Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker

Every year, The Nutcracker ballet is performed all over the world, the music of Tchaikovsky providing one of the many sounds of the Christmas season.  But what exactly goes into staging a ballet that features so many dancers and is often performed with a young cast? This is exactly what the confectionary documentary Getting to… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker

Blu-ray Release: The Wind Rises, Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service

Last week, Disney released Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-nominated The Wind Rises on Blu-ray, along with new editions of the classic Studio Ghibli films Princess Mononoke (1997) and Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), providing a good overview of the recently retired filmmaker’s legendary career. The Wind Rises: Although his nearsighted vision kept him from being a pilot, Jirô Horikoshi… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Wind Rises, Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service

DVD Release: Frozen: Sing-Along Edition

Last week, Disney released a new Sing-Along Edition of their beloved musical Frozen on DVD, featuring a bouncing snowflake to help us join in with the bestselling soundtrack.  Since last November, Frozen has gone from being a holiday box office hit, to the highest grossing animated film of all time and an Oscar-winning cultural phenomenon… Read More DVD Release: Frozen: Sing-Along Edition

DVD Release: Drunk History: Seasons 1 & 2

Today, Paramount is releasing the complete first and second seasons of Comedy Central’s Drunk History on DVD.  Hosted by Derek Waters, and originating as an internet series, the TV show features inebriated comedians retelling classic stories from throughout history, with their drunken narrations playing over reenactments by a cast of famous faces. With each episode… Read More DVD Release: Drunk History: Seasons 1 & 2

A Photo Tour of Disney’s Cinderella: The Exhibition

By John Corrado Back on October 22nd, I had the opportunity to visit Disney’s Cinderella: The Exhibition, an amazing collection of costumes and props from their upcoming live action fairy tale, elaborately set up for two days at CBC headquarters and open only to exhibitors and members of the media. Although bursting to talk about… Read More A Photo Tour of Disney’s Cinderella: The Exhibition

Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The penultimate entry into the wildly successful cinematic saga, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the sort of film that is only really worth seeing if you were gripped by the previous instalments, and are already eagerly anticipating next year’s final chapter. And I mean this… Read More Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Criterion Release: It Happened One Night

Today, director Frank Capra’s Oscar-winning 1934 classic It Happened One Night is being released for the first time on Blu-ray, through Criterion.  Ellie (Claudette Colbert) is a spoiled heiress, and Peter (Clark Gable) is a struggling reporter looking for a story.  When she runs away from her family and he helps her survive on the… Read More Criterion Release: It Happened One Night

Review: Big Hero 6

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) After delivering one of their biggest and most beloved films with last year’s Oscar-winning Frozen, Disney continues their winning streak with the bighearted and beautifully animated Big Hero 6, opening in theatres this weekend.  It’s glorious. Loosely based on a Marvel comic of the same name, Big Hero 6 is another animated knockout from… Read More Review: Big Hero 6