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‘X2: X-Men United’ on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 12/30/2021 Sean Axmaker

The ‘X-Men’ sequel ups the villain ante and turns the story into the cinematic equivalent of a multi-issue epic.

‘X-Men’ – the first cinematic superhero team on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 12/15/2021 Sean Axmaker

Hugh Jackman first played Wolverine in this hit big screen version of the mutant superhero comic book, one of the films that paved the way for the cinematic MCU.

Dafne Keen and Hugh Jackman in the superhero film directed by James Mangold

‘Logan’ – An epitaph for Wolverine on Hulu

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 10/16/2021 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Hugh Jackman plays the ‘X-Men’ hero for the ninth and final time in this powerful epitaph directed by James Mangold. It’s a well-told story with a human story–and human stakes–at its core.

‘Steamboy’ – steampunk animation on Amazon Prime

!Featured, adventure, Amazon Prime Video, Animation, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Science Fiction, SVOD 03/10/2021 Sean Axmaker

Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 animated landmark Akira is one of the essential titles of cyberpunk cinema. With Steamboy (Japan, 2004), he steps to the industrial revolution of 1866 England to take on steampunk, a historical genre of science fiction with an alternate reality of scientific advancement. Idealistic boy inventor Ray Steam is happy to tinker over […]

‘Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius’ on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Animation, childhood, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Netflix, Science Fiction, SVOD 08/13/2020 Sean Axmaker

Little Jimmy Neutron is an Einstein in short pants with the vision of a junior Jules Verne. He races with Air Force pilots and launches satellites before breakfast, invents shrink rays for show-and-tell, and has even created a mechanical dog, Goddard, who is infinitely loyal, endearingly playful, and sports more gadgets than a Swiss Army […]