by Sean Axmaker | Nov 10, 2015 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot
Trainwreck (Universal, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) – I don’t think I laughed as hard at any movie comedy this year as I did with Amy Schumer’s big screen debut feature as writer / star. Abetted by the direction of Judd Apatow, who has been moving from male-centric...
by Sean Axmaker | Oct 27, 2015 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot
The Brood (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) – I’d seen David Cronenberg’s The Brood before watching the terrific new Criterion edition but it never really registered the way it did this time. Perhaps the quality of the presentation (newly remastered from a 2K...
by Sean Axmaker | Mar 20, 2014 | Home Viewing
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Flicker Alley, Blu-ray) was the film that elevated Lon Chaney from talented character actor and chameleon leading man to Hollywood superstar, and it was a project he nurtured to the screen. Famous for his elaborate make-up creations and...
by Sean Axmaker | Jan 28, 2014 | Home Viewing
The Fifth Estate (Touchstone, Blu-ray, DVD) — Benedict Cumberbatch makes such a fascinating Julian Assange that it only focuses attention on the problems with Bill Condon’s portrait of Assange, WikiLeaks and the Bradley Manning revelations. Ostensibly about how...
