New This Week (03/29/2024): Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Club Zero, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 29th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Wide Release): The two Titans duke it out and team up in this latest MonsterVerse blockbuster from director Adam Wingard, serving as a followup to his 2021 entry Godzilla vs. Kong (which unfortunately had its… Read More New This Week (03/29/2024): Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Club Zero, & More!

Canadian Film Fest Review: The Burning Season (Closing Night Film)

By John Corrado The 2024 Canadian Film Fest runs from March 18th to 23rd, with films screening in-person at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. The latest collaboration between director Sean Garrity and star Jonas Chernick, The Burning Season is a simmering romantic drama with a dark secret at its centre that starts at the end and… Read More Canadian Film Fest Review: The Burning Season (Closing Night Film)

New This Week (03/22/2024): Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Immaculate, Late Night with the Devil, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 22nd, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Wide Release): This latest film in the Ghostbusters franchise picks up where 2021 legacy sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife left off, setting the action back in New York where Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and her family are now busting ghosts out… Read More New This Week (03/22/2024): Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Immaculate, Late Night with the Devil, & More!

Movie Review: William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill

By John Corrado Documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe’s previous subjects have included Star Wars fans (The People vs. George Lucas), the shower scene in Psycho (78/52), the movie Alien (Memory: The Origins of Alien), and the late director William Friedkin (Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist). Through these works, he has shown a… Read More Movie Review: William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill

Canadian Film Fest Review: Doubles (Opening Night Film)

By John Corrado The 2024 Canadian Film Fest runs from March 18th to 23rd, with films screening in-person at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. Named after the beloved Trinidadian street food, the Canadian drama Doubles follows Dhani (Sanjiv Boodhu), a humble street vendor living with his mother (Leela Sitahal) in Trinidad, who is growing tired of… Read More Canadian Film Fest Review: Doubles (Opening Night Film)

New This Week (03/15/2024): Love Lies Bleeding, Hey, Viktor!, They Shot the Piano Player, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of March 15th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Love Lies Bleeding (Wide Release): Rose Glass follows up her simmering 2021 body horror debut Saint Maud with this pulpy thriller following gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) who falls for female bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brien), and gets pulled into a criminal… Read More New This Week (03/15/2024): Love Lies Bleeding, Hey, Viktor!, They Shot the Piano Player, & More!

Movie Review: They Shot the Piano Player

By John Corrado The latest animated work from co-directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, the filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated Chico and Rita, They Shot the Piano Player is an ambitious if uneven mix of animation and docudrama. The film opens at the Strand Book Store in New York City, where fictitious music journalist Jeff Harris… Read More Movie Review: They Shot the Piano Player

Movie Review: Hey, Viktor!

By John Corrado Director Chris Eyre’s 1998 coming-of-age film Smoke Signals was a landmark for both American indie cinema and Indigenous self-representation, with its Native American cast and crew telling a story featuring authentic characters. Among the film’s cast was Cody Lightning, the child actor who played the younger version of Adam Beach’s lead character… Read More Movie Review: Hey, Viktor!

Winners of the 96th Academy Awards

By John Corrado The 96th Academy Awards were tonight. The big winner was unsurprisingly Christopher Nolan’s box office hit Oppenheimer, which took home a total of seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.). In second place was Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things with four… Read More Winners of the 96th Academy Awards