- 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...
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Stream and Scream
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Nocebo’ on Hulu, One Mother of a Horror Film
By Marshall Shaffer •What a waste of Eva Green in her scream queen bag. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Burial’ on Amazon Prime Video, A ‘90s-Set Legal Drama That Means Business
By Marshall Shaffer •Fans of legal dramas will find a most pleasant watch in The Burial. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Reptile’ on Netflix, A Perplexing Police Procedural
By Marshall Shaffer •Reptile is ultimately a very boilerplate police procedural movie, but that doesn’t mean you won’t feel the heat at various points. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Nowhere’ on Netflix, A Dystopian Tale of Solo Survival at Sea
By Marshall Shaffer •You’ll feel like you’ve seen Nowhere somewhere before. -
Take Two
'Aloha' Had Emma Stone Apologizing and Nearly Got Cameron Crowe Canceled — But This Hawaii-Set Rom-Com Is Not Misbegotten, Just Misunderstood
By Marshall Shaffer •Aloha sees Cameron Crowe operating primarily in a romantic comedy register of the ‘30s screwball variety. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Sanctuary’ on Hulu, An Exemplary and Electrifying Erotic Thriller
By Marshall Shaffer •Sanctuary makes clear the thin line separating negotiations in the boardroom and the bedroom. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Black Book’ on Netflix, A Revenge Thriller from the Streets of Nigeria
By Marshall Shaffer •The Black Book is not nearly bloody nor brooding enough. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Rotting in the Sun’ on MUBI, A Mystery That Lets It All Hang Out
By Marshall Shaffer •At virtually every opportunity, Rotting in the Sun is daring you to hate it. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘El Conde’ on Netflix, An Examination Of Pinochet’s Final Days But Make It A Vampire Movie
By Marshall Shaffer •El Conde is weird and wild in all the right ways. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ on Hulu, A Political Manifesto Turned Dynamite Heist Thriller
By Marshall Shaffer •You might not agree by the end of the film, but you’ll almost certainly understand. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘10 Days of a Bad Man’ on Netflix, Two Turkish Mysteries With No Delight
By Marshall Shaffer •This isn’t a serialized detective story worth your investment. -
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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.