Samuel L. Jackson – Stream On Demand

Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Quentin Tarantino's western

Jamie Foxx is ‘Django Unchained’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, historical, Paramount+, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, western 01/01/2023 Sean Axmaker

Quentin Tarantino takes on the spaghetti western and mythic adventure as a crucible to take on American slavery in the antebellum South.

Pam Grier, Robert Forster and Samuel L. Jackson star in Quentin Tarantino's adaptation of Elmore Leonard

Last chance: Pam Grier is ‘Jackie Brown’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Crime, Cult Movies, DVD, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 11/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Quentin Tarantino adapts Elmore Leonard’s ‘Rum Punch’ and gives career-reviving roles to Pam Grier and Robert Forster in the most grown-up movie of his first dozen years.

‘The Incredibles’ – super-powered family dynamics on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award, Action, Animation, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD 11/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Brad Bird directs this animated superhero adventure comedy for families and about a family hiding their powers from the world… until the world calls once again.

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ – a superhero conspiracy thriller on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD, thriller 11/09/2022 Sean Axmaker

Scarlett Johansson costars as Black Widow and Anthony Mackie debuts at Falcon in this terrific entry in the MCU with an espionage twist.

‘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.

‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ on Disney+

!Featured, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, superheroes, SVOD 10/12/2022 Sean Axmaker

Chris Evans plays the red, white and blue all-American hero in this origin story set during World War II, costarring Hayley Atwell and Tommy Lee Jones.

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.

Miguel Sandoval, Spike Lee, and Ossie Davis

Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ on Peacock

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, African-American cinema, African-American filmmakers, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, National Film Registry, Peacock, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/16/2022 Sean Axmaker

Spike Lee’s vibrant, vital, thoroughly accomplished third feature is a provocative and intelligent exploration of race and racism that opens with a call to action and ends with a ferocious cry in the face of injustice.

‘Changing Lanes’ – Ben Affleck vs Samuel Jackson on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 12/14/2021 Sean Axmaker

Roger Michell, best known for his British period pieces and romantic dramas, directed this overlooked film that delves into anger management, revenge, and culpability.

Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Bruce Dern in Quentin Taratino's 'The Hateful Eight'

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ on Netflix and Showtime

!Featured, Blu-ray, DVD, Netflix, Showtime Anytime, Streaming Movies, SVOD, western 10/26/2017 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The Hateful Eight, the eighth feature by Quentin Tarantino, is something strange and audacious even for a filmmaker whose films are rarely short of either. It’s a vivid widescreen western epic that runs nearly three hours yet plays like a chamber piece, largely contained within the intimate quarters of a stagecoach stopover during a blizzard […]