By John Corrado Last week, Sony Pictures released the Bad Boys I & II: 20th Anniversary Collection on Blu-ray, a box set featuring both the 1995 original and 2003 sequel. Directed by Michael Bay, the blockbuster action comedies follow Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), a pair of narcotics detectives who have their… Read More Blu-ray Release: Bad Boys I & II: 20th Anniversary Collection
By John Corrado After a pretty much under the radar theatrical run, Remstar Films is releasing the thriller Dark Places on DVD. Nearly thirty years after testifying against her brother in the murder of their mother (Christina Hendricks) and sisters, Libby Day (Charlize Theron) is contacted by a group of true crime enthusiasts under Lyle… Read More DVD Release: Dark Places
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) When allegations of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston first started to leak out, many parishioners had trouble believing the news. But this denial was made far too easy by the institution’s willingness to silence the scared victims, keeping the reports and court documents out… Read More Review: Spotlight
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) After premiering at Hot Docs, and becoming a runner-up for the Audience Award, Mavis! opens at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this weekend, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. A legendary gospel and soul singer, and iconic civil rights activist in the time of Martin Luther King… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Mavis!
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) A fascinating character study that betrays the usual biopic formula to offer something much deeper and more rewarding in its portrayal of a widely celebrated but extremely complex real life subject, Steve Jobs is a thrilling look at the Apple figurehead during some of the most crucial moments… Read More Review: Steve Jobs
By John Corrado This week, Sony Pictures is releasing the complete first season of Better Call Saul on Blu-ray. Playing as a prequel to Breaking Bad, the series follows struggling lawyer James McGill (Bob Odenkirk) on his rocky, morally ambiguous ascension into notorious legal legend Saul Goodman, along with his reclusive brother Chuck (Michael McKean) and retired cop… Read More Blu-ray Release: Better Call Saul: Season One
By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing Terminator Genisys on Blu-ray 3D. When human resistance army leader John Connor (Jason Clarke) sends soldier Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 from 2029 to help protect his mother Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke), and stop Skynet while it’s still in its infancy as an operating system, an… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Terminator Genisys
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) As a lifelong fan of Charles Schulz’s simple yet profound hand drawn comics and classic holiday specials, I’m happy to say that I adored The Peanuts Movie, a modern animated adventure from the folks at Blue Sky Studios that does justice to the original material in a genuine and truly special… Read More Review: The Peanuts Movie
By John Corrado Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Richard Kind, a character actor who has delivered brilliant supporting work in excellent films like A Serious Man and Obvious Child. But the basis for our interview was to discuss his unforgettable vocal performance as everybody’s favourite imaginary friend in Pixar’s Inside Out, which… Read More Interview: Richard Kind on Voicing Bing Bong in Pixar’s Inside Out
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing Inside Out on Blu-ray, the latest and perhaps greatest from Pixar Animation Studios. When Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) goes through a stressful move to San Francisco, the emotions inside her young mind struggle to keep her from falling into depression, after Joy (Amy Poehler) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) get lost in Long… Read More Blu-ray Release: Inside Out
By John Corrado After premiering on TV last year, Disney is releasing the holiday special Toy Story That Time Forgot on Blu-ray today. The short film takes place just after Christmas, when Bonnie (Emily Hahn) goes on a play date to a friend’s house, forcing Trixie (Kristen Schaal) and Rex (Wallace Shawn) to go up against… Read More Blu-ray Release: Toy Story That Time Forgot
By John Corrado Last week, Paramount released a 50th anniversary edition of My Fair Lady on Blu-ray. Adapted from the breakout stage musical, the film recounts the classic story of the uptight Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), who makes a bet that he can transform free spirited flower child Eliza Doolitle (Audrey Hepburn) into a “proper”… Read More Blu-ray Release: My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing I Love Lucy: The Complete Series on DVD. Running for six seasons from 1951 to 1957, the show follows the comic foibles of fiery redhead Lucy (Lucille Ball) and her Cuban bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnez), as well as their neighbours Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel… Read More DVD Release: I Love Lucy: Complete Series
By John Corrado After playing as the closing night film of Midnight Madness at TIFF, Sony Pictures is releasing the horror comedy The Final Girls on DVD. Max (Taissa Farmiga) is a teenager still grieving the death of her mother, Amanda Cartwright (Malin Akerman), who was a famous scream queen in a cheesy 1980s slasher movie… Read More DVD Release: The Final Girls
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapting a series of classic books can have its challenges, but Goosebumps is a big exception to this rule, making great use of an almost ingeniously clever premise to bring R.L. Stine’s chilling children’s novels to life in extremely entertaining fashion. Destined to become a future Halloween favourite, this is a… Read More Review: Goosebumps
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) It would be impossible to discuss Victoria without talking about the general conceit behind the film, which is that it was all filmed in one continuous single take, with director Sebastian Schipper never stopping the camera once throughout the overnight shoot. The film opens in a throbbing nightclub,… Read More Review: Victoria
By John Corrado Last week, the excellent documentary The Wolfpack was released on Blu-ray. Everything the Angulo brothers know about the outside world comes from the movies they watch, having rarely left their subsidized apartment in New York City. Homeschooled by their mother, and raised under the fanatical rules of their father, the six teenagers spend… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Wolfpack
By John Corrado Last week, Sony Pictures Classics released Dope on Blu-ray. Malcolm (Shameik Moore), Jib (Tony Revolori) and Diggy (Kiersey Clemons) are a trio of high school friends from a rough Los Angeles neighbourhood, self-professed geeks who have their own band and are obsessed with ’90s pop culture and retro hip hop. But Malcolm’s Harvard… Read More Blu-ray Release: Dope
By John Corrado This week, Sony is releasing Pixels on Blu-ray 3D. When our planet is attacked by versions of classic video game characters, sent by aliens who mistake footage from a 1980s arcade competition as a call to war, President Will Cooper (Kevin James) enlists the help of his nerdy old friends Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler)… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Pixels
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray. The first of three narrative features created by and starring all six of the Pythons (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin), this beloved cult classic comedy follows King Arthur and his knights on a quest to… Read More Blu-ray Release: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition
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