Tom Wilkinson – Stream On Demand

Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'

Leaving soon: Jim Carrey discovers ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ on Peacock

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Peacock, Romance, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/20/2023 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Jim Carrey fights to hold onto memories of a past romance in this poignant, touching, and sometimes painfully funny in this playfully inventive romantic fantasy from writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry.

David Oyelowo is Martin Luther King in Ava DuVernay's 'Selma.'

Academy Award winner ‘Selma’ on Paramount+

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Ava Duvernay directs this acclaimed drama about the 1965 civil rights march through Alabama led by Dr. Martin Luther King.

Christian Bale is Batman in Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins'

‘Batman Begins’ – Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight on HBO Max and Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Max, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, superheroes, SVOD 02/20/2023 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Christopher Nolan rebooted the Batman mythos for the big screen in 2005, bringing the often lighthearted hero back to the shadows, both figuratively and literally.

‘In the Bedroom’ – grief and vengeance on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, Paramount+, Streaming Movies, suspense, SVOD 02/15/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson star in this hushed portrait of love, loss, and vengeance in a sleepy New England backwater. It’s the directorial debut of Todd Field.

Paul Giamatti is John Adams in the HBO miniseries

‘John Adams’ and the birth of American democracy on HBO Max

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Paul Giamatti is American Revolution hero and second American President John Adams in this fascinating miniseries adapted from the acclaimed biography by David McCullough.

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ on HBO Max

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Ralph Fiennes and Tony Revolori star in this bittersweet comic drama, mix of adventure, murder mystery, old-world tale, storybook fable, and sinister conspiracy.

George Clooney stars in the political thriller by Tony Gilroy

George Clooney is ‘Michael Clayton’ on HBO Max

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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.

Helen Mirren is Jane Tennison in 'Prime Suspect'

The Complete ‘Prime Suspect’ with Helen Mirren on BritBox

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, BritBox, British TV, DVD, Streaming TV, SVOD 10/18/2021 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Helen Mirren got the role of a lifetime playing DCI Jane Tennison, a tough, tenacious, at times brittle woman in a brutally chauvinist British police culture in a series of smart mysteries.

Ewan McGregor is 'The Ghost Writer' in Roman Polanski's superb thriller.

Last chance: Roman Polanski’s ‘The Ghost Writer’ on Hulu

!Featured, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Last chance, Mystery, Politics, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 05/22/2021 Sean Axmaker

Ewan McGregor is The Ghost Writer (2010), a scribe-for-hire in the celebrity autobiography business who is contracted to rewrite the dry memoirs of a former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan), in the smart, gripping, subtly Hitchcockian thriller from director Roman Polanski and author Robert Harris. The writer has no other name in the film—he introduces […]