By John Corrado This week, Gus Van Sant’s landmark 1991 indie film My Own Private Idaho is being released on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection. Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a young hustler on the streets of Portland, who is prone to narcoleptic attacks and sets out on the road in search of his mother, along with… Read More Criterion Release: My Own Private Idaho
By John Corrado Last week, 20th Century Fox released the hit summer comedy Spy on Blu-ray. Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is a desk bound analyst at the CIA, constantly relegated to giving directions to field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) through an earpiece. But when the identities of their other agents are compromised, she volunteers… Read More Blu-ray Release: Spy
By John Corrado Paramount is releasing the 1980 animated feature Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!!) for the first time on DVD today, for fans to revisit before The Peanuts Movie opens in a few weeks. The film follows Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie as they travel to Europe as exchange students, getting into plenty of misadventures… Read More DVD Release: Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!!)
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) “I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this,” Mark Watney (Matt Damon) deadpans at one point during The Martian, and watching the resourceful astronaut do just that provides one of the greatest moviegoing experiences of the year, in a rare blockbuster that manages to be smart,… Read More Review: The Martian
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) After playing at Hot Docs, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon opens at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. Through interviews and archival footage, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon entertainingly charts the promising… Read More Review: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) After playing at Hot Docs, Finders Keepers is opening at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. The truth really is stranger than fiction in Finders Keepers, a compellingly absurd and surprisingly emotional documentary, that recounts the entirely bizarre story of two… Read More Review: Finders Keepers
By John Corrado This weekend, the recent summer blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron is being released on Blu-ray. When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) resurrects his old peacekeeping program in a desperate attempt to keep his teammates safe, the result is a powerful force of artificial intelligence known as Ultron (James Spader), that takes the form of… Read More Blu-ray Release: Avengers: Age of Ultron