Training Day (2001) earned Denzel Washington an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as a corrupt narcotics cop. In part it’s because he’s playing against type: Denzel earned his reputation as Hollywood’s bedrock of decency and morality: his screen heroes fight fear, prejudice, and self-doubt for their goodness. Detective Alonzo Harris proved that the […]
Cell 211 (2009), a volatile thriller from Spain about a young guard trapped in the midst of a prison riot, is already being looked by Hollywood for remake potential. Make a point of seeing the superb original, which is visceral and intelligent, with layers of political complexities (both national and internal) and personal complications, and […]
Jurassic World revives the dinosaurs on the loose franchise started by Steven Spielberg. This one pits Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard against an alarmingly smart and vicious dinosaur hybrid when it (inevitably) escapes and goes after a whole park full of patrons. It’s fast, furious, snappy, and built on characters making the worst decisions […]
The Mindy Project moves to Hulu for season four. The first full trailer for the season is now live. See Mindy manage pregnancy with her usual sense of decorum! See Danny meet the family in India! See Mindy be a mommy! Don’t miss a single recommendation. Subscribe to Stream On Demand to receive notifications of new […]
Showtime, HBO’s primary competitor in the premium channel market, doesn’t have the depth of HBO’s library of original programming. It has, however, been challenging HBO’s supremacy in original series with such critical and popular efforts as Homeland, Masters of Sex, Penny Dreadful, and The Affair. Now it has debuted a streaming service with a range […]
Hulu has been trying to find its place in next to Netflix and Amazon Prime in the subscription streaming market for some time now. Initially dedicated to providing next-day access for network TV shows, complete with advertising, it found itself behind the curve when Netflix decided to turn itself into a streaming network in its […]
Pay-Per-View / Video-On-Demand “Adult Beginners” stars Nick Kroll and Rose Byrne as grown siblings reunited when his start-up goes belly-up and he moves in with his married sister, where he becomes the live-in nanny for her three-year-old son. The comedy is on Cable On Demand and iTunes same day as theaters. John Travolta is a […]
