Giancarlo Esposito – Stream On Demand

Denzel Washington is ‘Malcolm X’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, African-American filmmakers, Based on a nonfiction book, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, historical, National Film Registry, Paramount+, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/28/2023 Sean Axmaker

Spike Lee’s epic biographical drama of the controversial civil rights leader earned Washington his first Oscar nomination for best actor.

Miguel Sandoval, Spike Lee, and Ossie Davis

Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, National Film Registry, Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/02/2023 Sean Axmaker

Spike Lee’s vibrant, vital, thoroughly accomplished third feature is a provocative and intelligent exploration of race and racism that opens with a call to action and ends with a ferocious cry in the face of injustice.

‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ – a Suicide Squad mission on HBO Max

!Featured, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, Max, superheroes, SVOD 03/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

This DCU Animated Original Movie is the first feature film to spotlight the Suicide Squad, who take on The Riddler with the help of Batman.

‘Son of Batman’ – superhero parenthood on HBO Max

!Featured, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, Max, superheroes, SVOD 09/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

Batman discovers he has a son and takes on parental duties in this animated feature based on the comics by writer Grant Morrison and artist Andy Kubert

Rosanna Arquette and Madonna in Susan Seidelman's 'Desperately Seeking Susan'

‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ on HBO Max and HBO Now

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, Directed by Women, DVD, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

Madonna made a memorable big screen debut with this colorful and playful American indie set in the bohemian culture of 1980s New York CIty.

DVD: ‘Homicide: Life on the Street: The Complete Series’ from Shout! Factory

Action, DVD, DVD only 07/06/2017 Sean Axmaker

Homicide: Life on the Street: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999) earned its reputation as the best show on TV during its run in the 1990s from the very beginning. In the pilot episode, “Gone For Goode,” rookie detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) walks into the squad room of Baltimore’s […]

An Seo Hyun and friend in Bong Joon Ho's "Okja."

Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Okja’ on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Cult Movies, fantasy, Netflix, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, thriller 06/30/2017 Sean Axmaker

Okja, a social satire/political allegory/action fantasy from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, skips theaters entirely to debut on Netflix. You may recall that it was a point of controversy at the Cannes Film Festival, not for its subject matter but because of the Netflix model of releasing its films straight to streaming. The Netflix logo elicited […]

Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito star in Bong Joon-Ho's new film

Watch This! Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Okja’ coming to Netflix

Netflix, News, Watch This! 03/19/2017 Sean Axmaker

Okja, Bong Joon-Ho’s follow-up to Snowpiercer, will debut globally on Netflix in June, with limited theatrical release in the U.S. the same day it debuts on Netflix. Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins. Paul Dano, and Tilda Swinton star in the science fiction thriller about a young girl (Seohyun An) who must risk everything to prevent a […]