By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the small gem Grandma on Blu-ray.  Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) is an aging feminist and misanthropic poet, who is launched into one of the most eventful days of her life when her estranged granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) shows up, needing to borrow over six hundred dollars… Read More Blu-ray Release: Grandma

By John Corrado DreamWorks is releasing the excellent historical drama Bridge of Spies on Blu-ray today, the latest from director Steven Spielberg.  James Donovan (Tom Hanks) is a defence lawyer in Brooklyn who is hired to represent Rudolph Abel (Mark Rylance), a Russian agent arrested for espionage on home soil at the height of the… Read More Blu-ray Release: Bridge of Spies

By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing the 2001 comedy Zoolander on Blu-ray.  Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) is a dimwitted male fashion model who loses Model of the Year to his rival Hansel (Owen Wilson), and is brainwashed by deranged designer Mugato (Will Ferrell) in a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who has… Read More Blu-ray Release: Zoolander

By John Corrado Last week, Joel and Ethan Coen’s folk music masterpiece Inside Llewyn Davis was released on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection.  Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a folk singer drifting aimlessly through the burgeoning music scene of Greenwich Village in 1961, struggling to piece his broken life back together again, while trying to… Read More Criterion Review: Inside Llewyn Davis

By John Corrado Today, Sony is releasing their surprise hit Goosebumps on Blu-ray.  Based on the classic book series, the film follows Zach (Dylan Minette) who has just moved to a new town and befriends the girl next door (Odeya Rush), whose father happens to be author R.L. Stine (Jack Black).  As it turns out, his… Read More Blu-ray Release: Goosebumps

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the recent Canadian epic Hyena Road on Blu-ray.  Directed by Paul Gross, the modern war film focuses on a group of Canadian soldiers stationed in Kandahar, charting the stories of an idealistic young sniper (Rossif Sutherland) and tough intelligence officer (Paul Gross), who often clash in their differing… Read More Blu-ray Release: Hyena Road

By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Back on January 5th, Sony Pictures Classics released the excellent drama The End of the Tour on Blu-ray.  Based on a true story, the film follows journalist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) as he reflects upon the five days he spent with late author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel)… Read More Blu-ray Review: The End of the Tour

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) This week, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the critically acclaimed indie dramedy The Diary of a Teenage Girl on Blu-ray.  Minnie (Bel Powley) is a 15 year old aspiring artist in 1970s San Francisco, who accelerates her coming of age when she starts an inappropriate relationship with her freewheeling mother’s (Kristen… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl

By John Corrado Today, 20th Century Fox is releasing the science fiction blockbuster The Martian on Blu-ray.  A remarkable return to form for director Ridley Scott, the film follows ingenious astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), who is left stranded and presumed dead on Mars after his crew is forced to leave without him in the wake… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Martian

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from writer-director Woody Allen, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Irrational Man on Blu-ray today.  Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) is a brooding professor who has just started teaching philosophy at a local university, where he catches the attention of bright young student Jill (Emma Stone).  But when he… Read More Blu-ray Review: Irrational Man

By John Corrado A charming indie dramedy set in the music industry, Svengali is being released nationwide on all Video On Demand platforms this week.  The film follows Dixie (Jonny Owen), an optimistic local from a small mining town in Wales, who moves to London with his girlfriend Shell (Vicky McClure), to follow his dreams of managing… Read More VOD Release: Svengali

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the small gem Infinitely Polar Bear on Blu-ray, after a long run on the festival circuit.  Based on writer-director Maya Forbes own childhood in the 1970s, the film follows Cameron (Mark Ruffalo), a charming but erratic man with bipolar disorder whose wife (Zoe Saldana) goes away to… Read More Blu-ray Release: Infinitely Polar Bear

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing The Walk on DVD.  The latest from visionary director Robert Zemeckis, this thrilling and surprisingly moving film recounts the true story of Phillipe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who completed his seemingly impossible dream of hanging a tightrope between the Twin Towers, and performing atop it. Although The Walk… Read More DVD Release: The Walk

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Today, Paramount is releasing the spiritual drama Captive on DVD.  The film recounts the true story of convict Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo), who escaped confinement and went on a shooting spree, before forcing himself into the house of Ashley Smith (Kate Mara), a single mother and struggling drug… Read More DVD Review: Captive

By John Corrado Last week, Sony Pictures released acclaimed director Jean-Jacues Annaud’s Wolf Totem on Blu-ray 3D.  Taking place during China’s Cultural Revolution, the story follows Chen Zhen (Shaofeng Feng), a young student who is sent to live with the herdsman in Mongolia. Although their livestock face threats from the surrounding wolves, the villagers have found ways to live symbiotically,… Read More Blu-ray 3D Release: Wolf Totem

By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures is releasing the popular faith-based drama War Room on Blu-ray.  Tony (T.C. Stallings) and Elizabeth Jordan (Priscilla Shirer) live a privileged life with their daughter Danielle (Alena Pitts), but their lives are actually crumbling under the weight of increasing distance and a stalled out marriage, aggravated by his constant… Read More Blu-ray Release: War Room

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the solid biopic Pawn Sacrifice on DVD.  The film dramatizes the famous 1972 chess match between the increasingly paranoid American prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire), and celebrated Russian Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber), in a battle that becomes about much more than just pieces on a board. Directed by… Read More DVD Release: Pawn Sacrifice