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
By John Corrado Undertone, the creepy, slow-burn directorial debut of Toronto-based filmmaker Ian Tuason, is the latest horror movie being put out by indie powerhouse A24. And it’s the epitome of a Canadian success story, with the distributor picking up the rights for seven figures in a competitive bidding war after Tuason’s film premiered at… Read More Movie Review: Undertone
By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 6th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Hoppers (Wide Release): This latest film from Pixar follows Mabel (Piper Curda), a young animal lover who “hops” her consciousness into a robotic beaver to infiltrate the Animal Kingdom, and stop the development plans of Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm). I’m already… Read More New This Week (03/06/2026): Hoppers, The Bride!, Protector, & More!
By John Corrado Milla Jovovich, the star of the Resident Evil franchise, is now being given her own Liam Neeson in Taken or Sylvester Stallone in Rambo moment in Protector. That latter comparison makes some sense since this film comes to us from director Adrian Grünberg, who previously made the 2019 legacy sequel Rambo: Last… Read More Movie Review: Protector
By John Corrado The winners of the 2026 Dorian Film Awards, presented by the group GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, have been announced. Leading the pack is Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which took home a record seven awards, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year. In a statement, GALECA Executive Director… Read More Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Wins Big at the 2026 Dorian Film Awards
By John Corrado Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is one of the big Oscar contenders this year, and the film is now available on physical media, including 4K Ultra HD. I praised this one when I saw it at TIFF (you can read my full review right here), and named it one of the best movies of… Read More 4k Ultra HD Review: Hamnet (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Pixar already took us inside the mind of an adolescent girl in both Inside Out movies, and now the studio’s latest film, Hoppers, follows a teenaged girl who puts her mind inside a robotic beaver. The result is an incredibly fun animated film that is totally zany and often very funny (including… Read More Movie Review: Hoppers
By John Corrado New releases for the week of February 27th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Scream 7 (Wide Release): The biggest new release this week is this seventh instalment in the meta slasher movie franchise, which arrives thirty years after the first one and brings back original star Neve Campbell in the leading role as Sydney… Read More New This Week (02/27/2026): Scream 7, In Cold Light, The President’s Cake, & More!
By John Corrado A young girl is selected to bake a cake for her school in honour of President Saddam Hussein’s birthday in Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi’s debut feature The President’s Cake, which serves as a charming neorealist throwback. Hadi’s film is set in Iraq in the early 1990s, where, despite mass starvation caused by… Read More Movie Review: The President’s Cake
By John Corrado Dreams is the latest film from Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco, and his second collaboration with actress Jessica Chastain following their 2023 dementia drama Memory. In Dreams, Chastain takes on the role of Jennifer McCarthy, a rich socialite in San Francisco who is having a forbidden affair with a much younger ballet dancer… Read More Movie Review: Dreams
By John Corrado In Cold Light, the English-language debut of Quebec filmmaker Maxime Giroux, is a mix of crime drama and thriller that stars Maika Monroe as a young ex-convict in Alberta trying to get her life back on track, but being dragged right back into the criminal underworld. The film opens with Ava (Monroe)… Read More Movie Review: In Cold Light
By John Corrado Ghostface is back in Scream 7, the latest film in the meta slasher movie franchise that revolves around copycat killers putting on the mask to recreate the original murders in Woodsboro, California. I promise not to get into spoilers in this review, but without burying the lede, Scream 7 is fun. This… Read More Movie Review: Scream 7
By John Corrado New releases for the week of February 20th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Limited Release): Baz Luhrmann follows up his Elvis biopic with this documentary assembled from never before seen performance footage of Presley that he discovered during that film’s production. If you’re an Elvis fan like me, this… Read More New This Week (02/20/2026): EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Midwinter Break, & More!
By John Corrado In Midwinter Break, the feature directorial debut of British National Theatre director Polly Findlay, Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds star as an older married couple on vacation in Amsterdam. Stella (Manville) and Gerry (Hinds) are originally from Ireland, but have lived together in Glasgow for years. It’s clear from the opening scenes… Read More Movie Review: Midwinter Break
By John Corrado We just got a brand new trailer (and poster) for Toy Story 5. This is Disney and Pixar’s return to the world of their flagship franchise, which finds the toys facing a new adversary in the form of a tablet named Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee), stealing Bonnie’s attention. Yes, this is… Read More New Trailer for Toy Story 5!
By John Corrado Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is the sequel to Blumhouse’s 2023 horror hit, which was itself the long-awaited film adaptation of the popular video game series. And the best thing that can be said about these movies, which are both directed by Emma Tammi, is that they really are made for fans… Read More Blu-ray Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Director Craig Brewer’s Song Sung Blue is now available on Blu-ray, following a run in theatres. The film, of course, netted Kate Hudson an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, which I personally feel is well-deserved. Hudson stars in the film alongside Hugh Jackman, who portray the real life husband and wife Neil… Read More Blu-ray Review: Song Sung Blue (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Disney has just released a brand new trailer (and poster) for director Jon Favreau’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. This is following an initial teaser and Super Bowl ad for the film, which is of course the big screen spinoff of their popular streaming series The Mandalorian on Disney Plus. Pedro… Read More New Trailer for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
By John Corrado Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” (those quotation marks are an intentional stylistic choice) is the Promising Young Woman and Saltburn filmmaker’s take on the classic Emily Brontë novel from the 1840s. Fennell’s adaptation is a mildly revisionist and risqué take on Brontë. This is her version of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff’s doomed love… Read More Movie Review: “Wuthering Heights”
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