Kyle MacLachlan – Stream On Demand

‘The Hidden’ – Kyle MacLachlan vs. alien bodysnatcher on Criterion Channel

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, horror, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/27/2022 Sean Axmaker

This mix of body-snatcher science fiction, crime thriller, and offbeat buddy cop drama is one of the better genre-mashups to come out of 1980s American cinema.

Kyle MacLachlan in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet"

David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ on HBO Max and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Free, HBO Max, Kanopy, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/14/2022 Sean Axmaker

Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern star in this eerie, moody thriller of the evil underbelly of small town America and Dennis Hopper is unforgettable as the terrifying Frank Booth.

Pixar's animated feature 'Inside Out,' directed by Pete Docter

‘Inside Out’ – An emotional Pixar adventure on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award, Animation, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/28/2022 Sean Axmaker

Clever and funny and sweet, this animated odyssey uses a story that reimagines the mind as an epic theme park. to remind us (but especially kids) that emotions are powerful forces.

‘Justice League: The New Frontier’ – animated flashback on HBO Max

!Featured, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, historical, superheroes, SVOD 01/12/2022 Sean Axmaker

The origin of the Justice League is reimagined in this DCU Original Animation adaptation of the celebrated Darwyn Cooke graphic novel.

Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri in the film by Jack Sholder

Cult Blu-ray: ‘Basket Case,’ ‘Ichi the Killer,’ ‘Macon County’ justice, and ‘The Hidden’ with Kyle Maclachlan

Arrow, Blu-ray, Shout! Factory, Warner Archive, Well Go 04/24/2018 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Basket Case (Arrow, Blu-ray) Ichi the Killer (Well Go, Blu-ray) Macon County Line (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray) The Hidden (Warner Archive, Blu-ray) Basket Case (1982), the debut feature of filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, is a gruesome little cult indie-horror drama of brotherly love and righteous vengeance shot on location in the seedier sections of New York City. […]

Ethan Hawke stars in the Shakespeare adaptation from filmmaker Michael Almereyda

Ethan Hawke is ‘Hamlet’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Shakespeare, stage adaptation, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/25/2018 Sean Axmaker

This is not your father’s Hamlet (2000). This melancholy Dane is son of the deceased Chairman of Denmark Corporation. His castle is a sleek but alienating New York high rise dotted with omnipresent surveillance cameras, his kingdom city streets lined with paparazzi and tabloid reporters. Ethan Hawke is the youngest actor to tackle the role […]

Kyle MacLachlan is Agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch's return to the world of 'Twin Peaks'

TVD: ‘Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series’

Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, DVD 12/21/2017 Sean Axmaker

Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series (Paramount, Blu-ray, DVD) More than 25 years after the original Twin Peaks ended on network TV in 1990, creators David Lynch and Mark Frost were given complete freedom to produce a sequel series for Showtime. Almost every member of the original cast returned to reprise their characters (including a […]

Adam West, Burt Ward, William Shatner, and Julie Newmar voice the characters in this animate feature

Blu-ray Animated Originals: ‘Batman vs. Two-Face’ and ‘Justice League: The New Frontier’ Commemorative Edition

Animation, Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, DVD 11/11/2017 Sean Axmaker

Batman vs. Two-Face (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD) The 2016 DC Animated Movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, featuring Adam West and Burt Ward, stars of the campy original 1960s TV series Batman, as the voices of Batman and Robin and Julie Newmar reprising her purr as Catwoman, proved popular enough to inspire a sequel. Batman […]

Kyle MacLachlan and cast in the first season of David Lynch's original 'Twin Peaks'

The original ‘Twin Peaks’ on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, DVD, Streaming TV, thriller 05/08/2017 Sean Axmaker

Pour yourself a cup of joe, cut a slice of cherry pie, and let your mind free to roam the surreal TV noir that could only have sprung from the mind of David Lynch. Twin Peaks changed our ideas of what kinds of stories and storytelling was possible on television, and it did so on […]

‘The Good Wife: The Complete Series’ on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, drama, Hulu, Streaming TV 06/23/2016 Sean Axmaker

Created by Michelle and Robert King, the first season of The Good Wife offers a classic legal drama reframed by a ripped-from-the-headlines twist. Julianna Margulies’ Alicia Florrick is the publically loyal but privately ambivalent wife of a disgraced Chicago politician (Chris Noth), who resigns in the face of a sex scandal. “Six months later,” Alicia […]