Mystery Full of Twists and Turns
By Marshall Shaffer •The Murderer loses the thread somewhere along the way. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Enys Men’ on Hulu, A Tale of Isolation Giving Folk Horror A New Sound
By Marshall Shaffer •Like nothing you’ve ever heard (or seen), Enys Men announces a new master of folk storytelling. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead’ on Netflix, A Zom-Com with Aplomb
By Marshall Shaffer •Zom 100 finds rich, unexplored thematic territory within the zombie flick. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Poisoned' on Netflix, A Stomach-Churning Exposé of America’s Lacking Food Safety
By Marshall Shaffer •You’ll come away from this documentary educated, enraged, and equipped with a practical toolkit to protect yourself. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case’ on Netflix, A True Crime Tale that Proves a Curious Case to Watch
By Marshall Shaffer •The documentary has the feeling of a classic “white woman in danger” narrative. -
What starts out feeling like a straightforward tale of bickering buddies in the freezing Norwegian tundra quickly becomes something much more sinister.
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ on Hulu, An Crazy Comic Caper with Atypical Avengers
By Marshall Shaffer •A unique comic vision from a director who is confidently vibrating to the singular beat of his own drum. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Happiness for Beginners’ on Netflix, A Camping Comedy That Should Take a Hike
By Marshall Shaffer •Happiness for Beginners captures all the breeziness of a beach read. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The League’ on VOD, A Negro League History That Covers All Its Bases
By Marshall Shaffer •If you like the cinematic equivalent of a sturdy and watchable nine innings, this is very much a documentary for you. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Hotel Artemis’ on Max, A Structure with Many Stories and High Vacancy
By Marshall Shaffer •The overqualified cast feels at sea delivering the lines and having them vanish into thin air. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Tutor' on Netflix, A Cat-and Mouse Potboiler That Doesn’t Understand the Assignment
By Marshall Shaffer •The Tutor makes the grade … a barely passing one. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Seasons' on Netflix, A Romantic Drama That Follows a Familiar Cycle
By Marshall Shaffer •Seasons meanders too much in search of a meaningful departure from the genre formula that ultimately never comes. -
Decider Lists
All A24 Movies Ranked: From 'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III' to 'MaXXXine'
By Marshall Shaffer • Updated:The first decade of A24 includes two Oscar Best Picture winners among their 141 releases to date! -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Infinity Pool' on Hulu, A Horrifying Satire of the Corrupt Rich for the Sickos Among Us
By Marshall Shaffer •This takedown of people whose wealth insulates them from punishment is nuanced and nasty in all the right ways. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Creed III' on Prime Video, An Explosive Head-to-Head Matchup of Two Gifted Actors
By Marshall Shaffer •No Rocky, no problem. Michael B. Jordan makes a confident directorial debut with Creed III. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Burden of Proof’ on Max, An Uncommonly Reflective True Crime Docuseries
By Marshall Shaffer •When we don’t have the truth, we must try holding onto trust in the goodness of others (at least until proven guilty). -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Baby Ruby' on Hulu, A Genre-Confused Look at Maternal Misery
By Marshall Shaffer •The pieces are there for something good in Baby Ruby, but they just don’t ever connect as satisfyingly as they should. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Shooting Stars' on Peacock, A Basketball Origin Story About More Than Just LeBron James
By Marshall Shaffer •We know what happens to LeBron — but what about his other four high school teammates? -
Decider After Dark
Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Year I Started Masturbating' on Netflix, A Raucous Romp About Discovering Pleasure
By Marshall Shaffer •There’s something radical in Hanna’s realization she just wants to be mediocre as her grand point of satisfaction.