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J.J. Abrams channels Steven Spielberg for ‘Super 8’ on HBO Max

!Featured, adventure, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, giant monsters, HBO Max, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 10/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

A monster movie adventure powered by creative kids, a love of movies, and a foundation of mystery and wonder from school kids old enough to make their own zombie movie on super 8 film and young enough to get so excited by it.

Richard Burton is ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, literary adaptation, spies and espionage, SVOD, thriller 08/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

Martin Ritt directs this superb film of John le Carré’s novel, the first of many adaptations of le Carré’s wary novels of Cold War espionage and still one of the best.

‘I Married a Witch’ – Veronica Lake casts a spell on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Halloween, Romance, SVOD 12/29/2020 Sean Axmaker

“Long ago, when people still believed in witches …” I Married a Witch (1942), René Clair’s sexy ghost story by way of a cockeyed American romantic comedy, is a delightful and deftly made little trifle with Veronica Lake at her best as the daughter of an ancient supernatural trickster (played by Cecil Kellaway). Resurrected hundreds […]