Michael Fassbender – Stream On Demand

Donnie Wahlberg, Neil McDonough, and the men of Easy Company in the miniseries from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks

‘Band of Brothers’ – the war in Europe on Max

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, DVD, Emmy Award, historical, miniseries, Streaming TV, SVOD, war 05/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produce this epic ten-part limited series that follows a single company through the European theater of World War II.

‘Haywire’ – bad-ass action on Hulu and MUBI

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, MUBI, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 04/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

Steven Soderbergh builds this collision of drive-in assassin action movie and sleek art-house conspiracy thriller around the talents of MMA fighter Gina Carano.

‘Prometheus’- the ‘Alien’ prequel on Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 01/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Ridley Scott returns to the ‘Alien’ universe with this visually magnificent odyssey with a weak script and a cosmic backdrop.

‘X-Men: First Class’ on Disney+ and Peacock

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 10/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

The fourth film in the mutant superhero series rewinds to the formation of the team in the 1960s with a cast of young actors taking over the roles.

Michael Fassbender stars in the darkly absurdist frontier odyssey 'Slow West'

‘Slow West’ – Michael Fassbender on the frontier on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Free, Kanopy, Max, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD, western 09/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

Kodi Smit-McPhee plays a Scottish immigrant who followes the girl he loves to 19th century America in this darkly absurdist frontier odyssey.

‘300’ – Zach Snyder adapts Frank Miller on HBO Max and Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, historical, inspired by a true story, Max, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD, war 06/06/2022 Sean Axmaker

Forget realism, this is Greek history as a macho fantasy that privileges brute force over intellect and turns war in an epic gladiator battle.

Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender star in the adaptation from director Cary Fukunaga

‘Jane Eyre’ with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, literary adaptation, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/18/2021 Sean Axmaker

Cary Fukunaga’s 2011 version of Charlotte Bronte’s novel embraces the gothic gloom and lonely isolation but never gives in to the darkness.

Michael Fassbender in 'X-Men Apocalypse'

‘X-Men Apocalypse’ on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 10/26/2021 Sean Axmaker

The sixth feature in the official X-Men big screen franchise wraps the series with another end-of-the-world battle with the young incarnations of the mutant team of superheroes.

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, caper, Cult Movies, DVD, SVOD, thriller, war 11/22/2020 Sean Axmaker

Is there another American filmmaker who takes such joy in telling stories and spinning cinematic spells as Quentin Tarantino? I don’t mean tackling big issues or making epic statements. I’m talking about the sheer pleasure of telling audiences a tale that takes them places they don’t expect and ways they haven’t quite experienced before. The […]

Michael Fassbender stars as 'Steve Jobs' in the feature written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle

‘Steve Jobs’ on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, biographical, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/18/2020 Sean Axmaker

Steve Jobs (2015) isn’t the usual big screen biopic. Ostensibly adapted from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography, Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay discards the familiar birth-to-death sweep to offer a triptych of snapshots of Jobs, the co-founder of Apple who became the face of the company over his stormy stewardship, driving innovation and driving out opposition. Apart from […]