By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Leaving the screening of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, I declared that this is already one of my favourite movies, something that the publicists seemed delighted to hear. I was literally feeling abuzz from the film, and I’m sure my excitement was palpable. Now that might… Read More Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Providing a fascinating introduction to one of the most unique families likely ever captured on screen, The Wolfpack is the rare documentary that works as both a compelling social study and a surprisingly moving testimony to the saving power of cinema. After screening at Hot Docs, and gaining acclaim at… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Wolfpack
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Through interviews with creator Lorne Michaels, as well as appearances from both former and current cast members, Live From New York! explores the storied beginnings and cultural importance of Saturday Night Live, over the past forty years. After recently premiering at Hot Docs, the film is opening today at… Read More Review: Live From New York!
By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing their recent film Project Almanac on Blu-ray. When David Raskin (Jonny Weston) discovers blueprints for a time machine left behind by his late father, the teenager develops a way to transport himself and his friends through time, with his sister (Virginia Gardner) filming every step of the way, but… Read More Blu-ray Release: Project Almanac
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the critically acclaimed documentary Red Army on Blu-ray. Directed by Gabe Polsky, the film explores how the famed Russian hockey team was used as propaganda for their soviet government, before the players got tired of the regime and fought to leave the country and play in the… Read More Blu-ray Release: Red Army
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Through outstanding performances from Paul Dano and John Cusack, who both portray Brian Wilson at two crucial moments in his career, Love & Mercy offers an excellent biopic of the legendary musical genius and Beach Boys frontman. After premiering at TIFF, the film opens in limited release this weekend. The film… Read More Review: Love & Mercy
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) After drawing quite a crowd recently at Hot Docs, (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies is opening at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. Built around one of his lectures and adapted from his popular book, (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies uses the work of… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies
By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing their recent box office hit The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water on Blu-ray, including an impressive 3D combo pack that comes highly recommended for those with the right system in place. When the famous Krabby Patty secret formula mysteriously disappears, SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) must team up with his… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing their most recent sports drama McFarland on Blu-ray. Based on a true story, the inspiring film follows determined coach Jim White (Kevin Costner), who moves to the dirt poor small town of McFarland, California with his family, and starts coaching a group of seven struggling high schoolers into… Read More Blu-ray Release: McFarland
By John Corrado Last week, Video Service Corp released What We Do in the Shadows on Blu-ray. Shot as a mockumentary, the comedy follows Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonny Brugh) and Petyr (Ben Fransham), and the newly transformed Nick (Cori Gonzalez-Macuer), a group of flatmates in New Zealand who happen to be vampires.… Read More Blu-ray Release: What We Do in the Shadows
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Who knew that the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has such an interesting life? But this is one of the biggest takeaways of the charming I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, which premiered at Hot Docs in 2014, and is finally opening at the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
By John Corrado Last week, Charles Chaplin’s Limelight was released on Blu-ray, as part of the Criterion Collection. Through one of his most personal and emotional screenplays, the 1952 classic shows the bond that forms between Calvero (Charles Chaplin), a fading clown who is struggling to remain relevant, and Thereza (Claire Bloom), a depressed young ballet… Read More Criterion Release: Limelight
Tomorrowland – A Walt Disney Studios Release http://movies.disney.com/tomorrowland/ Release Date: May 22nd, 2015 Rated PG for violence Running Time: 130 minutes Brad Bird (director) Damon Lindelof (screenplay) Brad Bird (screenplay) Michael Giacchino (music) George Clooney as Frank Walker Hugh Laurie as Nix Britt Robertson as Casey Newton Raffey Cassidy as Athena Tim McGraw as Eddie… Read More Three Views: Tomorrowland
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Inside Out Film Festival starts tonight, and will be going strong at TIFF Bell Lightbox until May 31st, celebrating LGBT cinema from around the world. Audiences are in for a real treat tonight with the Canadian premiere of the Sundance hit Grandma, which isn’t even opening in… Read More Previewing the 2015 Inside Out Film Festival
By John Corrado The latest from acclaimed animator Bill Plympton, levelFILM is hosting a special one night only screening of Cheatin’ tonight at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. The film starts at 9:30 PM, and more information can be found right here. Free of dialogue, Cheatin’ recounts the whirlwind romance between Ella and Jake, two… Read More Bill Plympton’s Cheatin’ screens tonight only at the Royal Cinema in Toronto
By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the acclaimed Russian drama Leviathan on Blu-ray. The film takes place in a small coastal town, where Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) and his wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) are fighting to save their property from the corrupt mayor (Roman Madyanov), but the arrival of his lawyer (Vladimir Vdovichenkov) leads… Read More Blu-ray Release: Leviathan
By John Corrado Today, Touchstone Pictures is releasing Strange Magic on DVD. The animated musical follows fairy sisters Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood) and Dawn (Meredith Anne Bull), who get involved with the jilted Bog King (Alan Cumming), when lovestruck elf Sunny (Elijah Kelley) unleashes a love potion. Dumped into theatres back in January, I wasn’t really… Read More DVD Release: Strange Magic
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) George Miller is seventy years old, but Mad Max: Fury Road feels like the work of a director half that age. The Australian filmmaker has raised the bar so high with this exhilarating continuation of his now legendary original trilogy, that that he’s created a whole new level… Read More Review: Mad Max: Fury Road
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Maybe it’s just that I have a soft spot for movies about film critics, or can admittedly somewhat relate to the title character, but I really enjoyed Ben’s At Home, a micro budget picture that offers big rewards. After winning the award for Best Feature at the Canadian Film… Read More Review: Ben’s At Home
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) What exactly constitutes a “good kill?” And is there even such a thing as one, or are these two fundamentally different words just put together to try and justify war and conflict? With drone warfare becoming an increasingly more common tactic in the arsenal of tools used by… Read More Review: Good Kill
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