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Al Pacino is Cuban thug turned Miami drug lord Tony Montana in Brian De Palma's 'Scarface'

‘Scarface’ – Say hello to my little friend on Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Essential Viewing, gangsters, Last chance, Peacock, remake, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 03/16/2022 Sean Axmaker

Brian De Palma directs Al Pacino in this thriller of a Cuban criminal’s rise to the top in the eighties cocaine wars of Florida. It’s a blood-spattered crime opera.

Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis star in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel

Last chance: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Age of Innocence’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, literary adaptation, Streaming Movies 03/02/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Scorsese explores 19th century New York high society with grace, nuance, and piercing intellect in his adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, one of his greatest and most underrated films.

Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks star in this family drama based on a true story

Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks are ‘People Like Us’ on Hulu

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 03/01/2022 Sean Axmaker

This based-on-a-true-story family drama offers some touching moments between the Hollywood contrivances and some moving moments that remind us of the power of family ties.

Matthew Modine and Michelle Pfeiffer in Jonathan Demme's 'Married to the Mob'

Michelle Pfeiffer is ‘Married to the Mob’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/12/2021 Sean Axmaker

Married to the Mob (1988) – Two years after his breakthrough film Something Wild, Jonathan Demme returned to the genre with another mix of offbeat humor and dangerous criminals. This colorful gangster comedy stars Michelle Pfeiffer as the frustrated wife of mid-level mobster (a very young Alec Baldwin) and Matthew Modine as a dedicated and […]

Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer star in the neon noir from John Landis

Blu-ray: ‘Into the Night’ – Neon noir from Shout! Factory

Blu-ray, film noir, Shout! Factory 11/14/2017 Sean Axmaker

Into the Night (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray) After the 1970s recast film noir in shades of nostalgia (Chinatown, 1974, The Late Show, 1977) and private eye revisionism and cynicism (The Long Goodbye, 1973, Night Moves, 1975), the eighties gave it a burst of color and energy with Neon Noir. John Landis’s Into the Night (1985) doesn’t […]