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Category: based on a short story

Glenn Ford and Van Heflin are bound for the ‘3:10 to Yuma’ on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, National Film Registry, SVOD, western 01/19/202301/19/2023 Sean Axmaker

This excellent 1957 film from director Delmer Daves is a taut, austere western in the ‘High Noon’ mode but with a film noir sensibility.

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report’ on Netflix and Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Netflix, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 01/16/202301/16/2023 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.

‘Real Steel’ with Hugh Jackman on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, Hulu, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/08/202301/08/2023 Sean Axmaker

Father and son bond in the world of rock ’em sock ’em robot boxing in this family friendly science fiction drama with an underdog twist and a sentimental streak.

Matt Damon and Emily Blunt battle ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/12/202211/12/2022 Sean Axmaker

It’s all in the hats as two lovers run from a team of “adjusters” who are responsible for “fixing” mistakes in the timeline and have deemed their romance a mistake. It’s based on a story by Philip K. Dick.

‘It Came From Outer Space’ – an alien visitation on Peacock

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, family friendly, Halloween, Hollywood Classic, Peacock, Science Fiction, SVOD 11/02/202211/02/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ominous title aside, this 1953 science fiction classic is one of the more optimistic movies about visitors from the stars, and in its way was an inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T.’

Last chance: 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, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/22/202210/22/2022 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.

Last chance: John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ on Peacock

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 10/22/202210/21/2022 Sean Axmaker

Kurt Russell leads the survivors in an Antarctic research station invaded by an alien that becomes its prey in this masterful science fiction / horror classic.

‘I Married a Witch’ – Veronica Lake casts a spell on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Halloween, HBO Max, Romance, SVOD 10/19/202210/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ghost story meets American romantic comedy in this delightful and deftly made little trifle from director René Clair.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in the David Fincher thriller

David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Mystery, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 09/06/202209/06/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jake Gyllenhaal play the newspaper cartoonist who became obsessed with the notorious unsolved Zodiac killings in Fincher’s mesmerizing thriller.

Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel star in Christophe Gans's lavish French version of the fairy tale.

A lavish French ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on Peacock and Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, DVD, fantasy, Free, Hoopla, International Cinema, Peacock, Romance, SVOD 08/23/202208/26/2022 Sean Axmaker

Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel star in this live action French version of the romantic fantasy directed by Christophe Gans.

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