Thor: Ragnarok Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is back in Thor: Ragnarok, the third solo adventure for the God of Thunder and the first in the series to be directed by Taika Watiti, who brings a sense of playfulness and levity to the Marvel franchise. This time around, Thor… Read More Three Views: Thor: Ragnarok
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a celebrated cardiac surgeon who strikes up a strange and unlikely friendship with an offbeat teen named Martin (Barry Keoghan) in The Killing of a Sacred Deer. When Steven brings the troubled teen home to meet his wife (Nicole Kidman), as well as his… Read More Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Taking place in the 1960s, when the Catholic Church was facing the changes of Vatican II, Novitiate offers a compelling look at life in the convent that explores why people choose to dedicate their lives to the church. The film follows Cathleen (Margaret Qualley), a young woman who wasn’t raised… Read More Review: Novitiate
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund, and the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, The Square is an entertaining satire of the post-modern art world, that holds nothing back in its sendup of the pretentious and often ridiculous things that are celebrated within the contemporary art scene.… Read More Review: The Square
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Dina Buno is a middle aged woman in Philadelphia who has autism and a “smorgasbord” of other challenges as her mother puts it, and Dina is a candid vérité documentary that follows her as she prepares to marry Scott Levin, who has Asperger’s syndrome and works as a… Read More Review: Dina
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