2022): Bardo, Holy Spider, Disenchanted, Spirited, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 18th, 2022. Theatrical Releases: Holy Spider (TIFF Bell Lightbox): Director Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider was one of the best movies I saw at TIFF this year. The Iranian serial killer thriller follows a journalist (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) chasing a killer (Mehdi Bajestani) through the streets of… Read More New This Week (11/18/2022): Bardo, Holy Spider, Disenchanted, Spirited, & More!

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Disney+ Review: Disenchanted

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Arriving fifteen years after Enchanted, Disney’s self-aware 2007 fairy tale that found an animated princess stumbling into our live action world, Disenchanted is a direct-to-streaming sequel that unfortunately struggles to recapture the same magic. Amy Adams reprises her role as Giselle, who left her home in the animated… Read More Disney+ Review: Disenchanted

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Review: Spirited (Apple TV+)

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Spirited is far from the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol, let alone the first comedic or musical one. But the film, which serves as a full-on reimagining of the Charles Dickens story done as a modern musical complete with Broadway-style songs by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul… Read More Review: Spirited (Apple TV+)

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