By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) An English-language remake of his own acclaimed 2013 Chilean drama Gloria, Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria Bell is an almost beat for beat copy of the original film, except the setting has been changed to Los Angeles to make it more accessible for American audiences. The result is a technically… Read More Blu-ray Review: Gloria Bell

By John Corrado Released in theatres earlier this spring as a prelude to the massive blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, the prequel Captain Marvel arrives on Blu-ray this week. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the film serves as an origin story for Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), taking her on a solo adventure in the 1990s that… Read More Blu-ray Review: Captain Marvel

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) After becoming a hit in theatres, and winning the Best Original Song Oscar for “Shallow,” A Star is Born was re-released in theatres earlier this spring following its initial Blu-ray release, to include about twelve minutes of added footage. This “encore edition” of the film is now available… Read More Blu-ray Review: A Star is Born Encore

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) I have always believed that the majority of comedic actors have a natural ability to do drama as well, and there have been many examples of comic actors seamlessly transitioning into more serious roles over the years. One of the latest cases is that of Kevin Hart, who… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Upside

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The romantic comedy Isn’t It Romantic, which positions itself as a meta sendup of romantic comedy clichés before fully embracing them itself, opens with our protagonist Natalie (Rebel Wilson) as an adolescent girl (Alexandra Kis) back in Australia, happily watching the 1990 Julia Roberts classic Pretty Woman. But… Read More Blu-ray Review: Isn’t It Romantic

By John Corrado Liam Neeson’s action movies, in which the actor usually plays a father getting revenge, have practically become their own cliché at this point, but sometimes one comes along that surprises you. Such is the case with Cold Pursuit, which was one of the nicest surprises of the winter movie season when it was… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Cold Pursuit

By John Corrado Starring Mads Mikkelsen in a compelling, mostly wordless performance as a man who is left stranded in the middle of the Arctic following a plane crash, and finds himself caring for an injured woman (Maria Thelma Smáradóttir), Arctic is a survival movie in the most stripped down and literal sense of the term.… Read More Blu-ray Review: Arctic

By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain living under the radar on a small island, and making money taking tourists out on his boat. He spends much of his time on the water, trying to catch a gigantic tuna that keeps eluding him. But things change… Read More Blu-ray Review: Serenity

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Six complete strangers find themselves locked up together in a mysterious concrete office tower and have to find their way out of a series of increasingly elaborate rooms in the aptly titled Escape Room. The latest thriller from Insidious: The Last Key director Adam Robitel, the film is inspired… Read More Blu-ray Review: Escape Room

By John Corrado Starring Nicole Kidman under layers of prosthetics to make her appear haggard and worn, Destroyer is a crime drama that follows a rogue detective working for the LAPD who gets drawn back in to investigate a deadly crime ring, following the reemergence of their leader (Toby Kebbell). For more on the film… Read More Blu-ray Review: Destroyer

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) At the start of Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, director Kaku Arakawa’s short and sweet documentary about the legendary Japanese animator, we see footage from 2013 of Miyazaki announcing his intentions to retire from filmmaking at a press conference, stating that The Wind Rises will be his final film.… Read More Blu-ray Review: Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on the 2017 novel by W. Bruce Cameron, who also wrote the book behind the film A Dog’s Purpose, A Dog’s Way Home is another story of the bond between humans and animals told from the point of view of its canine lead, this time focused on… Read More Blu-ray Review: A Dog’s Way Home

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass serves as an interesting and somewhat unexpected conclusion to the unlikely trilogy that the filmmaker started with Unbreakable in 2000 and its surprise sequel Split in 2017, bringing together characters from both films for a final showdown. Nineteen years after becoming the sole survivor of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Glass