By John Corrado Three years after delivering his iconic, Oscar-nominated performance as a young, working class Italian-American guy drifting through New York’s nightlife in Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta traded the white suit for a Stetson hat in Urban Cowboy, and went from disco dancing to doing the Texas two-step. Based on Aaron Latham’s 1978… Read More Blu-ray Review: Urban Cowboy: 40th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Written and directed by Australian horror filmmaker Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man is a modern reimagining of the classic H.G. Wells novel and 1933 film of the same name, this time told from the perspective of a domestic abuse victim who makes her escape but continues to be… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Invisible Man

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) is an alcoholic. He works in construction during the day and spends his nights at the local bar, getting drunk to the point of needing to be helped home. In the morning, he sips a beer while in the shower, and starts the whole… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Way Back

By John Corrado This week, Paramount is giving the 4K Ultra HD treatment to a trio of their catalogue titles; Top Gun, Days of Thunder, and War of the Worlds (2005). What all three of these films have in common, aside from them being extremely well suited to being watching in high definition, is that they all star Tom… Read More 4K Ultra HD Reviews: Top Gun, Days of Thunder and War of the Worlds (2005)

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) A beautifully crafted and dryly humorous adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel of the same name, Emma. is a very enjoyable period piece that finds the perfect sweet spot between feeling sparkling and fresh while also remaining true to its 1815 setting. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Emma.

By John Corrado By virtue of being one of the few big movies this year to get a theatrical release in February before COVID-19 forced most theatres to shut down in March, Sonic the Hedgehog carries the distinction of being one of the highest grossing movies of 2020. After receiving an early digital release two… Read More Blu-ray Review: Sonic the Hedgehog

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The character of Dr. John Dolittle, a veterinarian with the magic ability to talk to animals who first appeared in stories by English author Hugh Lofting roughly a century ago, has in the past been played on the big screen by Rex Harrison in the Oscar-winning 1967 musical… Read More Blu-ray Review: Dolittle

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Rose Byrne was one of the stars of Bridesmaids, and Tiffany Haddish was the breakout star of Girls Trip, so it makes sense from a casting perspective to have them team up for a girl power comedy of their own. The result is Like a Boss, a comedy… Read More Blu-ray Review: Like a Boss

By John Corrado Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, the writer/director’s new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, was one of my favourite movies of last year. It’s now available to rent and own digitally, and was released on Blu-ray last week. Gerwig’s beautifully crafted film is brought to life by a wonderful cast that includes… Read More Blu-ray Review: Little Women

By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) In writer-director Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk, a tired and frustrating crime drama that tries and fails to be a modern answer to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Bart Bromley (Tye Sheridan) is a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome who works the night shift at a hotel front desk.… Read More DVD Review: The Night Clerk

By John Corrado Exactly 25 years ago today, on March 31st, 1995, the road trip comedy Tommy Boy was released in theatres in North America. In honour of the occasion, Paramount sent me over a copy of the 2017 Blu-ray re-release, dubbed the Holy Schnike Edition, for review. I had seen the film before, and… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike Edition (25th Anniversary)

By John Corrado The ninth and final chapter in the Skywalker Saga, J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now available to watch digitally, and it’s being released on Blu-ray today. While I personally found the film to be a bit disappointing, especially as the conclusion to a saga over forty years in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

By John Corrado Sam Mendes’ 1917 was not only one of the finest movies of 2019 but also one of the year’s most technically brilliant, with the entire film assembled to appear as a single take, putting us in the trenches right alongside two young soldiers (George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman) in World War I.… Read More Blu-ray Review: 1917

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Richard Jewell was a security guard in Atlanta who always dreamed of being in law enforcement, and finally got his moment when he saved countless lives while he was on duty at Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, and spotted a suspicious bag under a bench that… Read More Blu-ray Review: Richard Jewell

By John Corrado Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 Bible epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston in one of his most iconic roles as Moses and based on stories from the Old Testament, remains among the most famous Biblical films of all time. The film is being reissued on Blu-ray this week in a limited edition… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Ten Commandments: 1923 & 1956 Feature Films DigiBook