John Serba
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Grand Rapids, MI, United States
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Babylon’ on Paramount+, Damien Chazelle’s Crazy, Chaotic Story of Roaring ‘20s Hollywood
Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt almost keep this thing from flying off the rails. Almost. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ on MGM+ via Amazon Prime Video, George Miller’s Gorgeous but Tedious Fable
Certified nut/genius George Miller followed up movie-of-the-century-so-far Mad Max: Fury Road with Three Thousand Years of Longing (now on MGM+ via Amazon Prime Video), in which Tilda Swinton plays an academic scholar who acquires an antique bottle containing a djinn – or genie, if you’re a Westerner – played by Idris Elba. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Somebody I Used to Know’ on Amazon Prime Video, a Poignant Comedy Vehicle for Alison Brie
Dave Franco directs this offbeat outing, co-writing with his spouse and star, Brie. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Jeepers Creepers: Reborn’ on VOD, a Hopelessly Dumb Horror-Franchise Reboot
Sorry, this Creeper ain’t a keeper. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lyle Lyle Crocodile’ on Netflix, an Extremely Silly Musical About a Singing Reptile
Javier Bardem exists in this movie to upstage the crocodile. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘You People’ on Netflix, in Which Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy Face Off in a Messy Culture-Clash Comedy
Jewish boy wants to marry Black girl, and families clash. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ on Prime Video, the Third and Final Movie In The New Trilogy Of The Familiar Franchise
Laura Dern and Sam Neill return to the franchise promising NOSTALGIA! → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Fall’ on VOD, a Simple-Premise Thriller That’ll Feast on Your Acrophobia
Two women dangle from a very tall tower as we clench our bumcheeks. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘White Noise’ on Netflix, a Bewildering Satire About Life, Death, and Shopping
Noah Baumbach shows newfound directorial vision in his adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Mack and Rita’ on Hulu, a Desperate Body-Swap Comedy Starring a Flailing Diane Keaton
A young woman’s brain ends up in an older woman’s skull in this half-assed quasi-romp. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ on Netflix, Proof That Rian Johnson Is The New Murder Mystery Master
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc, with a whole new supporting cast of characters. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘I Love My Dad’ on Hulu, an Uncomfortable Dark Comedy Starring Patton Oswalt as a Dad Who Catfishes His Own Son
The cringe factor is high, but you'll laugh anyway. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Emancipation’ on Apple TV+, Starring Will Smith as an Enslaved Man Running, Running, Running From His Captors
This is Smith's first film since you-know-what. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Emily the Criminal’ on Netflix, Starring an Inspired-As-Ever Aubrey Plaza as a Disillusioned Millennial Pushed to Break the Law
This is Plaza's strongest performance yet. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Alone Together’ on Hulu, Katie Holmes’ Sweet But Tepid COVID Romance
Writer-director-star Holmes finds herself stuck in lockdown with Jim Sturgess. Could be worse! → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘I Used to Be Famous’ on Netflix, a Formula Drama About the Unlikely Pairing of a Washed-Up Musician and a Young Upstart
Ed Skrein anchors this predictable, but cockle-warming little movie. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Confess, Fletch’ on VOD, in Which Jon Hamm Ably Cops the Role Chevy Chase Made Famous
One of the year’s rare pure, unapologetic comedies. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Goodnight Mommy’ on Prime Video, in Which Naomi Watts Headlines a Remake of an Austrian Freakout Flick
Warning: Contains creepy identical-twin content. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘I Came By’ on Netflix, a Sturdy Serial Killer-Thriller That’s as Silly as it is Socially Conscious
In which the reprehensible bad guy is also a Rick and Morty fan. → Read More
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lightyear’ on Disney+, a Perfectly Acceptable ‘Toy Story’ Spinoff About Buzz Lightyear
Not quite to infinity, let alone beyond. → Read More