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Tom Hanks is ‘Larry Crowne’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Hanks also cowrites and directs this amiable, unambitious story of a downsized worker who goes back to college for a new start.

‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ – Tom Hanks vs. the USSR on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Election Special, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Politics, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman costar in this breezy take on “the outrageous true story” of a minor congressman who secretly funded a rebellion against the Soviet Union.

‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ – third time’s the charm on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, Comedy, DVD, HBO Max, heist, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

George Cooney and Brad Pitt reunite to old gang for one more romp in the third film in Steven Soderberg’s jaunty heist franchise.

‘Ocean’s Twelve’ – let’s do it again on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, HBO Max, heist, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/14/2021 Sean Axmaker

George Clooney is back as the caper ringleader and he brings the entire crew with him in Steven Soderbergh’s jaunty sequel to his swinging heist romp.

‘Ocean’s Eleven’ – the art of the modern heist on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, HBO Max, heist, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 12/01/2021 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and friends join director Steven Soderbergh for a swinging heist romp.

‘Crime Story’ – sixties gangsters free on IMDb TV

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Cult TV, gangsters, historical, IMDB TV, Streaming TV, SVOD 01/28/2020 Sean Axmaker

After helping turn Miami Vice into the defining neon crime show of its era, Michael Mann turned back the clock and put his stamp on Crime Story: Complete Series (1986-1988). Created by former Chicago cop Chuck Adamson with Gustave Reininger, the Mann-produced sixties-era gangster series made for a fabulous mix of genres (old-time gangster thriller, […]

George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jack O'Connell star in Money Monster,' directed by Jodie Foster

‘Money Monster’ on VOD

!Featured, On Demand, VOD 09/07/2016 Sean Axmaker

Money Monster (2016) makes a show of channeling anger at Wall Street, which seems to emerge with a profit even when everyone else loses their retirement savings, and the frustration for the failure of the media circus that passes for journalism to hold it accountable into a modern plugged-in thriller. It has George Clooney playing […]

Watch This! The ‘Mystic Pizza’ reunion on ‘Good Morning America’

Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Streaming Movies, Watch This! 07/03/2015 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Mystic Pizza (1988), a summer buddy movie of romance and friendship among three best friends in the resort community of Mystic, Connecticut, launched the careers of Lili Taylor, Julia Roberts, and Annabeth Gish. Roger Ebert gave it his thumbs up when it was released in 1988: “The characters are allowed to be smart, to react […]