By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura’s popular graphic novel of the same name, I Kill Giants is the story of Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe), a teenaged outsider who escapes from relentless bullying at school and problems at home by immersing herself in an elaborate fantasy world. Barbara… Read More Blu-ray Review: I Kill Giants

By John Corrado Based on Madeline L’Engle’s classic 1962 novel of the same name, which has been brought to the screen by director Ava DuVernay, Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), an adolescent girl who has to travel across the universe in order to rescue her physicist father (Chris Pine). Although it didn’t… Read More Blu-ray Review: A Wrinkle in Time

By John Corrado One of the more interesting films to come out so far this year, Alex Garland’s Annihilation is being released on Blu-ray today.  The film follows Lena (Natalie Portman), an ex-soldier turned biology professor who, after her husband (Oscar Isaac) returns permanently changed, goes to explore a strange phenomenon called The Shimmer, a quarantined area… Read More Blu-ray Review: Annihilation

By John Corrado After winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film a few months back, Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman is now available on Blu-ray.  The Chilean drama follows Marina (Daniela Vega), a transwoman who struggles to grieve when her older lover Orlando (Francisco Reyes) drops dead and his family doesn’t want her to attend… Read More Blu-ray Review: A Fantastic Woman

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4)​ The latest from director Clint Eastwood, The 15:17 to Paris recounts the true story of how Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler fearlessly stopped Ayoub El Khazzani (Ray Corasani), who was armed with guns, knives and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, from carrying out a terrorist attack onboard a train… Read More Blu-ray Review: The 15:17 to Paris

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4)​ Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are a naturally competitive married couple who host a weekly game night at their house with a group of friends. Then Max’s hotshot brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler) comes over and decides to kick things up a notch by taking game night… Read More Blu-ray Review: Game Night

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Beatrix Potter’s beloved woodland creatures get their first big screen outing in Peter Rabbit, a modern take on the story of the mischievous bunny in a blue coat, who’s trying to outwit a farmer to steal the vegetables from his field. This version of the story begins with… Read More Blu-ray Review: Peter Rabbit

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