By John Corrado The Wayans brothers make their return to the horror spoof genre with Scary Movie, the sixth movie in the comedy franchise that sees them regaining control of the series for the first time since the first two. Back under the creative control of the Wayans (who left the series before the fan… Read More Movie Review: Scary Movie
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 5th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Scary Movie (Wide Release): This sixth film in the Scary Movie franchise serves as a soft reboot, with the Wayans brothers at the helm for the first time since the first two. They are trying to recapture the earlier magic of… Read More New This Week (06/05/2026): Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe, Power Ballad, & More!
By John Corrado The name John Carney has become synonymous with a certain type of music drama. Ever since his debut film Once broke out in 2007, carried along by it’s Oscar-winning song “Falling Slowly,” the Irish filmmaker has carved out a nice little niche for himself crafting a series of very good films –… Read More Movie Review: Power Ballad
By John Corrado How much fun you have with the new He-Man movie Masters of the Universe will all depend on how much nostalgia you have for the IP itself. Directed by Travis Knight, the film serves as a reboot of the franchise that spans from Mattel action figures, a 1980s cartoon series, and the… Read More Movie Review: Masters of the Universe
By John Corrado New releases for the week of May 29th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Pressure (Wide Release): This World War II thriller finds a fresh angle to exploring D-Day, by focusing on the weather reports needed to carry out the attack in the tense 72 hours leading up to it. It’s carried by an excellent… Read More New This Week (05/29/2026): Pressure, Tuner, Backrooms, & More!
By John Corrado In the fantastic new World War II movie Pressure, Australian director Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai) finds a fresh angle to explore the events surrounding D-Day, by focusing specifically on the weather forecasts required to pull off the attack. It’s a surprisingly gripping setup for this film, which Maras co-wrote with David Haig. Based… Read More Movie Review: Pressure
By John Corrado New releases for the week of May 22nd, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Wide Release): The first new Star Wars movie in theatres since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, this is a big screen spinoff of the Disney Plus streaming series, following the further adventures of Din Djarin… Read More New This Week (05/22/2026): Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, I Love Boosters, & More!
By John Corrado I Love Boosters, musician turned writer-director Boots Riley’s followup to his 2018 film Sorry to Bother You, is another “surrealist critique of capitalism” that only cost $20 million to produce, and has all the subtlety or nuance of a sledgehammer. We are left with a film that is candy-coloured and, well, kind… Read More Movie Review: I Love Boosters
By John Corrado The first theatrically released Star Wars movie in seven years since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian and Grogu serves as a big screen spinoff of the Disney Plus series. And it’s pretty good, offering an enjoyable if undemanding space adventure for the fans. After three seasons of The Mandalorian, this… Read More Movie Review: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
By John Corrado Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, the actress-turned-filmmaker’s followup to her Oscar-nominated directorial debut The Lost Daughter, is an ambitious genre mashup of horror movie, detective picture, musical, and feminist revisionism. Setting her film in the 1930s, Gyllenhaal uses Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a blueprint for an entirely new reimagining of the story, crafting… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Bride!
By John Corrado New releases for the week of May 15th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Obsession (Wide Release): This horror film from writer-director Curry Barker got picked up by Focus Features after it screened in TIFF’s Midnight Madness section last year, and feels like it’s on the verge of becoming a breakout hit. It follows a… Read More New This Week (05/15/2026): Obsession, The Wizard of the Kremlin, & More!
By John Corrado The title of The Wizard of the Kremlin, the latest film from French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, refers to Vadim Baranov (Paul Dano), a fictional, composite figure who is shown to be at the centre of Putin’s rise in post-Soviet Russia. Adapted from Emmanuel Carrère’s 2022 novel of the same name, the film… Read More Movie Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin
By John Corrado Would you want your crush to love you more than anyone in the world? That’s the question at the centre of writer-director Curry Barker’s new horror movie Obsession, one of the big breakout films from last year’s Midnight Madness section at TIFF. Bear (Michael Johnston) is a love-lorn young adult who wishes… Read More Movie Review: Obsession
By John Corrado A brand new “teaser” trailer has just dropped for Wildwood. This is the latest stop-motion animated film from LAIKA, the studio behind modern classics like Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings. It’s no surprise coming from them that Wildwood looks visually stunning, with this entire trailer playing like a highlight… Read More New Teaser Trailer for LAIKA’s Wildwood
By John Corrado New releases for the week of May 8th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (Wide Release): This solid concert film, co-directed by Billie Eilish and legendary filmmaker James Cameron, captures Eilish on her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour. It’s shot in… Read More New This Week (05/08/2026): Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), Omaha, & More!
By John Corrado Billie Eilish teams up with none other than visionary filmmaker James Cameron to co-direct Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), a solid concert film that will thrill her fans and provides an eye-popping, visually dazzling 3D experience. While Eilish and Cameron might seem like an… Read More Movie Review: Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
By John Corrado Director Cole Webley’s debut feature Omaha is a quiet heartbreaker of a film that delivers a huge emotional impact as it mixes road movie and family drama. The film opens in the early morning, with a dad (John Magaro) bringing his sleeping son Charlie (Wyatt Solis) out to the car, and waking… Read More Movie Review: Omaha
By John Corrado Following a successful run in theatres, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is being released on physical media this week, including 4K Ultra HD. Fennell’s adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, in a sweeping period love story. The film mainly received mixed reviews,… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wuthering Heights
By John Corrado A24 has just released the first trailer for their upcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony, which stars Dominic Sessa as the celebrity chef. The main reason I’m intrigued by this one is because it’s directed by none other than Canadian filmmaker Matt Johnson, who is coming off the recent critical success of his… Read More First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Tony
By John Corrado The new trailer just dropped at midnight for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. This is, of course, the filmmaker’s epic followup to Oscar-winning Oppenheimer. The new trailer shows off a lot more footage from the film, which looks huge in scope, as well as more members of the ensemble cast, including Robert Pattinson… Read More New Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
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