by Sean Axmaker | Dec 12, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Game of Thrones: The Complete Season Six (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – For five years the epic HBO historical fantasy series “Game of Thrones” has followed the storyline of author George R.R. Martin’s novels. Until season six, when the series took the story...
by Sean Axmaker | Nov 25, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Kamikaze ’89 (Film Movement, Blu-ray, DVD) – Rainer Werner Fassbinder takes a rare onscreen lead in what would be his last screen appearance in Wolfgang Kremm’s 1982 new wave science fiction cop drama. Based on a satirical science fiction novel by Swedish...
by Sean Axmaker | Sep 17, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
The superhero is the new western hero. Just as in the 1940s and 1950s, when the western was the defining American genre in theaters and on TV, comic book heroes now dominate the big screen and increasingly the small screen. And where the Marvel Comics Universe rules...
by Sean Axmaker | Aug 3, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Confirmation (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – It’s been 25 years since the congress held hearings over the confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court when accusations of sexual harassment were raised after congressional aides contacted Professor Anita Hill, a law...
by Sean Axmaker | May 18, 2016 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot
Deadpool (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD, 4K UltraHD, VOD) – Irreverent, outrageous, and strewn with self-aware commentary and dark humor, Deadpool is the polar opposite of the self-serious Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It is raunchy and gory and features a...