Stephen McHattie – Stream On Demand

‘300’ – Zach Snyder adapts Frank Miller on Max and Apple TV+

!Featured, Action, Apple TV+, Blu-ray, DVD, historical, inspired by a true story, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD, war 07/12/2023 Sean Axmaker

Forget realism, this is Greek history as a macho fantasy that privileges brute force over intellect and turns war in an epic gladiator battle.

‘Watchmen’ – Superhero redux on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Max, satire, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, superheroes, SVOD, thriller 08/13/2022 Sean Axmaker

Zach Snyder’s 2009 adaptation of the landmark graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons is as faithful as anyone could hope for.

Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in TV's original modern fairy tale romance 'Beauty and the Beast'

TV’s original ‘Beauty and the Beast: The Complete Series’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, fantasy, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming TV 04/15/2021 Sean Axmaker

TV crime show and romantic fantasy meet as urban mythology in the original modern TV fairy tale starring Linda Hamilton as a beautiful crusading lawyer and Ron Perlman as a tender-hearted man-beast.

‘Crime Story’ – sixties gangsters free on IMDb TV

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Cult TV, gangsters, historical, IMDB TV, Streaming TV, SVOD 01/28/2020 Sean Axmaker

After helping turn Miami Vice into the defining neon crime show of its era, Michael Mann turned back the clock and put his stamp on Crime Story: Complete Series (1986-1988). Created by former Chicago cop Chuck Adamson with Gustave Reininger, the Mann-produced sixties-era gangster series made for a fabulous mix of genres (old-time gangster thriller, […]

Stephen McHattie in Bruce McDonald's 'Pontypool'

‘Pontypool’ – Viral horror on Netflix and Hulu

!Featured, horror, Hulu, Netflix 10/23/2016 Sean Axmaker

Laurie Anderson would be proud: language is a virus in Pontypool (2008), a zombie(-esque) thriller set almost entirely within the walls of a basement radio station. Stephen McHattie is brilliant as a frustrated former shock-jock now picking up a paycheck as the morning DJ in a rural radio station on the Ontario plain, where the […]