By John Corrado Focus Features has just unveiled the new trailer for Nosferatu. This is the latest film from director Robert Eggers, who gave us memorable visions with his trio of films The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. There are massive expectations on this film – which is inspired by F.W. Murnau‘s 1922 silent… Read More New Trailer Released for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu
By John Corrado Netflix has released the full trailer for Emilia Pérez, French filmmaker Jacques Audiard’s mix of cartel thriller, Mexican melodrama, and flashy musical, starring the “power trio” of Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez (who collectively won the Best Actress prize at Cannes). I saw this film when it played at… Read More Trailer Released for Emilia Pérez
By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 27th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: The Wild Robot (Wide Release): This latest film from DreamWorks Animation, which is opening today after premiering at TIFF a few weeks ago, is truly something special. The film follows Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o), a robot who crash lands on… Read More New This Week (09/27/2024): The Wild Robot, Megalopolis, & More!
By John Corrado The movie Lee is a biopic of photojournalist Elizabeth “Lee” Miller (played by Kate Winslet), who worked as a photographer for Vogue magazine during World War II. The film serves as the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras (who first worked with Winslet on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and… Read More Movie Review: Lee
By John Corrado In her debut feature documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Jones tries to find the elusive model that became the face of the ubiquitous computer program Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. If you are of a certain age, the educational game is likely responsible for teaching you computer skills. Though Mavis Beacon herself… Read More Movie Review: Seeking Mavis Bacon
By John Corrado Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is the first in what the actor and filmmaker intends to be a four part saga chronicling America in the 1860s. And it’s hard not to admire Costner for betting everything on crafting this largely self-financed Western saga. The film finds Costner returning… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
By John Corrado The latest film in Illumination’s blockbuster animated franchise that began in 2010, Despicable Me 4 is largely about offering more of the same, which in this case can mostly be seen as a good thing. By now, Illumination has this series down to a formula. But Despicable Me 4 still manages to… Read More Blu-ray Review: Despicable Me 4 (Collector’s Edition)
Warner Bros. has just released the first trailer for Sinners, the latest collaboration between director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan, following Black Panther, Creed and Fruitvale Station. This one is a period piece horror movie set in the 1930s Jim Crow South. Jordan stars in a duel role playing twin brothers, and Hailee… Read More Trailer Released for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners
Paramount has just released a new trailer (and new poster) for Ridley Scott’s upcoming blockbuster Gladiator II. Paul Mescal stars in this sequel as Lucius, and is joined by Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn. The film is shaping up to potentially become a major Oscar contender, following in the footsteps of the… Read More New Trailer for Gladiator II
Marvel Studios has just released the first poster and teaser trailer for Thunderbolts*, a new team-up film centred around Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh). The film finds Pugh’s sarcastic assassin working with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia… Read More Teaser Trailer Released for Marvel’s Thunderbolts*
By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 20th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: The Substance (Wide Release): Director Coralie Fargeat’s brilliant body horror The Substance opens today, fresh off of winning the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award at TIFF. I’ve seen it twice now with different audiences (first at a press screening, and again… Read More New This Week (09/20/2024): The Substance, My Old Ass, Transformers One, & More!
By John Corrado Transformers One is technically the latest entry in the blockbuster franchise based on the Hasbro toys, but sets itself apart by being both a prequel and the first fully animated film since 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie. And it’s a decent animated film that easily ranks as one of the better entries… Read More Movie Review: Transformers One
By John Corrado Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for writer-director Steve McQueen’s Blitz, one of the year’s remaining awards contenders. This latest from the filmmaker behind Oscar-winner 12 Years a Slave, is a World War II drama set in London. Saoirse Ronan stars as Rita, a young mother trying to find her lost… Read More Trailer Released for Steve McQueen’s Blitz
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. In her new film Sunshine, Filipina writer-director Antoinette Jadaone crafts a gritty and grounded teenage drama, that offers an interesting glimpse at life in the Philippines from a perspective that I hadn’t really seen… Read More #TIFF24 Review: Sunshine (Centrepiece)
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. Written and directed by visual effects artist Seth Worley in his feature directorial debut, Sketch is a nice surprise. It’s a decent and charming live action family film about a girl whose angry drawings… Read More #TIFF24 Review: Sketch (Special Presentations)
Warner Bros. has just released the first full-length trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17, the Korean director’s new film following his Oscar-winning Parasite in 2019. The film was supposed to come out this past March, but somewhat curiously had its release date pushed back to January 31st, 2025, fully bypassing an Oscar run. Adapted… Read More Trailer Released for Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. In The Penguin Lessons, director Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty, Military Wives) crafts a charming, based-on-a-true-story crowdpleaser that balances the sweet friendship between Steve Coogan and a penguin with Argentinian political drama. It’s a… Read More #TIFF24 Review: The Penguin Lessons (Gala Presentations)
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. The latest film from Paul Schrader, Oh, Canada focuses on the legacy of a documentary filmmaker who dodged the draft, and how his choice to flee to Canada to avoid serving in the Vietnam… Read More #TIFF24 Review: Oh, Canada (Gala Presentations)
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. In his second animated feature Flow, following his 2019 debut Away, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis captures the wordless saga of a group of animals trying to survive a flood on their island. The creatures… Read More #TIFF24 Review: Flow (Centrepiece)
By John Corrado The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 5th to 15th, more information can be found right here. The latest film from Indonesian action filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto (Headshot, The Night Comes for Us), The Shadow Strays is a totally insane and highly stylized action flick. Right from the opening sequence laying waste… Read More #TIFF24 Review: The Shadow Strays (Midnight Madness)
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