New This Week (11/24/2023): Wish, Saltburn, Fallen Leaves, Dream Scenario, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 24th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Wish (Wide Release): Disney’s 100th anniversary feature is a charming new musical fairy tale that harkens back to Classic Disney as it follows Asha (Ariana DeBose), a wide-eyed teenager in the Kingdom of Rosas, who gets help from a magical wishing… Read More New This Week (11/24/2023): Wish, Saltburn, Fallen Leaves, Dream Scenario, & More!

New This Week (11/17/2023): The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, May December, Next Goal Wins, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 17th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Wide Release): Director Francis Lawrence revives the Hunger Games franchise with this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s prequel novel, and it’s the best in the series since the first two. The film follows… Read More New This Week (11/17/2023): The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, May December, Next Goal Wins, & More!

Review: Dashing Through the Snow (Disney+)

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) ‘Tis the season for direct-to-streaming Christmas movies. The latest offering from Disney+ is Dashing Through the Snow, a mildly watchable if overly familiar comedy from director Tim Story (Barbershop, The Blackening) that imagines Santa as a wise-cracking fellow played by comedian Lil Rel Howery. The film stars Chris… Read More Review: Dashing Through the Snow (Disney+)

4K Ultra HD Review: Scrooged: 35th Anniversary

By John Corrado Director Richard Donner’s Scrooged is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, and Paramount has given the film a 4K Ultra HD upgrade in honour of the occasion. This 1988 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is set in New York City, and follows self-centred TV executive Frank Cross (Bill Murray) as… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Scrooged: 35th Anniversary

New This Week (11/10/2023): The Marvels, It’s a Wonderful Knife, Another Body, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 10th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: The Marvels (Wide Release): This latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe serves as a team up between Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). I screened it earlier this week, and it’s kind of… Read More New This Week (11/10/2023): The Marvels, It’s a Wonderful Knife, Another Body, & More!

Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Eight years after the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in 2015, director Francis Lawrence returns to this franchise with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, an adaptation of author Suzanne Collins’ 2020 prequel novel of the same name. The story is… Read More Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Blu-ray Review: Star Trek: The Picard Legacy Collection

By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing Star Trek: The Picard Legacy Collection on Blu-ray, an individually numbered, limited edition set including every movie and TV series featuring Patrick Stewart’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard in one very nice box. Limited to 11,750 copies worldwide, this is a truly impressive, 54-disc set that combines all seven… Read More Blu-ray Review: Star Trek: The Picard Legacy Collection

New This Week (11/03/2023): The Holdovers, Priscilla, Rustin, Quiz Lady, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 3rd, 2023. Theatrical Releases: The Holdovers (Limited Release): Alexander Payne’s latest, which was the runner-up for the TIFF People’s Choice Award, is also one of the year’s best. The film is set over Christmas in 1970 at an all-boys boarding school, where an ornery teacher… Read More New This Week (11/03/2023): The Holdovers, Priscilla, Rustin, Quiz Lady, & More!