By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on true events, Adrift documents the story of Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley), who survived at sea for over forty days in 1983 after sailing into a disastrous hurricane with her partner Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin). The two of them met and fell in love in Tahiti, and were asked… Read More Blu-ray Review: Adrift
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Loosely based on a true story, Tag is an amusing comedy that follows a group of friends who have all been playing the same game of tag for the past thirty years. Every year, in the month of May, they track each other down around the country to continue… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tag
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) A remake of the 1973 film of the same name, which was itself adapted from a bestselling autobiography, this new version of Papillon finds Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek taking over the roles that were originally played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. It’s finally opening in theatres… Read More Review: Papillon
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) The latest from indie filmmaker Josephine Decker, Madeline’s Madeline is the sort of artsy, experimental film that will either work for you or it won’t. After its overhyped debut at Sundance back in January, the film is starting to make its way in front of regular audiences now.… Read More Review: Madeline’s Madeline
By John Corrado It’s already one of the biggest blockbusters of all time after opening to record box office numbers at the beginning of the summer, and now Avengers: Infinity War is arriving on Blu-ray this week. The culmination of ten years worth of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, this is a gigantic beast of a movie… Read More Blu-ray Review: Avengers: Infinity War
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Desiree Akhavan made her filmmaking debut with Appropriate Behaviour in 2014, a semi-autobiographical film that she wrote, directed and starred in as a bisexual Brooklynite trying to balance her sexuality with the expectations of her more traditional Persian family. It was a small but enjoyable film that put a… Read More Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Named for the Spanish word for “heaven,” Cielo is a documentary that takes a long look at the night sky in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Directed by Alison McAlpine, the film focuses on the scientists and astronomers who have devoted their lives to studying what goes on up above at… Read More Review: Cielo
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Melissa McCarthy can be a very funny person. But that also doesn’t mean every film she’s in is going to be a comedic hit, as she has also made her share of misfires. McCarthy’s latest film, Life of the Party, which she co-wrote with her husband Ben Falcone… Read More Blu-ray Review: Life of the Party
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood, where Christopher Robin plays, you will find the enchanted neighbourhood, of Christopher’s childhood days… These song lyrics, etched into my mind from the many, many times I heard them as a kid, took on even deeper meaning for me when I was… Read More Review: Christopher Robin