By John Corrado I have always been interested in the prospects of using VR headsets to watch regular movies. But the problem is that you have to use a special app on your phone to split the image in two, losing quite a bit of resolution in the process. Because the headsets are made for… Read More Product Review: MovieMask Premium
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) At the beginning of Flower, the 17-year-old Erica (Zoey Deutch) is in a cop car, giving a blow job to a local cop (Eric Edelstein). This is all part of a money-making scheme, where she pursues sexual encounters with middle aged men, and has her two friends Kala… Read More Review: Flower
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Following the 2012 surprise hit Pitch Perfect, and the inevitable but still enjoyable 2014 followup Pitch Perfect 2, Pitch Perfect 3 should have ended this series with a bang, but instead it just sort of fizzles out. At the start of this third instalment, the original Barden Bellas… Read More Blu-ray Review: Pitch Perfect 3
By John Corrado The latest from Alexander Payne, Downsizing follows a working class man from Omaha named Paul Safraneck (Matt Damon), who decides to undergo a new procedure to shrink himself down to the size of an action figure, so that he can reduce his carbon footprint and live a grand life at a fraction of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Downsizing
By John Corrado Landing a spot on my list of the best movies of 2017, I, Tonya is a gripping and surprisingly sympathetic biopic of disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding, and the film is now available on Blu-ray. Margot Robbie netted a much deserved Best Actress Oscar nomination for her knockout performance as Harding, and… Read More Blu-ray Review: I, Tonya
By John Corrado The 12th edition of the Canadian Film Fest starts tomorrow night at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto, showcasing a selection of ten features and twenty shorts, all from homegrown filmmakers. I had the chance to preview six of the features, including opening and closing night films Becoming Burlesque and The Go-Getters, and… Read More Previewing the 2018 Canadian Film Fest
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) is a pretty typical high schooler. He gets solid grades and has a good home life with his parents Emily (Jennifer Garner) and Jack (Josh Duhamel), who were high school sweethearts, and his little sister Nora (Talitha Bateman) is a budding chef who does… Read More Review: Love, Simon
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from writer-director Armando Iannucci, The Death of Stalin is a political satire that takes place in Moscow in 1953, and mostly unfolds following the death of dictator Joseph Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin), leaving Party Head Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) trying to plan a funeral as Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor)… Read More Review: The Death of Stalin
By John Corrado Fresh off of winning Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, Luca Gaudagnino’s Italy-set romance Call Me By Your Name is now available on Blu-ray. The film charts the relationship between the 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and 24-year-old grad student Oliver (Armie Hammer), whom his father (Michael Stuhlbarg) brings over to help with… Read More Blu-ray Review: Call Me By Your Name
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Picking up after Superman’s (Henry Cavill) self-sacrificial death in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League finds Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) teaming up again when an alien threat attacks Gotham City, and recruiting a trio of new heroes to help them take down… Read More Blu-ray Review: Justice League
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) I recently came across a new edition of Munro Leaf’s famous 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand while in a store, and decided to look through it. It’s a short book, perfectly formatted for young readers, so I had time to read it cover to cover in only… Read More Review: Ferdinand
A Wrinkle in Time Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Disney’s new adaptation of Madeline L’Engle’s 1962 children’s novel of the same name, which has been guided to the screen by acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, A Wrinkle in Time is a contemporary take on the classic story that also stays mostly faithful to… Read More Three Views: A Wrinkle in Time
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Saxon Gamble (Jack Kesy) is a young outlaw who returns to the hometown where he grew up following his mother’s sudden death, dredging back to the surface problems with his brother Dean (David Cubitt) and father Leonard (Peter McRobbie). But things take a darker turn when Saxon becomes… Read More Review: Juggernaut
By John Corrado With Black Panther currently dominating the box office, Marvel has been top of mind these past several weeks, but a few months back the studio had another hit on their hands with Thor: Ragnarok, which is now coming to Blu-ray. While the film doesn’t have a ton of plot, it’s simply a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Thor: Ragnarok
By John Corrado Update: Well, I got 16 out of 24 correct. Not as good as I had hoped, but not too shabby, either. I’m happy with a lot of the winners, even if the show itself was wildly overlong and pretty average. It’s awesome that The Shape of Water took home Best Picture, and… Read More My 2018 Oscar Predictions (Now Updated With Winners!)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from writer-director Sally Potter, The Party is a work of filmmaking that’s economical and to the point. The film is short at just 69 minutes including credits, and doesn’t waste a minute of its running time. It unfolds pretty much in real time, and all takes… Read More Review: The Party
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) There is wonderful serendipity to the fact that Darkest Hour was released in the same year as Dunkirk, with both films focusing on the same specific events in World War II, albeit approaching them from different sides. Where Christopher Nolan’s film was an on the ground look at… Read More Review: Darkest Hour
By John Corrado Telling the story of Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), a 12-year-old boy in Mexico who journeys to the Land of the Dead on Dia de Muertos to try and break his family’s generations old ban on music, Pixar’s Coco is a wonderful film that is both beautifully animated and extremely moving. This was one of my… Read More Blu-ray Review: Coco
By John Corrado I have always had a big soft spot for Lady and the Tramp, Disney’s 1955 tale of the romance that blossoms between the pampered pet dog Lady (Barbara Luddy) and the “footloose and collar free” street mutt Tramp (Larry Roberts). Now the film is being reissued as part of their Signature Collection. Having… Read More Blu-ray Review: Lady and the Tramp: The Signature Collection
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) The term “Oscar bait” has become a common and arguably slightly overused pejorative to describe a certain type of adult drama. But Steven Spielberg’s The Post, which was rushed into production in March of last year with the full intention of releasing it in time for awards season in… Read More Review: The Post
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