By John Corrado Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s coming of age rock dramedy Almost Famous is 21 years old this year, and Paramount is marking the occasion by revisiting the film with a new 4K Ultra HD remaster, that comes in a limited edition Steelbook package. Based on Crowe’s own experience as a teenage writer, Almost Famous… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Almost Famous (Steelbook Edition)

By John Corrado Last month, Paramount Home Entertainment released new standalone editions of the three John Hughes classics Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful on Blu-ray, with collectible, limited edition Steelbook packaging. In terms of actual content, these are the same discs that were included in the John Hughes… Read More Blu-ray Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful Steelbook Editions

By John Corrado Steven Spielberg’s classic adventure movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, which introduced audiences to the bullwhip-cracking, fedora-wearing archeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), was released exactly forty years ago this month on June 12th, 1981. To celebrate this milestone, Paramount has released all four films in the Indiana Jones franchise in a new… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is a nobody. The title card of Nobody literally introduces him as such. He is a middle-aged man who gets up at the same time every day to take the bus to work at a factory, and once a week ends up just missing… Read More Blu-ray Review: Nobody

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) A movie called Godzilla vs. Kong basically only needs to deliver one thing, and that is scenes of two classic movie monsters punching and kicking each other. Thankfully, Godzilla vs. Kong, which serves as the culmination of Warner Bros. and Legendary’s so-called MonsterVerse, delivers on this promise. The… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Godzilla vs. Kong

By John Corrado On June 1st, Paramount reissued the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its 2003 sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life on 4K Ultra HD, together for the first time in a new 2-movie collection. Starring Angelina Jolie in the title role and adapted from the video game of… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2-Movie Collection

By John Corrado This is a review of the DVD release. For my full thoughts on the film itself, including my star rating, please read my original review right here. On June 1st, Focus Features’ coming of age sports drama Boogie was released on DVD and Blu-ray. The film, which serves as the feature directorial… Read More DVD Review: Boogie

By John Corrado Fresh off of winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, 20th Century Studios is releasing Chloé Zhao’s masterful road movie Nomadland on Blu-ray and Digital today. The film, which also got Zhao her first Oscar for Best Director and Frances McDormand her third Oscar for Best Actress, is one that I have… Read More Nomadland is Now Available on Blu-ray and Digital

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Following their animated Scooby-Doo movie Scoob! from last year, Warner Bros. continues trying to revive classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters with mixed results in Tom & Jerry, a hybrid of live action and animation that brings the constantly fighting cat and mouse back to the screen. But, instead of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tom & Jerry

By John Corrado Disney’s latest animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, which was released to Disney Plus with Premier Access in March, is now available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD as of May 18th, following its Digital release on April 2nd. I reviewed Raya and the Last Dragon when it came out,… Read More Raya and the Last Dragon is Now Available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The main draw of The Little Things, an alright if somewhat dated psychological thriller set in the 1990s that offers a mix of rote police procedural and lurid serial killer movie, is the chance to see three Oscar-winning actors going toe-to-toe with each other. The film’s cast is… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Little Things

By John Corrado This is a review of the Blu-ray release. For my full thoughts on the film itself, including my star rating, please read my original review right here. After previously being released both in theatres and on Premium Video On Demand, the Oscar-winning drama Judas and the Black Messiah is being given a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Judas and the Black Messiah

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) returns in Wonder Woman 1984, a brightly coloured followup to her excellent 2017 solo film that updates the action from World War I to the Reagan era. Where as the first Wonder Woman was a fairly grounded war movie, this one is a big,… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wonder Woman 1984

By John Corrado Emerald Fennell’s feature directorial debut Promising Young Woman was one of the best movies of 2020, and if you have yet to see it, this is your chance. The film is now available for rent and purchase on Digital platforms, and has just been released on Blu-ray this week. The film not… Read More Promising Young Woman is Now Available on Blu-ray and Digital

By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing the John Hughes 5-Movie Collection on Blu-ray, a five disc set that includes two of his best films (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles), two of his most underrated (Some Kind of Wonderful and She’s Having a Baby), and one of his most popular (Pretty… Read More Blu-ray Review: John Hughes 5-Movie Collection

By John Corrado In 1972, Toronto-born director Sidney J. Furie made a biopic of Billie Holiday, starring Diana Ross in an Oscar-nominated debut performance as the legendary singer. That film, Lady Sings the Blues, is being released for the first time ever on Blu-ray this week from Paramount, a release that is timed to coincide… Read More Blu-ray Review: Lady Sings the Blues