Ben Stiller – Stream On Demand

Ben Stiller struts the catwalk as ‘Zoolander’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

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Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell costar in this goofy spoof of male models and the fashion industry.

‘Madagascar’ – back to the wild on Peacock

!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Peacock, SVOD 12/12/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ben Stiller and Chris Rock headline the voice cast of this animated comic odyssey of four New York City zoo animals shipped back to the wilds of Africa, where they have idea how to survive.

‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Paramount+, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/22/2022 Sean Axmaker

Will Ferrell takes us back to the 1970s and the glory days of local TV newsreaders in this hilarious spoof, costarring Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carell

Duck! It’s ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’ on Hulu and Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Hulu, Peacock, sports, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/09/2022 Sean Axmaker

Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller face off in the comedy built around the gym class nightmare turned competitive sport. It may not be original, but it’s often shamelessly funny.

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Empire of the Sun’ – Innocence in wartime on HBO Max

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Christian Bale made his film debut as British schoolboy in a Japanese prison camp in World War II Shanghai in this superb war drama.

‘Escape at Dannemora’ on Amazon Prime and Showtime Anytime

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In 2015 Richard Matt and David Sweat, two inmates at Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, escaped with the help of Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell, who ran the sewing shop and engaged in sexual affairs with both men. The eight-hour limited series Escape at Dannemora (2018), originally produced for Showtime, dramatizes the true story. Benicio […]

Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller in the film by Noah Baumbach

What to stream: ‘Meyerowitz’ and ‘MINDHUNTER’ on Netflix, ‘Lore’ on Amazon, Sarah Silverman’s ‘America’ on Hulu

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, BritBox, Criterion Channel, drama, Hulu, Netflix, On Demand, Showtime Anytime, Streaming Movies, What to Stream 10/13/2017 Sean Axmaker

Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017, not rated), starring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller as the estranged sons of sculptor and retired art professor Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvell […]

Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig star in the film directed by Noah Baumbach

Ben Stiller is ‘Greenberg’ on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/06/2017 Sean Axmaker

In Greenberg (2010), Ben Stiller delivers the youngest curmudgeon in the movies. Roger Greenberg is a fortysomething guy recovering from a nervous breakdown and avoiding confronting the mid-life crisis he’s been tangling with since his twenties, apparently. Noah Baumbach, directing from a story developed with his wife, Jenifer Jason Leigh, is a shrewd student of […]

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross star in the cult HBO sketch comedy 'Mr. Show'

‘Mr. Show with Bob and David’ on Amazon Prime and HBO Now

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Comedy 05/22/2016 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

“Hey everybody, it’s Bob and David!” In fact, it’s all 30 episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995-1997), the HBO sketch comedy created by and starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. This inspired, inventive show combines the freewheeling creativity of Monty Python’s Flying Circus with cabaret theater, and each episode swirls around an ingenious […]