By John Corrado A remake of the iconic 1984 classic, Ghostbusters opened this summer and was overshadowed by a sea of hype and often ugly backlash, and now it arrives on Blu-ray where it deserves to find an even bigger audience. This reboot of the franchise finds Dr. Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig), Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) and Patty Tolan… Read More Blu-ray Review: Ghostbusters
By John Corrado When people talk about a lack of originality in film, Swiss Army Man now exists to prove them wrong as a glorious example of something admirably unique that’s literally never been done before. This is the story of Hank (Paul Dano), a depressed man stranded in the wilderness who finds an unlikely friend in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Swiss Army Man
By John Corrado Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) is a foster kid who has just been placed with Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and Hector (Sam Neill), an older couple who live on a rural property in New Zealand. But when tragic circumstances lead Ricky to run away, Hector goes after him, and the two start to… Read More DVD Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Based on a true story, Genius recounts the unlikely friendship that developed between book editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) and young author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law), as the two worked together on the classic novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River. This unique relationship between creator… Read More DVD Review: Genius
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Darius McCollum has spent over thirty years impersonating transit officials and commandeering buses and subway trains for joy rides, and has ended up stuck in the revolving doors of the prison system because of it. These so called “crimes” have made him a New York legend, and his unique story… Read More Review: Off the Rails
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Directed by Kim Nguyen, and featuring breathtaking images shot on location in Nunavut, Two Lovers and a Bear is a hypnotic and transportive psychological drama, that balances its elements of magical realism with genuine human emotion. The two lovers of the title are Lucy (Tatiana Maslaney) and Roman (Dane DeHaan), a young couple… Read More Review: Two Lovers and a Bear
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Recounting the events of a landmark court case in the 1990s that literally saw the the Holocaust being put on trial, Denial is an engaging and well acted drama that presents a lot of interesting ideas about the dangers of revisionist history. The case involves Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), a Jewish… Read More Review: Denial
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is a rock star vacationing on a remote Italian island with her filmmaking partner (Matthias Schoenaerts), resting her voice after vocal surgery has left her temporarily unable to talk. But passions heat up when an old flame (Ralph Fiennes) pays a surprise visit with… Read More DVD Review: A Bigger Splash
By John Corrado ★ (out of 4) Jesse (Elle Fanning) is a sixteen year old aspiring model who is fresh to Los Angeles, where she is staying at a seedy motel, and befriends a makeup artist (Jena Malone). But as Jesse learns to navigate the world of fashion runways and sleazy photographers, she has to contend with more established… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Neon Demon
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Following his found footage high school shooting knockout The Dirties, Operation Avalanche is a space age conspiracy caper that finds low budget Toronto filmmaker Matt Johnson playing around on an even larger canvas. This time around, Matt Johnson and his previous co-star Owen Williams portray a pair of young CIA agents who pose as a… Read More Review: Operation Avalanche
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Dramatizing the events of April 20th, 2010, when an offshore oil drilling rig owned by British Petroleum exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the worst oil spill in United States history, Deepwater Horizon is a piece of sturdy blockbuster filmmaking. The first half of the film sets… Read More Review: Deepwater Horizon
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) When their parents tell them they have to bring respectable dates to their sister Jeanie’s (Sugar Lyn Beard) wedding in Hawaii, party-loving brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave Stangle (Zac Efron) place an ad on Craigslist to try and find the perfect girls. Enter Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and… Read More Blu-ray Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) When notorious supervillian Shredder (Brian Tee) escapes from custody and teams up with mutant henchmen Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Sheamus), it’s up to the sewar-dwelling turtles Michelangelo (Noel Fisher), Donatello (Jeremy Howard), Leonardo (Pete Ploszek) and Raphael (Alan Ritchson) to take them down and save New… Read More Blu-ray Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 3D
By John Corrado When the dead body of local high schooler Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) is found wrapped in plastic in the small logging town of Twin Peaks, FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is tasked with investigating the murder, unravelling an increasingly strange mystery that enwraps the denizens of the eccentric American border town.… Read More Blu-ray Review: Twin Peaks: The Original Series, Fire Walk With Me & The Missing Pieces
By John Corrado Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Jim Henson’s classic 1986 fantasy Labyrinth follows a teen girl (Jennifer Connelly) who is annoyed with having to babysit her little brother, and wishes for him to get taken away. When her wish is granted by the Goblin King (David Bowie), she gets sucked into a fairy tale… Read More DVD Review: Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) When Nancy (Blake Lively) goes surfing on a secluded beach in Mexico, she finds herself circled by a great white shark, after cutting her leg and spilling blood into the water. Stranded on a large rock a couple hundred metres from the shore, and trying to nurse her… Read More DVD Review: The Shallows
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) A remake of the classic 1960 western, which was itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven is a new take on a well-worn tale from director Antoine Fuqua, that feels fresh and entertaining thanks to its kick-ass and refreshingly diverse cast. After her husband… Read More Review: The Magnificent Seven
Queen of Katwe Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Produced by Disney under their based on a true story banner, Queen of Katwe follows Phiona Mutesi (Madine Nalwanga), a girl living in the slums of Uganda with her mother (Lupita Nyong’o) and siblings. When Phiona is taken under the wing of kind coach… Read More Three Views: Queen of Katwe
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Based on true events, Free State of Jones recounts the story of Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a disillusioned medic in the Confederate army who deserts the Civil War and returns to Mississippi, leading a rebel militia of poor farmers and runaway slaves in an armed uprising against the corrupt government. Their rebellion led Jones County… Read More Blu-ray Review: Free State of Jones
By John Corrado Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Disney’s beloved animated classic Beauty and the Beast arrives in a brand new Blu-ray edition, as part of the Walt Disney Signature Collection. Notably the first animated film to ever receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, and in my humble opinion it should have… Read More Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition
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