J.K. Simmons – Stream On Demand

‘Whiplash’ – music as warfare on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award, American Independent Cinema, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hulu, music, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 07/14/2023 Sean Axmaker

J.K. Simmons swept the awards season for his performance as a ferocious music teacher in Damien Chazelle’s drama set in the world of college stage band competitions.

Tobey Maguire stars on Sam Raimi's big screen superhero movie

Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ – The original big screen webslinger on Netflix and Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, high school, Kid Stuff, Netflix, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 06/01/2023 Sean Axmaker

This 2002 film was the first to capture the graphic thrills and eye-popping spectacle of a true comic book superhero and it essentially launched the 21st century superhero genre.

Animated feature from France based on the graphic novels of Jacques Tardi

Leaving soon: ‘April and the Extraordinary World’ – Steampunk animated adventure on Criterion Channel

!Featured, adventure, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, childhood, Criterion Channel, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Science Fiction, SVOD 05/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

A teenage street urchin in an alternate reality Paris battles a mysterious organization kidnapping the greatest minds in the world in this playful fantasy fable.

Paul Rudd and Jason Segal in the bromantic comedy from John Hamburg

‘I Love You, Man’ – A fine bromance on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, feel good movies, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/27/2023 Sean Axmaker

Paul Rudd and Jason Segel star in this comedy that observes male bonding the same way movies chart the evolution of a romance

George Clooney stars in 'Burn After Reading' from Joel and Ethan Coen

‘Burn After Reading’ – unclassified CIA laughs on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Max, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/31/2022 Sean Axmaker

George Clooney is a philandering Federal Marshal who gets caught up in a screwball espionage caper in this hilarious comedy from the Coen Bros.

Ellen Page and Michael Cera star in the 2007 cult comedy 'Juno'

‘Juno’ – the feel good indie comedy hit of 2007 on Max

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, feel good movies, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/06/2022 Sean Axmaker

The feel good comedy of a smart-mouthed high-school goofball who finds herself pregnant became the success story of 2007 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Diablo Cody.

George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, and Vera Farmiga in Jason Reitman's 'Up in the Air.'

George Clooney is ‘Up in the Air’ on Netflix and Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Comedy, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/14/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The Oscar-nominated drama from Jason Reitman taps into the anxieties of our precarious times and gives a voice to the victims of downsizing and those who have kept afloat be remaining completely untethered.

‘Veronica Mars’ is back on Hulu

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cult TV, DVD, Hulu, Mystery, neo-noir, Streaming TV, SVOD 08/17/2019 Sean Axmaker

Veronica Mars launched in 2004 as a youth-skewing high school version of the American detective drama: Nancy Drew meets Raymond Chandler in a beachside suburb of big city noir. It ran for three seasons, followed by a disappointing 2014 Kickstarter-funded feature film—but neither creator Rob Thomas nor the fans were ready to let go of the […]