Videophiled Cable TVD: more ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Outlander,’ ‘The Knick,’ and ‘Better Call Saul’

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...

Videophiled TVD: The end of ‘Person of Interest,’ ‘Penny Dreadful,’ and ‘Banshee’

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 11, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot

Penny Dreadful: The Final Season (Showtime, Blu-ray, DVD) – The third and final season of the Showtime series that reimagines the characters of 19th century British horror novels sharing the same London underworld brings the story of the tormented Vanessa Ives (the...

Videophiled: ‘Hell or High Water,’ ‘Don’t Think Twice,’ and ‘The Intervention’

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 7, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

Hell or High Water (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is as good an American drama as you’ll see this year. Jeff Bridges stars as a Texas Ranger on the trail of a pair of bank robbers and his playfully crusty performance as a laconic frontier lawman on the verge of...

Videophiled Family: ‘Pete’s Dragon,’ ‘Kubo,’ and ‘The BFG’

by Sean Axmaker | Nov 30, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

Pete’s Dragon (Disney, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. The 1977 film, about an orphaned boy who runs away from his abusive adoptive parents with a magical dragon, was a live action film with a bright cartoon character...

Videophiled Noirvember: The rural noir of ‘On Dangerous Ground’ and ‘Road House’ with Ida Lupino

by Sean Axmaker | Nov 29, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

On Dangerous Ground (Warner Archive, Blu-ray) (1952), directed by Nicholas Ray from a script he developed with A.I. Bezzerides and producer John Houseman, opens on the urgent yet fractured dramatic score by Bernard Herrmann, a theme that rushes forward anxiously,...