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Keanu Reeves is retired assassin John Wick roused back for a mission of vengeance in the 2014 action hit directed by Chad Stahelski

Keanu Reeves is ‘John Wick’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Crime, DVD, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 02/05/2023 Sean Axmaker

This 2014 action movie hit revived a kind of thriller that Hollywood had ignored in the age of superhero movies: simple, streamlined, driven by action scenes that rely on physical prowess rather than computer generated elements. It also turned Keanu Reeves into an unexpectedly terrific action star.

‘Goldfinger’ – James Bond goes blockbuster on Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Academy Award, Action, Blu-ray, British Cinema, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, MGM+, Paramount+, spies and espionage, SVOD, thriller 02/04/2023 Sean Axmaker

Sean Connery helped turn the James Bond spy series into a blockbuster franchise in his third outing as 007, perhaps the most iconic film in the series.

‘The Guilty’ – a rivetting Danish thriller on HBO Max

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Actor Jakob Cedergren carries this drama about an Emergency Services operator who receives a call from a woman in trouble and has to solve a mystery with only a phone.

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker on Netflix

Oscar winner ‘The Hurt Locker’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, war 01/30/2023 Sean Axmaker 3 Comments

Kathryn Bigelow directs this searing drama of men under fire and how war tranforms them and entered the record books as the first woman to win the Oscar for best director.

Daniel Craig reinvents James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 01/28/2023 Sean Axmaker

Daniel Craig became the sixth actor to play James Bond in the official series in this tough, lean, faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first novel. It revived the flagging franchise.

‘Take Shelter’ – Madness and the end of the world on Hulu

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hulu, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, supernatural, SVOD, thriller 01/25/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jeff Nichols builds an an apocalyptic thriller around a touching family drama of a troubled father (Michael Shannon) determined to protect his family from the impending Armageddon he sees in his visions.

‘The Woman in the Window’ – Fritz Lang’s nightmare noir on Criterion Channel

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Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett star in Fritz Lang’s film noir nightmare come to life.

‘Prometheus’- the ‘Alien’ prequel on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 01/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott returns to the ‘Alien’ universe with this visually magnificent odyssey with a weak script and a cosmic backdrop.

Leaving soon: ‘Haywire’ – bad-ass action on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Peacock, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 01/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

Steven Soderbergh builds this collision of drive-in assassin action movie and sleek art-house conspiracy thriller around the talents of MMA fighter Gina Carano.

What to stream: ‘The Last of Us’ on HBO Max, ‘That 90s Show’ and ‘Women at War’ on Netflix, ‘She Said’ on Peacock

!Featured, Comedy, HBO Max, Netflix, Science Fiction, Streaming TV, thriller, What to Stream 01/20/2023 Sean Axmaker

Plus ‘Sick’ on Peacock, ‘Vengeance’ and ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ on Prime Video, ‘Jung_E’ and ‘The Pez Outlaw’ on Netflix, ‘Paris, 13th District’ on Hulu, and Gerard Depardieu in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ on Criterion Channel