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Leaving soon: ‘The Dirty Dozen’ – the original World War II caper on Max

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Max, SVOD, war 09/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Lee Marvin leads twelve military convicts (including Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, and John Cassavetes) on a suicide mission behind enemy lines in this testosterone-fueled classic.

‘Klute’ with Jane Fonda on Max

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Max, Mystery, neo-noir, suspense, SVOD 07/20/2023 Sean Axmaker

The film is named for Donald Sutherland’s character but Alan Pakula’s stark, alienated neo-noir, is remembered for Jane Fonda’s Oscar-winning performance.

‘The Hunger Games’ – May the odds be ever in your favor on Hulu

!Featured, Action, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, suspense, SVOD, thriller 06/10/2023 Sean Axmaker

The hit young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins comes to the big screen with Jennifer Lawrence in a star-making performance as reluctant hero Katnis Everdeen.

Jennifer Lawrence in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I'

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, young adult 04/16/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The third film in the blockbuster series takes the fight out of the killing floor of the arenas and to the capitol in an act of revolution. It was the top box office hit of 2014.

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ – Katnis returns on Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, young adult 04/08/2023 Sean Axmaker

The second film in the young adult dystopian series ups the ante and improves upon the first in every way, thanks to director Francis Lawrence who takes charge of the franchise here.

Jennifer Lawrence stars in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2,' the fourth and final film in the young adult action franchise.

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, young adult 07/28/2021 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The most successful adaptation of a young adult science fiction franchise comes to an end in the fourth and final film starring Jennifer Lawrence as the reluctant symbol turned revolutionary leader Katniss Everdeen.

Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Nicolas Roeg's enigmatic mosaic of a thriller 'Don't Look Now.'

‘Don’t Look Now’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Have You Seen...?, horror, Hulu, Streaming Movies 07/21/2016 Sean Axmaker

Don’t Look Now (1973), Nicolas Roeg’s mosaic of a thriller, remains a mystery to the end. Set largely in Venice, where the labyrinth of canals and tunnels creates a claustrophobic maze, it’s less about the elliptical story (adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s short tale) than the texture of loss, obsession, and emotional remove. Donald Sutherland […]

Keira Knightley and family in 'Pride and Prejudice.'

What to watch: new movies and TV shows for the new year

!Featured, Netflix, Streaming Movies, What to Stream 01/01/2016 Sean Axmaker

Happy 2016. Here are a few of the recent arrivals on Netflix, Amazon, and the rest of the streaming and VOD services. Netflix Keira Knightley is the headstrong and feisty Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel of love, class and social convention. Matthew Macfadyen is the starchy […]