Lizzy Caplan – Stream On Demand

The giant monster invasion begins on ‘Cloverfield’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, giant monsters, Halloween, horror, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/05/2023 Sean Axmaker

This high-concept reworking of an old-fashioned creature feature is a 21st century Godzilla movie with a DIY aesthetic. Matt Reeves directs and J.J. Abrams produces.

Lindsay Lohan vs. the ‘Mean Girls’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Based on a nonfiction book, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, high school, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD, young adult 02/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

This satire of teenage girl behavior and high school cliques, written by Tina Fey, features a breakout performance by Rachel McAdams.

Last chance: James Franco has ‘127 Hours’ to save himself on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adventure, Based on a nonfiction book, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Danny Boyle creates a vivid and cinematic version of outdoorsman and hiker Aron Ralston’s memoir of his real life survival story.

‘Das Boot: The Series’ – submarines, spies, and WWII on Hulu

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, historical, Hulu, International TV, spies and espionage, Streaming TV, SVOD, war 01/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

The small screen series continues the story begun in the 1981 film, with a new submarine crew on a base in Nazi-occupied France and the Resistance movement working to sabotage it.

‘Freaks and Geeks’ – complete and restored on Hulu

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, high school, Hulu, Streaming TV, SVOD 01/28/2021 Sean Axmaker

Somewhere between Dawson’s Creek and Booksmart is the sharp, funny, and surprisingly poignant high school dram-edy (for lack of a better word) Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000). Linda Cardellini grounds the series as Junior Lindsay, the former class brain who rejects her place in the school hierarchy and, in startling identity crisis, gravitates toward the school […]

‘Das Boot’ – The 2019 series on Hulu

!Featured, based on a novel, Binge-able TV, historical, Hulu, spies and espionage, Streaming TV, suspense, war 08/07/2019 Sean Axmaker

Das Boot (Germany/France, 2019) shares the same title as Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 film (and is technically a sequel), but familiarity with the original is unnecessary to start the series. Also based on the novel Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim as well its sequel Die Festung, the 2019 series is set in late 1942, nine months after the film’s finale, […]