VOD – Stream On Demand

‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ – Chinese noir on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, DVD, International Cinema, neo-noir, VOD 12/29/2021 Sean Axmaker

Diao Yinan’s dark crime drama, set in China’s northern coal country in the depths of winter, takes an atmospheric approach to the shadowy murder mystery.

‘Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle’ on HBO Max and Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, HBO Max, Peacock, Streaming Movies, VOD 12/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

John Cho and Kal Penn star in one of the iconic stoner comedies, a crude, wildly surreal farce that proves bad taste embraces all ethnicities.

Jason Statham is ‘The Transporter’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, road movie, Streaming Movies, thriller, VOD 11/01/2021 Sean Axmaker

Thank Luc Besson for keeping the sleek, swift, unpretentious action movie alive in the 20th century, beginning with high speed lark.

Last chance: ‘Attack the Block’ – Aliens vs. South London on Amazon Video and Hulu

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, horror, Hulu, Last chance, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, thriller, VOD 10/23/2021 Sean Axmaker

Before the ‘Star Wars’ movies made John Boyega an international star, he made a name for himself in this clever alien invasion movie set in the gang-run projects of South London.

Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee, and Ha Jung-woo star in the film by Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, historical, International Cinema, Politics, Streaming Movies, VOD 10/12/2021 Sean Axmaker

The director of ‘Oldboy’ delivers a sexy, savage, utterly compelling con thriller tangled up in national and sexual politics in 1930s Korea.

‘The World’s End’ – pub crawling to the end of the world on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Peacock, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, VOD 09/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

The third film in the “Cornetto” trilogy created by friends and collaborators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg is cheeky fun.

'Serenity,' Joss Whedon's big screen sequel to the cult TV series 'Firefly'

Joss Whedon’s ‘Serenity’ on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, VOD 07/07/2021 Sean Axmaker

Nathan Fillion and the cast of the cult science fiction series reunite for a big screen adventure.

James Garner and Jack Elam star in Burt Kennedy's comedy western

‘Support Your’ James Garner comedy westerns on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Classic, Comedy, DVD, Hollywood Classic, VOD, western 04/18/2021 Sean Axmaker

James Garner established himself as a natural for the comic western with the TV series Maverick, playing the reluctant hero who avoided conflict and gunplay with charm, wit, and a con-man’s knack for keeping his opponents off balance. The brought that sensibility to the big screen with Support Your Local Sheriff (1969), playing a drifter […]

Where to stream the 2021 Oscar nominees

!Featured, Academy Award, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Articles, calendar, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, News, SVOD, VOD, What to Stream 03/16/2021 Sean Axmaker

This year, many of the big nominees are streaming before the awards ceremony.

What to stream: ‘Minari’ on VOD, ‘Billie Holiday’ on Hulu, ‘Allen v. Farrow’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, based on a true story, biographical, BritBox, Criterion Channel, Disney+, drama, HBO Max, historical, Hulu, music, Netflix, Peacock, Showtime Anytime, Streaming Movies, SVOD, VOD, What to Stream 02/26/2021 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … A Korean family emigrates to rural Arkansas in “Minari” (2020, PG-13, with subtitles), a modest but rich drama from Korea-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung that takes a nuanced view of the immigrant […]