John Huston’s ‘The Dead’ on Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Free, Have You Seen...?, Hoopla, Kanopy, literary adaptation, SVOD 05/16/202205/16/2022 Sean Axmaker John Huston’s final film is one of his most exquisite works, a perfect cinematic short story and a beautiful adaptation of James Joyce.
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report’ on Peacock !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 04/26/202204/25/2022 Sean Axmaker Tom Cruise is a cop who arrests criminals before they commit crimes in the future shock crime thriller based on a story by sci-fi visionary Philip K. Dick.
‘Merrily We Go to Hell’ – Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March spiral on Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collecton, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Hollywood Classic, pre-code, socially aware cinema, SVOD 04/26/202204/26/2022 Sean Axmaker Dorothy Arzner’s daring pre-code romantic drama delves into open marriage and alcoholism during Prohibition.
Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in ‘Donnie Brasco’ on Netflix !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, biographical, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, DVD, Have You Seen...?, inspired by a true story, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 04/14/202204/14/2022 Sean Axmaker Mike Newell directs this rich and gritty mob drama based on the true story of an undercover FBI agent who succumbs to the criminal identity he plays.
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ – a dreamy Maurice Sendak adaptation on Netflix !Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Halloween, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/06/202203/05/2022 Sean Axmaker Director Spike Jonze expands and reimagines the story of the defiant Max from Sendak’s storybook as a live action wonder.
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ on Hulu and Paramount+ !Featured, Academy Award, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Criterion, drama, DVD, fantasy, Hulu, literary adaptation, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/14/202202/13/2022 Sean Axmaker Brad Pitt completely commits to the part of a man who is born old and grows younger through a sweeping survey of 20th century history.
The original ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ on HBO Max, Paramount+, and Criterion Channel !Featured, adventure, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, Hoopla, Kanopy, Paramount+, SVOD, thriller 02/03/202202/03/2022 Sean Axmaker Joel McCrea and Fay Wray star in the original 1932 thriller about a madman (Leslie Banks) who hunts humans for sport on his private island compound.
‘Stand by Me’ – a boy’s summer adventure on Netflix !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, childhood, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 01/13/202201/12/2022 Sean Axmaker Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix star in this adaptation of Stephen King’s story of adolescent friendship from director Rob Reiner.
David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ on Netflix and Criterion Channel !Featured, Action, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, DVD, Mystery, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 12/05/202112/05/2021 Sean Axmaker Jake Gyllenhaal play the newspaper cartoonist who became obsessed with the notorious unsolved Zodiac killings in Fincher’s mesmerizing thriller.
‘Elementary: Complete Series’ – Holmes and Watson in 21st century New York on Hulu !Featured, based on a short story, DVD, Hulu, Mystery, Streaming TV, SVOD 11/23/202111/23/2021 Sean Axmaker Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Lui take Holmes and Watson to 21st century New York City in this TV mystery take on the world’s greatest detective.
