by Sean Axmaker | Jul 28, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
3 Hearts (Cohen, Blu-ray, DVD) does indeed refer to a romantic triangle, but this French drama from Benoit Jacquot is neither lurid nor lascivious. Marc (Benoît Poelvoorde), a middle-aged tax auditor, is a sensitive schlub whose innate compassion and respect...
by Sean Axmaker | Jul 21, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
What We Do in the Shadows (Paramount, Blu-ray, DVD) takes the mockumentary approach to the vampire film, though that hardly describes the deadpan absurdity of this comedy of ancient European vampires in New Zealand, who after centuries of unlife haven’t gotten...
by Sean Axmaker | Jun 9, 2015 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Red Army (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) – Director Gabe Polsky, the Chicago-born son of Russian immigrants, dreamed of playing pro hockey and ended up making movies. This documentary, his directorial debut, finds the intersection of sports triumph, political gamesmanship,...
by Sean Axmaker | May 12, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Still Alice (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) – Julianne Moore won her first Academy Award (after four nominations since Boogie Nights in 1998) playing a renowned linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and starts to experience her...
by Sean Axmaker | Jan 22, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Adua and Her Friends (Raro / Kino Lorber, Blu-ray) are prostitutes from a Rome brothel attempting to take charge of their own lives after their place is shut down in the aftermath of Italy’s Merlin Law, which ended legalized prostitution in 1958 (the film was...
