Videophiled: Sully, Florence, American Honey, and Suicide Squad – From hero to villains

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 29, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

Sully (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD, 4K UltraHD, VOD) is a fittingly modest nickname for an unassuming career airline pilot who became an American hero in 2009. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was piloting a routine flight from LaGuardia when his Airbus airliner was...

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: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ and ‘Captain Fantastic’

by Sean Axmaker | Nov 2, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

Star Trek Beyond (Paramount, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra HD, DVD, Digital, VOD) is the third feature in the “when they were young” reboot of the franchise and the first one since J.J. Abrams left Federation space for a galaxy long ago and far, far away....

Videophiled: Woody Allen’s wistful ‘Café Society’ and John le Carré’s ‘Traitor’

by Sean Axmaker | Oct 19, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

Café Society (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD) You never know what you’re getting with a new Woody Allen film. His career is as erratic as ever. So it’s a pleasure to note that Café Society (2016), while well short of masterpiece, is Allen in fine form. Set in...

Videophiled: A Tom Hanks ‘Hologram’ and ‘Raiders!’ – the secret remake

by Sean Axmaker | Aug 19, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot

You could call A Hologram for the King (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) a mid-life crisis drama, which is true enough, but it is really a crisis of purpose and identity for an old-school middle-aged businessman trying to remain relevant in the modern world. Tom Hanks is...