Melanie Lynskey – Stream On Demand

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

George Clooney is ‘Up in the Air’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Comedy, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/11/2021 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.

Alia Shawkat, Clea DuVall, Ben Schwartz, Jason Ritter, Cobie Smulders, and Natasha Lyonne in "The Intervention."

‘The Intervention’ – A smaller ‘Chill’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, Comedy, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 01/16/2021 Sean Axmaker

The Intervention (2016) of this indie spin on The Big Chill is a marriage intervention instigated by Annie (Melanie Lynskey). She is convinced that Ruby (Cobie Smulders) and Peter (Vincent Piazza), an eternally bickering couple, are in a toxic marriage and she’s invited the old gang to back up her plea that they stop dancing […]

Matt Damon is Mark Whitacre in the movie by Steven Soderbergh

Matt Damon is ‘The Informant!’ on Netflix

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, satire, Streaming Movies, suspense, SVOD 08/19/2018 Sean Axmaker

Biochemical engineer and corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre might have been a national hero for his help in exposing international price fixing. Too bad he was also a compulsive liar and an embezzler caught up in delusions of grandeur and secret-agent fantasies. Though based on a true story, The Informant! (2009) is not The Insider but […]