by Sean Axmaker | Jul 8, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
There is indeed a spy in London Spy (BBC, DVD) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with...
by Danny Miller | Mar 6, 2015 | Interviews, What's Hot
For those of you still mourning the end of this season of Downton Abbey, you’re in luck. Two of my favorite Crawleys (Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton) are back with the rest of the spectacular and very experienced cast in John Madden’s The Second Best Exotic Marigold...
by Sean Axmaker | Apr 15, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Philomena (Anchor Bay, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, VOD, On Demand), which tells the true story of Philomena Lee, an elderly Irish woman searching for the son she was forced to give up for adoption when she was an unwed teenager, stars Judi Dench in the title role and...
by Noah Walden | Jan 16, 2014 | Awards, News
12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle led the way in nominations. See who else is in the running. Best picture Captain Phillips Gravity 12 Years a Slave Philomena American Hustle Her Nebraska The Wolf of Wall Street Dallas Buyers Club Best Director Steve...
by Danny Miller | Nov 25, 2013 | Interviews
In 1952, an Irish teenager named Philomena became pregnant out of wedlock. Her horrified family abandoned her and sent her to a convent in Roscrea, Tipperary, where, along with other girls in the same predicament, she was regarded as a “fallen woman.” In compensation...
