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Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans picks sides in "Captain America: Civil War."

‘Captain America: Civil War’ – pick a side on Disney+

!Featured, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 12/07/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The heroes of the Marvel Comics Universe battle each other in what is an ‘Avengers’ movie in everything but name.

‘The Avengers’ – the birth of the Marvel supergroup on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 10/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

A superhero spectacle years in the making, the first film to bring the heroes of the MCU together makes for a genuine comic book epic for the big screen.

Iron Man – Photo credit: Marvel Entertainment

‘Iron Man’ – the MCU begins on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 09/27/2022 Sean Axmaker

Robert Downey Jr. is the playboy millionaire and genius engineer who creates a tricked-out suit of armor that turns him into a superhero in the first official movie in the MCU.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. in the David Fincher thriller

David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ on Prime Video and Paramount+

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, based on a short story, Blu-ray, DVD, Mystery, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 09/06/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jake Gyllenhaal play the newspaper cartoonist who became obsessed with the notorious unsolved Zodiac killings in Fincher’s mesmerizing thriller.

‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ – the legendary detective as cheeky action hero on Netflix and HBO Max

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, historical, Mystery, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/11/2022 Sean Axmaker

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law returns as Holmes and Watson in Guy Ritchie’s sequel to his action-packed revision of the Holmes stories.

Robert Downey Jr. is ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in Guy Ritchie’s film on Netflix and HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, HBO Max, historical, literary adaptation, Mystery, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/21/2022 Sean Axmaker

Guy Ritchie brings his slick crime movie style to the old-school detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle in this reinvention of the character as an action hero.

‘Good Night, and Good Luck.’ – Why journalism matters on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, historical, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/23/2019 Sean Axmaker

David Strathairn plays broadcast journalism godfather Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005, PG), George Clooney’s austere, astounding drama about his career-threatening decision to use the airwaves to take on Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1953. Directing in a stripped down style, Clooney’s direction captures the […]

Tom Holland is the new web-slinger in the new reboot

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, DVD, fantasy, Kid Stuff, On Demand, superheroes, SVOD, VOD 10/17/2017 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) is the second reboot of the first superstar of the 21st century superhero boom since Sam Raimi’s hit trilogy and this time Sony (who still owns the movie rights) has handed the creative reins over to Marvel Studios and allowed them to integrate the webslinger into the Marvel Comics Movie Universe. Tom […]