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‘World War Z’ – Brad Pitt vs. the zombie hordes on Paramount+

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, horror, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 09/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

The zombie movie becomes a global pandemic thriller in this adaptation of the bestselling Max Brooks novel.

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker on Netflix

Oscar winner ‘The Hurt Locker’ on Max

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, war 06/14/2023 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.

Paul Giamatti is John Adams in the HBO miniseries

‘John Adams’ and the birth of American democracy on HBO Max

!Featured, Based on a nonfiction book, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Election Special, historical, Limited Series, Max, miniseries, Streaming TV, SVOD 07/04/2022 Sean Axmaker

Paul Giamatti is American Revolution hero and second American President John Adams in this fascinating miniseries adapted from the acclaimed biography by David McCullough.

‘Escape at Dannemora’ – Benicio Del Toro makes a break for it on Paramount+

!Featured, Action, based on a true story, Binge-able TV, caper, drama, DVD, Emmy nominee, Have You Seen...?, Paramount+, Streaming TV, suspense, SVOD 07/26/2020 Sean Axmaker

The true story of a 2015 prison break is dramatized in this limited series costarring Paul Dano and Patricia Arquette and directed by Ben Stiller.

Bruce Willis and Mos Def in '16 Blocks,' directed by Richard Donner.

’16 Blocks’ on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Netflix, Streaming Movies 04/18/2016 Sean Axmaker

In 16 Blocks (2016), Bruce Willis is an NYPD burn-out assigned to get the “nothing job” of escorting a small-time loser (Mos Def) turned star witness in a Grand Jury indictment against a corrupt cop from lock-up to courthouse. It’s from Lethal Weapon series director Richard Donner and he and wisecracking action movie icon Willis […]

Wendell Pierce in the HBO series Treme created by David Simon

Revisit ‘Treme’ and ‘When the Levees Broke’ to remember Katrina – Amazon Prime and HBO Now

!Featured, African-American filmmakers, Amazon Prime Video, Documentary, Streaming TV 08/30/2015 Sean Axmaker

This weekend marked the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, a natural disaster compounded by insufficient defenses and a disastrous response by the government. Looking for a proper way to mark the occasion? Amazon Prime and HBO subscribers have two very good options. Treme, David Simon’s follow-up to The Wire, is beautifully […]