Tag: Peter Weir

‘Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Last chance, literary adaptation, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/24/202107/04/2021 Sean Axmaker

Peter Weir’s sweeping nautical adventure Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), based on the beloved novels of Patrick O’Brien, all but blows sea spray from the screen. Russell Crowe is Captain Jack Aubrey of the H.M.S. Surprise, an English officer on the high seas during the Napoleonic wars, and Paul Bettany […]

Peter Weir directs 'The Way Back,' a survival drama starring Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, and Saoirse Ronan

Peter Weir’s ‘The Way Back’ on Hulu

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, road movie, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/05/201901/05/2019 Sean Axmaker

The Way Back (2010), filmmaker Peter Weir’s first film since Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in 2003, is a protean survival drama with a human grounding. The film was barely seen in theaters, receiving a belated, haphazard release after studio delays and critical neglect. Even with a cast headed by Ed […]