By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) With this year’s edition of Hot Docs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a selection of festival films are being given broadcast premieres every Thursday night from April 16th to May 28th on CBC, documentary Channel, and the CBC Gem streaming app, as part of the Hot Docs… Read More Hot Docs At Home Review: Finding Sally
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Director Jesse Zigelstein’s Canadian chef drama Nose to Tail, which had screened at the Canadian Film Fest in 2019, is being released on VOD this week. This at-home release follows the film’s limited theatrical run back in February, a month before the theatre shutdowns started. The film centres… Read More VOD Release: Nose to Tail
By John Corrado It’s SpongeBob’s birthday and we’re all invited to the party in the 2019 special SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, which is being released on DVD today in a new compilation entitled SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash. The main attraction of this release is the extended episode SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, which finds Patrick… Read More DVD Review: SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) John Green’s debut novel Looking for Alaska, first published in 2005, is a modern classic that would easily deserve a spot on a list of the greatest young adult novels of all time. That’s high praise, I know, (especially from me, a self-avowed fan of YA literature), but… Read More DVD Review: Looking for Alaska
By John Corrado After delivering the comedy classic Airplane! in 1980, directors David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams reunited with one of the stars of that film – the late, great Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen – and brought their talents to the small screen for the tragically short-lived ABC television series Police Squad! in 1982. An… Read More Blu-ray Review: Police Squad!: The Complete Series
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) With this year’s edition of Hot Docs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a selection of festival films are being given broadcast premieres every Thursday night from April 16th to May 28th on CBC, documentary Channel, and the CBC Gem streaming app, as part of the Hot Docs… Read More Hot Docs At Home Review: 9/11 Kids
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Rose Byrne was one of the stars of Bridesmaids, and Tiffany Haddish was the breakout star of Girls Trip, so it makes sense from a casting perspective to have them team up for a girl power comedy of their own. The result is Like a Boss, a comedy… Read More Blu-ray Review: Like a Boss
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto has come to be one of the biggest showcases of documentary cinema in the world, and it’s an event that, on a personal note, I look forward to attending every spring, as I have done since 2011. But this year, the… Read More Hot Docs At Home Review: Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art
By John Corrado Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, the writer/director’s new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, was one of my favourite movies of last year. It’s now available to rent and own digitally, and was released on Blu-ray last week. Gerwig’s beautifully crafted film is brought to life by a wonderful cast that includes… Read More Blu-ray Review: Little Women
By John Corrado Please note that this article contains major spoilers for the film The Last Temptation of Christ. It’s Good Friday, a day designated by Christians to recognize Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross, and a day that is meant to serve as a time of quiet reflection before the more jubilant celebration… Read More The Rebel Jesus: Reflecting on Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ
By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) In writer-director Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk, a tired and frustrating crime drama that tries and fails to be a modern answer to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) is a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome who works the night shift at a hotel front desk.… Read More DVD Review: The Night Clerk
By John Corrado Despite only opening in theatres a mere four weeks ago on March 6th, Disney and Pixar’s Onward is now available to watch on Disney+ as of today in Canada and the United States, for anyone with a subscription to the streaming service. This move comes after the animated film was previously made… Read More Disney and Pixar’s Onward is Now Available on Disney+ in Canada
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest film from Canadian director Jeremy LaLonde, who previously made the raunchy comedies The Go-Getters and How to Plan An Orgy in a Small Town, James vs. His Future Self is not only his highest concept film as of yet, but also quite possibly his sweetest. James… Read More Review: James vs. His Future Self
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