by Sean Axmaker | Oct 11, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
X-Men Apocalypse (Fox, Blu-ray, 4K HD, DVD, VOD), the sixth in the official X-Men big screen franchise (the ninth if you count the Wolverine and Deadpool spin-offs) and the third film in the prequel trilogy, is cut to fit into the big screen mythos as carved out of...
by Sean Axmaker | Apr 6, 2016 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD) – J.J. Abrams takes over the reins of the Star Wars franchise with what is technically a sequel (“Chapter VII: The Force Awakens”) but is just as much a course correction, a reboot, and a...
by Sean Axmaker | Feb 12, 2016 | Home Viewing, TV, What's Hot
Show Me a Hero (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD), a six-hour HBO miniseries developed by David Simon (The Wire) and William F. Zorzi from the non-fiction book by Lisa Belkin and directed by Paul Haggis (with a subtlety and nuance I didn’t know he had in him), stars Oscar Isaac as...
by Danny Miller | Dec 16, 2015 | Reviews, What's Hot
While I could never rattle off a list of the fauna on Tatooine, identify the various species who frequent the Mos Eisley Cantina, or describe the different podracers used by the residents of Coruscant as any self-respecting Star Wars fanboy could, I still consider...
by Sean Axmaker | Mar 11, 2014 | Home Viewing
Inside Llewyn Davis (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand), the latest by the Joel and Ethan Coen, was almost entirely overlooked at the Oscars this year. Perhaps that’s because, despite the astounding recreation of the Greenwich Village scene and an atmosphere and...