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‘Red’ – Bruce Willis is deadly funny on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Max, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 02/08/2023 Sean Axmaker

John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren costar in the action comedy about retired agents who prove that cunning, confidence and skill beats youth and arrogance.

Last chance: ‘Stand by Me’ – a boy’s summer adventure on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, childhood, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 06/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix star in this adaptation of Stephen King’s story of adolescent friendship from director Rob Reiner.

Warren Oates is ‘Dillinger’ on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, biographical, Blu-ray, DVD, gangsters, Have You Seen...?, historical, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 01/21/2019 Sean Axmaker

John Dillinger was the most notorious of the Depression-era gangsters and his exploits (and attendant newspaper coverage) made him a romantic anti-hero to many of the folks who felt betrayed by the bankers and businessmen of the country. Dillinger (1973), the directorial debut of John Milius, plays on that image of the gentleman gangster who […]

Zooey Deschanel, Raoul Trujillo, Alan Cumming, and Neal McDonough in a revisionist Oz

‘Tin Man’ – Steampunk Oz on Netflix and Hulu

!Featured, fantasy, Hulu, Netflix, Streaming TV 12/12/2016 Sean Axmaker

The mini-series Tin Man (2007), a radical reworking of The Wizard of Oz that is equal parts revisionist remake and dark sequel, became the most watched original program in the history of the SciFi Channel (before its rebranding as SyFy) when it premiered almost a decade ago. Our Kansas farm girl is a spunky waitress […]