1988 – Stream On Demand

Leaving soon: ‘Midnight Run’ with Robert De Niro on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, gangsters, Peacock, road movie, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 02/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

Martin Brest’s lively action comedy is carried by the odd couple humor and comic chemistry between De Niro and Charles Grodin.

John Cleese falls for ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ on Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, British Cinema, caper, Comedy, DVD, Free, Hoopla, Kanopy, MGM+, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin costar in this zippy mix of caper comedy, sexy romantic comedy, and Pythonesque zaniness, one of the funniest films of the 1980s.

Steve Martin and Michael Caine star in the comedy directed by Frank Oz

Steve Martin and Michael Caine are ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

Steve Martin is the sloppy, brash American con man who tramples through the carefully guarded French Riviera territory of elegant charlatan Michael Caine in this hilarious comedy from director Frank Oz.

John Carpenter directs the cult movie satire starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David

Last chance: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ on Peacock

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, Have You Seen...?, horror, Peacock, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/24/2022 Sean Axmaker

Carpenter’s witty, scruffy little science fiction film is a pulpy alien invasion tale turned into a piece of socio-political commentary that is still relevent and resonant. It’s also a lot of fun.

Tom Hanks is ‘Big’ on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Comedy, Directed by Women, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Hulu, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/01/2022 Sean Axmaker

Penny Marshall directs this warm-hearted comedy of an adolescent boy who wakes up in the body of an adult and explores the grown-up world with a job in a toy company.

Y.K. Kim produces and stars one of the most entertainingly incompetent bad movies ever made

‘Miami Connection’ – Gonzo bad movie hilarity on MUBI and free on Hoopla

!Featured, Action, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Hoopla, martial arts, MUBI, music, SVOD 05/14/2022 Sean Axmaker

Martial arts instructor and inspirational speaker Y.K. Kim created and stars in this slapdash action film that is so bad it became an inadvertent comedy and, decades after its release, was resurrected as a cult movie.

Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story’ and ‘Police Story 2’ on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Comedy, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, International Cinema, martial arts, SVOD 05/02/2022 Sean Axmaker

The two action comedies from director / star Jackie Chan incorporate his distinctive brand of acrobatic martial arts with wild set pieces and unbelievable stunts.

Jeremy Irons plays ‘Dead Ringers’ on Amazon Prime and Peacock

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Free, Halloween, Have You Seen...?, Hoopla, inspired by a true story, Kanopy, Peacock, psychological drama, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 10/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

David Cronenberg directs this mesmerizing psychological drama about identical twin brothers and gynecologists whose conjoined lives lead them to madness.

Matthew Modine and Michelle Pfeiffer in Jonathan Demme's 'Married to the Mob'

Michelle Pfeiffer is ‘Married to the Mob’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/12/2021 Sean Axmaker

Married to the Mob (1988) – Two years after his breakthrough film Something Wild, Jonathan Demme returned to the genre with another mix of offbeat humor and dangerous criminals. This colorful gangster comedy stars Michelle Pfeiffer as the frustrated wife of mid-level mobster (a very young Alec Baldwin) and Matthew Modine as a dedicated and […]

Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in TV's original modern fairy tale romance 'Beauty and the Beast'

TV’s original ‘Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, fantasy, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming TV 04/15/2021 Sean Axmaker

TV crime show and romantic fantasy meet as urban mythology in the original modern TV fairy tale starring Linda Hamilton as a beautiful crusading lawyer and Ron Perlman as a tender-hearted man-beast.