Forest Whitaker – Stream On Demand

‘The Last King of Scotland’ – Life under Idi Amin on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Hulu, Politics, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

Forest Whitake won an Oscar playing the brutal dictator Idi Amin in this fictional drama starring James McAvoy as a brash Scottish doctor invited into the tyrant’s inner circle.

Amy Adams in 'Arrival,' directed by Denis Villeneuve

‘Arrival’ – First contact on Netflix and Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Free, Hoopla, Kanopy, Netflix, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/16/2023 Sean Axmaker

Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner star in the most cerebral of alien contact movies, directed by Denis Villeuve, which earned eight Oscar nominations.

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ – a dreamy Maurice Sendak adaptation on Max

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Halloween, Have You Seen...?, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

Director Spike Jonze expands and reimagines the story of the defiant Max from Sendak’s storybook as a live action wonder.

Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in Martin Scorsese's 'The Color of Money'

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Color of Money’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Paramount+, sports, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Paul Newman won an Oscar playing Fast Eddie Felson and young Tom Cruise is his pool player protege in this tale of pool hustling, regret, and redemption.

Tony Revolorii, Kiersey Clemons, and Shameik Moore in the urban comedy 'Dope' from Rick Famuyiwa

‘Dope’ – Straight outta Inglewood on Netflix

!Featured, African-American filmmakers, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, high school, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, young adult 08/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

This quirky tale of life in the Inglewood hood for three high school geeks with a passion of nineties hip-hip, is lively, snappy, and great fun.

Felicity Jones leads the mission Gareth Edwards' Star Wars stand-alone

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/02/2022 Sean Axmaker

Felicity Jones leads this action-packed adventure, set in the margins of the ‘Star Wars’ universe. It becomes a clever prequel to the film that launched the franchise.

John Travolta hams it up an alien overlord in the absurd science fiction adventure based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, one of the worst films ever made

‘Battlefield Earth’ – Worst film ever? Decide for yourself on Netflix

!Featured, Cult Movies, DVD, Netflix, Science Fiction 04/01/2018 Sean Axmaker

John Travolta, one of Hollywood’s most visible Scientology cheerleaders, dreamed of bringing Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbards’ Star Wars-inspired sci-fi epic to the big screen for years. Be careful when dreams come true. Battlefield Earth (2000) is hilariously, flamboyantly, aggressively bad, a pulp fantasy built on same hokey tropes and clichés that were tired before […]