By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Set in 1906 at the Winchester Mystery House, a sprawling mansion that took decades to build and is situated outside of San Francisco, Winchester follows a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clarke), who goes to the house to evaluate the mental well-being of Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren).… Read More Blu-ray Review: Winchester

By John Corrado Since its February release, Black Panther has easily cemented itself as a legitimate pop cultural phenomenon, receiving rave reviews and becoming one of the biggest hits of all time at the box office, and it’s easy to see why.  It’s an exciting and very well made blockbuster that injects fresh blood into… Read More Blu-ray Review: Black Panther

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on the life of classic film star Gloria Grahame, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool recounts the love affair that Grahame (Annette Bening) had with young actor Peter Turner (Jamie Bell) in the twilight of her career and near the end of her life. The film takes place… Read More DVD Review: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Set in 1892, Hostiles follows army captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), who is ordered to escort the dying Cheyenne chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) and his family back to their tribal lands in Montana.  Along the journey, Blocker’s army is also tasked with protecting the widowed Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund… Read More Blu-ray Review: Hostiles

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) When country superstar Liam Page (Alex Roe) returns to his Louisiana hometown, he starts to reconnect with his long lost fiancé Josie (Jessica Rothe), whom he left at the altar eight years earlier.  Liam discovers that he has a daughter (Abby Ryder Forston) that he never knew about,… Read More Blu-ray Review: Forever My Girl

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Mary (Taraji P. Henson) is a contract killer who works for a Boston crime family led by the powerful patriarch Benny (Danny Glover).  But her life takes an unexpected turn when she takes in Danny (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), a boy who is working for a rival crime syndicate,… Read More Blu-ray Review: Proud Mary

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4)​ Based on the true story of the Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong follows the Special Forces team led by Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) that was deployed to Afghanistan directly following 9/11, and tasked with forging an alliance with an Afghan warlord (Navid Negahban) in order to help take… Read More Blu-ray Review: 12 Strong

By John Corrado One of the highest grossing and most well loved movie musicals of all time, the 1978 classic Grease is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and Paramount is marking the occasion with a new Blu-ray edition of the film that comes in collectible Rydell High yearbook packaging. The film of course stars… Read More Blu-ray Review: Grease: 40th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4)​ Everyone’s favourite bear from Peru is back in Paddington 2, a rare sequel that not only lives up to the surprisingly great first film from 2015, but maybe even surpasses it. Paddington (Ben Whishaw) has gotten used to living in London with Mr. (Hugh Bonneville) and Mrs. Brown… Read More Blu-ray Review: Paddington 2

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) It’s hard to watch All the Money in the World without being aware of what went on behind the scenes.  The film originally starred Kevin Spacey in the role of J. Paul Getty, but following the sexual assault allegations that surfaced against him in November of last year, the… Read More Blu-ray Review: All the Money in the World

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) After being laid off from his job as an insurance salesman, ex-cop Michael MacCauley (Liam Neeson) gets on the same New York commuter train that he has taken for ten years, surrounded by many of the same people. But his commute home takes a dark and unexpected turn… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Commuter

By John Corrado Lou Adler’s classic 1978 stoner comedy Up in Smoke is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and the film is being released on Blu-ray for the first time in honour of this milestone anniversary. The film of course stars Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong as a pair of stoners who meet on… Read More Blu-ray Review: Up in Smoke: 40th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The fourth film in the horror franchise, Insidious: The Last Key offers an origin story of sorts for the character of Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye), the parapsychologist and medium who has connected all of these films. When Elise gets a call from Ted Garza (Kirk Acevedo), the man who… Read More Blu-ray Review: Insidious: The Last Key

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Peter (Ed Helms) and Kyle (Owen Wilson) are twin brothers who grew up without a father.  When they discover on the day their mother (Glenn Close) is getting remarried that their father didn’t really die from cancer when they were babies like they were told, and that he… Read More Blu-ray Review: Father Figures

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) When a mysterious outbreak starts spreading that reverses nurturing instincts and causes parents to spontaneously kill their kids, siblings Carly (Anne Winters) and Jack (Zackary Arthur) find themselves having to fight off their crazy mom (Selma Blair) and dad (Nicolas Cage). Directed by Crank‘s Brian Taylor, and having… Read More Blu-ray Review: Mom and Dad

By John Corrado It’s no surprise that James Franco won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Disaster Artist, which is now available on Blu-ray.  The actor, who also directed the film, commands the screen with his brilliant portrayal of Tommy Wisseau, the infamous writer, director and star of The Room, which has been dubbed the… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Disaster Artist

By John Corrado Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is a wonderful coming of age film that finds the perfect balance between being funny, moving, bittersweet and a little edgy, just like its spirited protagonist Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan).  The film is now available on Blu-ray. This was my second favourite movie of last year behind… Read More Blu-ray Review: Lady Bird

By John Corrado Based on the true story of how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) wrote and published his beloved tale A Christmas Carol in a matter of weeks, helped along by visions of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer) and his other characters, The Man Who Invented Christmas finds the sweet spot between being a biopic and a new… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The surprise hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle provides a perfect example of how to make a belated sequel to a childhood classic.  The film successfully avoids the trap of being either an unnecessary followup or an inferior retread, and instead nicely expands upon the world of the… Read More Blu-ray Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle