By John Corrado If modern filmmakers like Ari Aster and Jordan Peele helped define a subgenre known as “elevated horror,” director Kat Coiro’s Italy-set romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany pioneers something that could be described as “elevated Hallmark.” This rom-com plays like something that could air on the Hallmark Channel, but with recognizable stars… Read More Blu-ray Review: You, Me & Tuscany
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 3rd, 2026. Theatrical Releases: The Invite (Limited Release): This A24 comedy is Olivia Wilde’s third directorial effort, and also her best work yet as both a director and actor. The film is a chamber piece that unfolds over one night, following a married couple (Wilde… Read More New This Week (07/03/2026): The Invite, Minions & Monsters, & More!
By John Corrado The Invite is the third film directed by actress Olivia Wilde, following her 2019 debut with the teen comedy Booksmart, and her overly ambitious sophomore feature Don’t Worry Darling in 2022. This film finds her not only rebounding mightily after the notorious critical flop of Don’t Worry Darling (a film that bit… Read More Movie Review: The Invite
By John Corrado Between the critical success of films like Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and Blue Heron, and the streaming series Heated Rivalry becoming a legit global pop culture phenomenon, there’s little denying that Canadian content (or “CanCon” for the media literate) is having a big moment right now. So, in honour… Read More Ten Canadian Movies for Canada Day
By John Corrado Focus Features has just released the first trailer for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf. This is the filmmaker’s followup to Nosferatu, and he’s tackling werewolf mythology next. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp lead the cast. It looks pretty great. I’ve been a fan of all of Eggers’ films, starting with The Witch… Read More First Trailer for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 26th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Supergirl (Wide Release): Following last year’s Superman reboot starring David Corenswet, this is the latest entry in James Gunn’s DCU. Directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Cruella), this spinoff focuses on Supergirl (Milly Alcock) and her dog Krypton, who were first… Read More New This Week (06/26/2026): Supergirl, Blood Lines, Couture, & More!
By John Corrado It becomes clear early on in Couture, the latest film from French director Alice Winocour, that Angelina Jolie will be giving one of her most personal performances. Jolie stars in the film as Maxine Walker, an American horror filmmaker who is in France for Paris Fashion Week. She has been commissioned to… Read More Movie Review: Couture
By John Corrado The first trailer has just been released for The Debut. This is the third film from writer-director Jesse Eisenberg, following his sophomore feature A Real Pain in 2024, which won a Supporting Actor Oscar for Kieran Culkin and got Eisenberg an Original Screenplay nomination. A24, who also distributed Eisenberg’s 2022 directorial debut When… Read More First Trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut
By John Corrado Sony has just released the first trailer for Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun. This is the filmmaker’s long-delayed film adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel, which is finally arriving in theatres this October after having its release date in limbo for quite some time. Filming wrapped two years ago. Jenna Ortega… Read More First Trailer for Taika Waititi’s Klara and the Sun…
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 19th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Toy Story 5 (Wide Release): The big movie this week, and the one already setting box office records in early sales, is this latest sequel in Pixar’s flagship franchise. By focusing on Jessie (Joan Cusack), and having a modern “toys vs.… Read More New This Week (06/19/2026): Toy Story 5, Girls Like Girls, Leviticus, & More!
By John Corrado Maddie’s Secret is the feature directorial debut of American comedian John Early, who also wrote the script, and stars in the film – in full drag – as the titular Maddie Ralph, a millennial woman who’s got a secret. The result is a satirical dark comedy that is tonally entirely its own… Read More Movie Review: Maddie’s Secret
By John Corrado The horror movie Leviticus, which serves as the feature directorial debut of Australian writer-director Adrian Chiarella, plays almost like an explicitly queer take on It Follows, David Robert Mitchell’s STD-themed indie horror flick from 2014. This slow-burn film follows Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen), two closeted teen boys in rural… Read More Movie Review: Leviticus
By John Corrado The nominations for the 17th Dorian TV Awards, presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, have just been announced. Leading the pack in Drama is Heated Rivalry, the Canadian queer hockey series that has become a phenomenon. As one of GALECA’s Canadian members, I’m thriller by the CanCon representation. The… Read More Nominations for the 2026 Dorian TV Awards
By John Corrado The origins of Girls Like Girls, the feature directorial debut of singer, songwriter and actress Hayley Kiyoko, stem back to her 2015 song “Girls Like Girls” and the music video she co-directed for it. That video for the song, which became a queer anthem of the mid-2010s, got expanded into Kiyoko’s 2023… Read More Movie Review: Girls Like Girls
By John Corrado Pixar’s Toy Story franchise is 31 years old this year, having begun with the first film in 1995. This means that many viewers (myself included) have grown up with the series. Case in point, I was the same age as Andy when Toy Story 3 came out in 2010, so these films… Read More Movie Review: Toy Story 5
By John Corrado Disclosure Day is the latest blockbuster from director Steven Spielberg, following his semi-autobiographical 2022 film The Fabelmans (which was also my personal favourite movie of 2022). And it’s a gripping film filled with mystery, intrigue and suspense, as well as surprisingly moving spiritual themes, that reminds us why he is one of… Read More Movie Review: Disclosure Day
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 12th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Disclosure Day (Wide Release): This latest blockbuster from Steven Spielberg finds the legendary filmmaker returning to his sci-fi roots. It’s a story about aliens, centred around a whistleblower (Josh O’Connor) trying to reveal their existence to the world. I just saw… Read More New This Week (06/12/2026): Disclosure Day, Stop! That! Train!, The Furious, & More!
By John Corrado Disney has just released the first trailer (and poster) for Gatto, the next film from Pixar following the soon-to-be blockbuster Toy Story 5. This trailer, which is really more of a teaser and will surely play in front of all screenings of TS5, reveals the first footage from the film, which is… Read More First Trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Gatto!
By John Corrado What if you made a disaster movie parody in the spirit of Airplane!, but starring a cast of drag queens who play the entire thing in character as women? That’s the premise behind Stop! That! Train!, the new comedy from producer RuPaul and director Adam Shankman. The result is a proudly stupid comedy… Read More Movie Review: Stop! That! Train!
By John Corrado The first trailer has been unveiled for The Social Reckoning, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s “companion piece” to 2010 film The Social Network. Sorkin is also directing this time around, taking over from David Fincher, while Jeremy Strong is taking over from Jessie Eisenberg in the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. This film… Read More First Trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning
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