By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) A disappointingly shallow followup of sorts to her excellent 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles, Generation Wealth finds photographer and documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield painting a much broader portrait of the destruction that can be caused by affluence and greed in modern society. The film serves as a… Read More Review: Generation Wealth
By John Corrado One of my very favourite movies of the year so far is Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which is arriving on Blu-ray this week. Based on Ernest Cline’s bestselling novel of the same name, the film offers a wildly entertaining and visually dazzling thrill ride that pays tribute to countless classic movies,… Read More Blu-ray Review: Ready Player One
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) The latest from director Gus Van Sant, mining similar territory as his Oscar-winning 1997 drama Good Will Hunting, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot is based on the life of controversial quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan, and much of the… Read More Review: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) is having trouble finding her place in middle school, and the final week of her last academic year before starting high school is charted in Eighth Grade. The film opens with Kayla filming one of the videos for her YouTube channel, where she tries… Read More Review: Eighth Grade
By John Corrado Sam Raimi’s hyper-stylized 1995 western The Quick and the Dead has just gotten a 4K Ultra HD upgrade. While the film received mixed reviews at the time of its release and was a box office flop, it has also gained somewhat of a cult following over the years. The film stars Sharon… Read More 4K UHD Review: The Quick and the Dead
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Loosely based on the video game that first launched in the 1980s, Rampage follows Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson), a primatologist at a wildlife sanctuary in San Diego who has formed a bond with a rare albino silverback gorilla named George, who he has taught to communicate through sign language.… Read More Blu-ray Review: Rampage
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Set in a dystopic near-future world that has been ravaged by alien creatures that rely solely on hearing, forcing any of the remaining humans to live in silence lest they make a noise and summon an attack, A Quiet Place is an entertaining if overly gimmicky monster movie that… Read More Blu-ray Review: A Quiet Place
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) What if the rise and fall of Elvis Presley could be seen as a microcosm of America itself, symbolizing nothing less than the birth and death of the American Dream? This is the basic concept behind The King, a damn near stunning new documentary from director Eugene Jarecki,… Read More Review: The King
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) When the 19-year-old Bobby arrived at college in 1980, he was treated like a familiar face, despite the fact that he didn’t know anyone. As it turns out, they had mistaken him for Eddy, an identical twin that he never knew existed. The story of these two long… Read More Review: Three Identical Strangers
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) A biopic of the Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley takes the pretty extraordinary story behind one of the most beloved horror novels of all time, and turns it into a decently acted but otherwise fairly ordinary costume drama. The film opens with Mary (Elle Fanning) as a free-spirited teenager living… Read More Review: Mary Shelley
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) When we first meet Will (Ben Foster) and his adolescent daughter Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) in Leave No Trace, they are living a secluded life in the middle of a large urban forest in Portland, Oregon, sharing a small tent and foraging for food. We don’t really know how… Read More Review: Leave No Trace
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The Carlyle has seen its share of famous guests over the years, ranging from actors and rock stars to politicians and royalty, and now the famous New York City hotel is the centre of attention in Matthew Miele’s glossy new documentary Always at the Carlyle. Situated in the… Read More Review: Always at the Carlyle
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Set in the seedy underground world of Toronto tow-truck drivers, 22 Chaser follows Ben (Brian J. Smith), a driver for the Jackrabbit towing company who is trying to make an honest living, but is stuck doing by-law duty and finds himself struggling to support his wife (Tiio Horn) and… Read More Review: 22 Chaser
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest in a long line of faith-based movies from Affirm Films, Paul, Apostle of Christ depicts the last days of Paul the Apostle (James Faulkner). The film begins with him imprisoned in Rome in 67 AD, and sentenced to death by Emperor Nero, who accused Christians of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Paul, Apostle of Christ
By John Corrado Paramount is continuing their recent trend of rereleasing their old catalogue titles on 4K Ultra HD this week, and the latest film to get an upgrade is writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 crime thriller Jack Reacher. Based on Lee Child’s 2005 novel One Shot, the film opens with a chilling, wordless sequence in… Read More 4K UHD Review: Jack Reacher
By John Corrado Released in 1994, Forrest Gump is one of those classic movies that has garnered a lot of adoration since it first came out, but has also attracted a very sizeable backlash over the years. I have personally always had a soft spot for the film, and now Paramount has given it a… Read More 4K UHD Review: Forrest Gump
By John Corrado Last month, Steven Spielberg’s classic 1998 World War II epic Saving Private Ryan got a brand new 4K Ultra HD release from Paramount, in honour of the film’s 20th anniversary. The film saw Steven Spielberg returning to the war five years after his Oscar-winning masterpiece Schindler’s List, this time putting us right… Read More 4K UHD Review: Saving Private Ryan: Commemorative 20th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) An ambitious mix of documentary and narrative storytelling, American Animals recounts the true story of four average young guys from middle class suburbia who plotted to steal original editions of books by John Audubon and Charles Darwin from a college library in Lexington, Kentuckey. It’s bored college student… Read More Review: American Animals
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) There are some films that are made to make you feel good, and Hearts Beat Loud is one of them. The latest from writer-director Brett Haley, who also made the similarly wonderful I’ll See You in My Dreams in 2015, this is a charming father-daughter dramedy that drew praise at… Read More Review: Hearts Beat Loud
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The latest from Canadian filmmaker Sook-Yin Lee, and her second feature following Year of the Carnivore in 2009, Octavio is Dead! is a unique character drama that provides an interesting exploration of gender identity, repressed sexuality, and getting to know the ghosts of those who have died. The film… Read More Review: Octavio is Dead!
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