By John Corrado Ryan Gosling received his first Oscar nomination two decades ago for playing a school teacher in the indie drama Half Nelson. Now, Gosling is playing a teacher once again in the sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary, which finds the Canadian actor delivering one of his very best performances. Adapted from the novel… Read More Movie Review: Project Hail Mary
By John Corrado New releases for the week of April 3rd, 2026. Theatrical Releases: The Drama (Wide Release): Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star as a couple about to be married in this buzzy new dark comedy from A24 and Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario, Sick of Myself). Pattinson is very good as a groom… Read More New This Week (04/03/2026): The Drama, Fantasy Life, & More!
By John Corrado The indie dramedy Fantasy Life serves as the impressive feature directorial debut of actor Matthew Shear, doing quadruple duty as writer, director, executive producer, and star. Shear stars in the film as Sam, an anxious young Jewish man in New York City who, in no short order, gets laid off from his… Read More Movie Review: Fantasy Life
By John Corrado The Drama, the latest film from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, starts off feeling like a typical indie rom-com, complete with a coffee shop “meet-cute” between our protagonists Charlie Thompson (Robert Pattinson) and Emma Harwood (Zendaya). But there’s something off about it. And if you’ve seen Borgli’s previous films Dream Scenario and Sick… Read More Movie Review: The Drama
By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 27th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Alpha (Limited Release): Julia Ducournau’s third film following her debut Raw and Palme d’Or winner Titane, is a metaphorical AIDS drama set in the 1980s. It follows a 13-year-old girl named Alpha (played by Mélissa Boros). Tahar Rahim is also a… Read More New This Week (03/27/2026): Alpha, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, & More!
By John Corrado In his previous documentary, the Oscar-winning 2022 film Navalny, Toronto filmmaker Daniel Roher presented a thrilling portrait of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Now Roher turns his attention to the equally timely topic of artificial intelligence in The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. Roher’s latest, which he… Read More Movie Review: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
By John Corrado Alpha is the third feature from French filmmaker Julia Ducournau, whose previous films Raw and Titane both shocked and repulsed audiences while drawing critical acclaim. For Ducournau to follow up a film as thrilling and visionary as her sophomore feature Titane was always going to be a nearly impossible task, especially after… Read More Movie Review: Alpha
By John Corrado Elements of time travel and crime thriller collide in Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, an enjoyable action comedy that unfolds with a sort of clever-dumb logic that requires us to just roll with it. The plot, which unfolds across one night, is filled with twists and double-crossings. The titular players… Read More Movie Review: Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (Disney+)
By John Corrado The 20th anniversary edition of the Canadian Film Fest begins tonight and runs until March 29th at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. I’ve had the privilege of covering this festival a number of times in the past, and I’m always impressed by the range of homegrown films on display. This year’s milestone… Read More The 2026 Canadian Film Fest runs from March 24th to 29th in Toronto
By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 20th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Wide Release): This fun sequel to the 2019 horror-comedy begins right where that film ended, with new bride Grace (Samara Weaving) having survived being hunted by her in-laws and now thrust into another deadly… Read More New This Week (03/20/2026): Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Project Hail Mary, & More!
By John Corrado A homeless woman takes a Seattle tow truck company to court when the 1991 Toyota Camry she’s been living out of gets towed in director Stephanie Laing’s Tow, a based-on-a-true-story dramedy produced by and starring Rose Byrne. Byrne stars in the film as Amanda Ogle, a recovering alcoholic drifting around Seattle struggling… Read More Movie Review: Tow
By John Corrado Searchlight Pictures has just put out the first trailer for Wild Horse Nine, the latest film from writer-director Martin McDonagh. McDonagh’s last two films, The Banshees of Inisherin and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, were major Oscar contenders. It looks like a blast. This one finds McDonagh re-teaming with his Oscar-winning Three… Read More First Trailer for Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine
By John Corrado The Radio Silence team of co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett return to the world of their 2019 horror-comedy Ready or Not with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, a fun sequel that serves as a direct continuation of the first one. As in, this film literally opens right where the… Read More Movie Review: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
By John Corrado Sony Pictures has just released the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. This is the sequel to 2021’s smash hit Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the fourth solo outing for Tom Holland’s webslinger. I’m looking forward to it. This one is set four years after No Way Home, and the trailer… Read More First Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day
By John Corrado Warner Bros. has just released the first trailer for Dune: Part Three. This is Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated finale to his sci-fi trilogy, modelled after author Frank Herbert’s much darker second book, Dune: Messiah. This trailer comes in the wake of star Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar campaign for Marty Supreme, which, ultimately, sadly,… Read More First Trailer for Dune: Part Three!
By John Corrado The 98th Academy Awards have now wrapped up, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another triumphing in Best Picture. This looked like it was shaping up to be a much tighter race between PTA’s film and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in recent weeks, but season sweeper One Battle prevailed in the end.… Read More Winners of the 98th Academy Awards
By John Corrado The Oscars are tomorrow night, which means that this very long awards season has finally come to an end. It’s a season that hasn’t been without some dumb controversies, including ones that cropped up right at the end of voting (such as Best Actor frontrunner Timothée Chalamet’s comments on opera and ballet that,… Read More My 2026 Oscar Predictions
By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 13th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Undertone (Wide Release): This horror movie debut from Toronto-based filmmaker Ian Tuason became a Canadian success story when A24 picked it up at last year’s Fantasia in Montreal. It’s a creepy, slow-burn horror film that stars Nina Kiri as a paranormal… Read More New This Week (03/13/2026): Undertone, Space Cadet, & More!
By John Corrado The bond between a girl and her robot is explored in Space Cadet, a wonderful little Canadian animated film that serves as the directorial debut of DJ and musician Kid Koala. The film charts the parental bond between young space enthusiast Celeste, and the robot – a first generation “Guardianbot” – who… Read More Movie Review: Space Cadet
By John Corrado Universal has just released a brand new “official trailer” for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. This is the iconic filmmaker’s return to sci-fi and, more specifically, aliens. This trailer gives us a bit more of the plot, which involves the disclosure of United States military secrets confirming the existence of extra terrestrial life.… Read More Official Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day
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