Tilda Swinton – Stream On Demand

Keanu Reeves is Constantine in the 2005 film based on the graphic novel 'Hellblazer'

Keanu Reeves is ‘Constantine’ on HBO Max and Peacock

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, fantasy, HBO Max, horror, Peacock, Streaming Movies, supernatural, SVOD 05/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

The screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics supernatural hustler isn’t particularly faithful but it is interesting and imaginative.

George Clooney stars in 'Burn After Reading' from Joel and Ethan Coen

‘Burn After Reading’ – unclassified CIA laughs on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Peacock, spies and espionage, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

George Clooney is a philandering Federal Marshal who gets caught up in a screwball espionage caper in this hilarious comedy from the Coen Bros.

Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman in Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom,' starring Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, and more

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ – Wes Anderson’s endless summer on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, childhood, Criterion, DVD, family friendly, HBO Max, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 03/26/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Wes Anderson’s tale of young love and teenage adventure is funny, playful, and full of nostalgic blasts and period trappings, but most of all it is loving.

George Clooney stars in the political thriller by Tony Gilroy

George Clooney is ‘Michael Clayton’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Politics, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 03/16/2022 Sean Axmaker

A legal “fixer” who works behind the scenes of a powerful New York law firm stumbles into a corporate conspiracy in Tony Gilroy’s smart, sharp legal drama.

Tilda Swinton in Bong Joon-ho 's 'Snowpiercer'

Last chance: ‘Snowpiercer’ – careening apocalyptic allegory on Peacock

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, DVD, Peacock, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (‘Parasite’) directs this high-speed allegory barreling down the science fiction tracks of genre cinema.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett , and Taraji P. Henson star in the film by David Fincher

‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ on Hulu and Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Criterion, drama, DVD, fantasy, Hulu, literary adaptation, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, SVOD 02/14/2022 Sean Axmaker

Brad Pitt completely commits to the part of a man who is born old and grows younger through a sweeping survey of 20th century history.

Benedict Cumberbatch is the Master of the Mystic Arts in the Marvel Studios movie

‘Doctor Strange’ – Sorcerer Supreme on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, fantasy, Streaming Movies, superheroes, supernatural, SVOD 01/13/2022 Sean Axmaker

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Marvel’s magic-wielding superhero in this mystic entry in the MCU from director Scott Derrickson.

George Clooney in 'Hail, Caesar!,' the loving Hollywood studio satire from Joel and Cthan Coen.

‘Hail, Caesar!’ from the Coen Bros. on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, movies about movies, Netflix, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/02/2021 Sean Axmaker

Hail, Caesar! (2015), the Coen Bros.’s sly lampoon of 1950s Hollywood, is an affectionate and satirical tribute to studio filmmaking and a wittily skewed comedy of cultural politics in early 1950s America, the beginning of the end of the studio era. Set at the fictional Capitol Pictures, an MGM-like studio, and centered on Eddie Mannix […]

An Seo Hyun and friend in Bong Joon Ho's "Okja."

Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Okja’ on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Cult Movies, fantasy, Netflix, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, thriller 06/30/2017 Sean Axmaker

Okja, a social satire/political allegory/action fantasy from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, skips theaters entirely to debut on Netflix. You may recall that it was a point of controversy at the Cannes Film Festival, not for its subject matter but because of the Netflix model of releasing its films straight to streaming. The Netflix logo elicited […]

Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito star in Bong Joon-Ho's new film

Watch This! Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Okja’ coming to Netflix

Netflix, News, Watch This! 03/19/2017 Sean Axmaker

Okja, Bong Joon-Ho’s follow-up to Snowpiercer, will debut globally on Netflix in June, with limited theatrical release in the U.S. the same day it debuts on Netflix. Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins. Paul Dano, and Tilda Swinton star in the science fiction thriller about a young girl (Seohyun An) who must risk everything to prevent a […]