1981 – Stream On Demand

The original ‘The Muppet Show’ on Disney+

!Featured, Comedy, Cult TV, Disney+, DVD, Emmy Award, family friendly, Kid Stuff, music, Streaming TV 11/22/2022 Sean Axmaker

Kermit the Frog hosts the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational variety show to ever hit prime time. Decades later, it’s still funny, fast-paced, utterly madcap, and tremendous fun.

Starring Albert Finney, directed by Michael Wadleigh , from the novel by Whitley Strieber

‘Wolfen’ – Urban pack hunters on Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, DVD, Halloween, horror, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 10/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Albert Finney follows a trail of murders in New York City to an underground culture of wolves in this twist on the werewolf thriller.

‘Blade Runner: The Final Cut’ – the definitive version of a visionary film on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, HBO Max, National Film Registry, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott’s visionary reworking of Philip K. Dick’s novel may have flopped when it was released but it has become a science fiction touchstone and has colonized the imaginations of writers, directors, and die-hard fans of science fiction.

David Naughton stars in John Landis's 'An American Werewolf in London'

‘An American Werewolf in London’ on Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

John Landis directs this mix of black comedy and bloody carnage that confirms our suspicions: the dead are boring.

John Travolta in Brian De Palma's 'Blow Out'

Brian De Palma’s ‘Blow Out’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, movies about movies, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 08/22/2022 Sean Axmaker

John Travolta delivers his best performance as a movie sound technician who inadvertently records a murder in this beautifully directed conspiracy thriller.

‘Time Bandits’ – Terry Gilliam’s fractured fairy tale on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, British Cinema, caper, Comedy, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, HBO Max, historical, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Gilliam’s fantastical second feature is a a strange and weird and wonderful mix of boy’s own adventure, Python-esque humor, and grim irony, all wrapped in tall tales, ancient myths, and historical figures.

Last chance: The original ‘The Evil Dead’ on HBO Max

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, HBO Max, horror, supernatural, SVOD 04/23/2022 Sean Axmaker

The debut film from Sam Raimi is a bravura bit of cinematic inventiveness and one of the most entertaining American horror films of its time.

Kurt Russell stars in the cult film from John Carpenter

The original ‘Escape from New York’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/27/2021 Sean Axmaker

John Carpenter transformed Kurt Russell into an action hero with this clever sci-fi thriller where Manhattan has been turned into a high security island prison.

Nigel Terry is King Arthur and Cherie Lunghi his Guinevere in John Boorman's 'Excalibur.'

‘Excalibur’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, fantasy, historical, SVOD 01/26/2019 Sean Axmaker

The myth and legend of King Arthur has long been a favorite fascination of popular culture, the source of countless novels and movies and the inspiration for an iconic Broadway musical that became the nickname for John F. Kennedy’s too-short inspirational time as American President: “Camelot.” Forget the real-life history, the very mention of King […]

‘Southern Comfort’ – Swamp survival free on Kanopy and Hoopla

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Free, Have You Seen...?, Hoopla, Kanopy, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 12/26/2018 Sean Axmaker

Walter Hill’s savage survival drama stars Keith Carradine and Powers Boothe as national guardsmen trying to stay alive when a weekend training mission in the bayou becomes a guerilla war.