Howard Hughes – Stream On Demand

Leonardo DiCaprio is Howard Hughes in 'The Aviator,' directed by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Aviator’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, biographical, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, historical, movies about movies, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/24/2023 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Howard Hughes in this lavish biographical drama of the legendary aviator, filmmaker, and airline mogul.

Paul Muni is ‘Scarface’ in the original gangster masterpiece on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Crime, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, gangsters, Hollywood Classic, inspired by a true story, National Film Registry, pre-code, SVOD, thriller 07/29/2021 Sean Axmaker

The original Scarface (1932), loosely but boldly based on the notorious life and legend of Al Capone, didn’t invent the modern American gangster film. It blew it up. Films like The Public Enemy and Little Caesar had whetted the American moviegoing appetite for crime movies that reveled in vicarious thrills before delivering a sentence of […]

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in the film by Howard Hawks

Blu-ray: ‘His Girl Friday’ vs. ‘The Front Page’ on Criterion

Blu-ray, Comedy, Criterion Collecton, DVD 02/02/2017 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

His Girl Friday (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) should really be listed as a double feature, for the “bonus” movie—a new edition of the original screen version of The Front Page, adapted from the snappy, cynical, double-barrel Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur—is not just a home video debut but a major discovery. The Front […]