By John Corrado A “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!! follows baseball player Jake (Blake Jenner) over his party-fuelled first days of college in 1980. Boasting a great soundtrack and game young cast, and very much in tune with the tone and feel of its predecessor, this is a wildly entertaining and also sweetly… Read More Blu-ray Release: Everybody Wants Some!!
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Giving the biopic treatment to one of country music’s legends, I Saw the Light recounts the life and career of prolific singer-songwriter Hank Williams (Tom Hiddleston), touching on his rocky first marriage to Audrey Williams (Elizabeth Olsen), the tenacity that he held to get his music heard, and the reliance on… Read More DVD Review: I Saw the Light
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on a true story, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot follows news copy writer Kim Baker (Tina Fey) who leaves her desk job in New York and is sent to cover the war in Afghanistan, where she forges relationships with a no-nonsense Colonel (Billy Bob Thornton), a fellow reporter (Margot Robbie), and a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen) is a working class football fanatic from the small English fishing town of Grimsby, who has spent 28 years awaiting the return of his younger brother, Sebastian (Mark Strong), who turns out to be a top secret agent working for MI6. When Nobby reunites with… Read More DVD Review: The Brothers Grimsby
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Taking place in 1980, when widespread fear of satan worship and occult rituals are spreading across the nation, Regression follows police detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke), who is investigating a young woman (Emma Watson) who alleges that her father (David Dencik) sexually assaulted her, despite him having no memory… Read More DVD Review: Regression
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Doris (Sally Field) is a lonely older woman who has worked at the same office job for years, and lives with her cats in the junk-filled Staten Island house where she devoted her life to taking care of her recently deceased mother. When an attractive and much younger new recruit (Max… Read More DVD Review: Hello, My Name is Doris
By John Corrado One of the best surprises of the year so far, 10 Cloverfield Lane is a crafty and inventive thriller that follows a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who ends up trapped in a bunker with an insane older man (John Goodman), who warns that disaster has struck and the outside world has… Read More Blu-ray Release: 10 Cloverfield Lane
By John Corrado Arguably the most famous of all the Star Trek films, longtime fan favourite Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has gotten an impressive new Blu-ray transfer, including both the theatrical version and director’s cut of the 1982 classic. The second entry into the motion picture anthology, the film follows Admiral James T. Kirk… Read More Blu-ray Release: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Director’s Cut
By John Corrado It’s hard to believe that it has been fifteen years since Shrek was released. I was a kid when the film came out in 2001, and my first experience with it was on a VHS tape. Now things have come full circle with a brand new Blu-ray to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of this… Read More Blu-ray Release: Shrek: Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado Arriving just five months after the initial Blu-ray release, The Martian: Extended Edition is now available. This new version of Ridley Scott’s excellent space adventure includes both the theatrical and extended cuts of the seven time Oscar-nominated film starring Matt Damon, boasting an extra ten minutes of added footage and scenes, as well over two… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Martian: Extended Edition
By John Corrado My favourite movie of the year so far, Zootopia takes place in a seemingly utopic mammal metropolis where animals start mysteriously going missing, forcing newly recruited bunny police officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) to work with the smooth con artist fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) to solve the case, uncovering deep rooted fear… Read More Blu-ray Release: Zootopia
By John Corrado A unique and critically acclaimed animated film from co-directors Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Anomalisa follows Michael (David Thewlis), a depressed and lonely customer service expert who has a chance encounter with Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a shy woman who is seemingly not like everyone else, at a hotel in Cincinnatti. Watching Anomalisa again,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Anomalisa
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Directed by Michael Bay, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi recounts the events that unfolded on September 11th, 2012 when a United States compound in Libya came under fire by heavily armed militants, leaving a security team of six fearless men (John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa and… Read More Blu-ray Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) After a violent bank robbery, a group of corrupt cops turned criminals led by ex-special forces operative Michael Atwood (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are blackmailed by Russian mob leader Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet) to pull off a 999, police code for officer down, to distract from an even bigger job. Disgruntled cop Marcus Belmont… Read More DVD Review: Triple 9
By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) After losing his wife (Christine Taylor) in a freak building collapse, and having his son (Cyrus Arnold) taken away by child services, the infamously dumb Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) decides to quit modelling and live as a “hermit crab.” But when pop stars like Justin Bieber start getting killed, and… Read More Blu-ray Release: Zoolander No. 2
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) When Jesus (Cliff Curtis) is crucified, and his body goes missing from the sealed tomb, Pilate (Peter Firth) hires a doubting Roman military tribune named Clavius (Joseph Fiennes) to investigate and find a body. Pilate is worried by the implication of claims that the Messiah has risen from the dead, but Clavius has his faith… Read More DVD Review: Risen
By John Corrado When a terrifying blizzard struck off the snowy coast of Cape Cod in 1952, an oil tanker was ripped in half by the high winds and raging waters, leaving young engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) and his crew struggling to keep the boat afloat. When the Coast Guard picked up their signal, Bernie… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Finest Hours
By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) When a mysterious ship starts hovering above the earth, and the first four waves of an alien invasion unfold, the humans are either wiped out by viruses and dwindling resources, or forced to join the army. When high schooler Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz) gets separated from her father (Ron Livingston), she… Read More Blu-ray Review: The 5th Wave
By John Corrado One of the most critically acclaimed horror films in recent memory, The Witch takes place in 1630, when a deeply religious family relocates to a rural farm property in New England. But when crops start to fail, and their newborn child mysteriously disappears, the father (Ralph Ineson) comes to believe they have been… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Witch
By John Corrado There are many things about Easy Rider, which received a new Criterion Collection release on Blu-ray last week, that remain iconic. The sweeping images of motorcycles riding along wide open landscapes, a soundtrack featuring some of the best rock songs of the era, and Jack Nicholson’s first of many unforgettable Oscar-nominated roles. But it’s the… Read More Criterion Review: Easy Rider
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