by Sean Axmaker | Sep 14, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Captain America: Civil War (Walt Disney, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, VOD) is an Avengers movie in everything but name. It’s got Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) as team captains picking sides in the hero-vs.-hero fight over government...
by Sean Axmaker | Aug 23, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Blindspot: The Complete First Season (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD) is the signature high concept network show of the 2015-2016 TV season. It opens with a doozy of a hook—a mysterious bag is left in Times Square, the cops clear the normally crowded spot (which gives us one of...
by Sean Axmaker | Jul 19, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
The smartest thing about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ultimate Edition (Warner, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, VOD) is its revisionist take on the destruction that concluded Man of Steel, Zach Snyder’s reboot of Superman as a...
by Sean Axmaker | Jul 6, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Only Yesterday (GKids / Universal, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD), the Studio Ghibli animated feature directed and scripted by Isao Takahata (of Grave of the Fireflies and the Oscar-nominated The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), received its American premiere this year but is in...
by Sean Axmaker | Jun 12, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Hail, Caesar! (Universal, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD), the Coen Bros.’s sly lampoon of 1950s Hollywood, is an affectionate and satirical tribute to studio filmmaking and cultural politics in early 1950s America, just before the decline of the studios. Set around the...