By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Based on a true story, that in turn became a bestselling autobiographical book, Same Kind of Different As Me tells the story of art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear) and his wife Debbie (Renée Zellweger), who live in a big home with their two teenaged kids in Texas. When… Read More Blu-ray Review: Same Kind of Different As Me

By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) I don’t think anybody was asking for a sequel to the 2015 holiday comedy Daddy’s Home, but it was mildly successful at the box office, so I guess a followup was inevitable. At the beginning of Daddy’s Home 2, step-dad Brad (Will Ferrell) and biological father Dusty (Mark… Read More Blu-ray Review: Daddy’s Home 2

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) At the start of Roman J. Isreal, Esq., the title character (Denzel Washington) is drafting a criminal case against himself that would have him disbarred from practising law, which he plans on defending and prosecuting himself.  The film then jumps back in time to show us the series… Read More Blu-ray Review: Roman J. Israel, Esq.

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Taking place thirteen years before he would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in 1954, Marshall focuses on a court case from earlier on in the career of famed civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman). The year is 1940, and Marshall is working for the NAACP… Read More Blu-ray Review: Marshall

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Only the Brave is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, a group of local firefighters in Prescott, Arizona led by team captain Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin).  Tired of being outranked by the California Hot Shots, Marsh works closely with Fire… Read More Blu-ray Review: Only the Brave