Previewing Split/Screen: The Cinema of Brian De Palma at TIFF Bell Lightbox

By John Corrado To coincide with the release of the excellent documentary De Palma, TIFF Bell Lightbox is hosting Split/Screen: The Cinema of Brian De Palma, a retrospective of the director’s films over the summer.  It starts tonight with his Vietnam War drama Casualties of War (1989), and culminates on September 3rd with his most recent erotic thriller… Read More Previewing Split/Screen: The Cinema of Brian De Palma at TIFF Bell Lightbox

Review: Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Watching Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made gave me the same feeling I had seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time as a kid.  And that’s no small praise of this genuine crowdpleaser that is finally being released after playing at last year’s Hot Docs, and… Read More Review: Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

Blu-ray Release: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Director’s Cut

By John Corrado Arguably the most famous of all the Star Trek films, longtime fan favourite Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has gotten an impressive new Blu-ray transfer, including both the theatrical version and director’s cut of the 1982 classic. The second entry into the motion picture anthology, the film follows Admiral James T. Kirk… Read More Blu-ray Release: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Director’s Cut

Bloor Cinema Release: Konelīne: Our Land Beautiful

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) A haunting and visually stunning cinematic tone poem, and winner of the Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature award, Konelīne: Our Land Beautiful is a gorgeously captured documentary that offers a powerful and moving hymn to living in harmony with the land. Director Nettie Wild doesn’t confine the film to a single narrative arc,… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Konelīne: Our Land Beautiful

Blu-ray Release: The Martian: Extended Edition

By John Corrado Arriving just five months after the initial Blu-ray release, The Martian: Extended Edition is now available.  This new version of Ridley Scott’s excellent space adventure includes both the theatrical and extended cuts of the seven time Oscar-nominated film starring Matt Damon, boasting an extra ten minutes of added footage and scenes, as well over two… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Martian: Extended Edition

Blu-ray Release: Anomalisa

By John Corrado A unique and critically acclaimed animated film from co-directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Anomalisa follows Michael (David Thewlis), a depressed and lonely customer service expert who has a chance encounter with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a shy woman who is seemingly not like everyone else, at a hotel in Cincinnatti. Watching Anomalisa again,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Anomalisa

Blu-ray Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Directed by Michael Bay, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi recounts the events that unfolded on September 11th, 2012 when a United States compound in Libya came under fire by heavily armed militants, leaving a security team of six fearless men (John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa and… Read More Blu-ray Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi