By John Corrado A hit on the festival circuit, the single take thriller Victoria is now available on digital platforms, including iTunes.  Director Sebastian Schipper never stopped the camera once throughout the overnight shoot, opening in a throbbing nightclub where Victoria (Laia Costa) meets the charismatic Sonne (Frederick Lau) and his gang, and becomes involved in their… Read More Digital Release: Victoria

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing Room on Blu-ray, one of the best movies of last year.  Jack (Jacob Tremblay) has just turned five, but has lived his entire life locked in a small square room with his beloved mother (Brie Larson).  She is fiercely committed to protecting her little boy, and will do… Read More Blu-ray Release: Room

By John Corrado Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the gangster drama Legend on Blu-ray.  Starring Tom Hardy in a dual role, this glossy biopic recounts the true story of notorious twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, who together ruled the crime-riddled streets of London in the 1960s. Although I still think it’s got a lot of problems, Legend is one… Read More Blu-ray Release: Legend

By John Corrado Sony is releasing director Jonathan Levine’s holiday buddy comedy The Night Before on Blu-ray today, which leaves plenty of time to pick up a copy before next Christmas.  With their annual tradition of spending December 24th together reaching its end, Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) set out in search of… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Night Before

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) This week, MGM is releasing Spectre on Blu-ray, the 24th James Bond movie.  With a new head of security (Andrew Scott) threatening to enact overreaching government surveillance measures that would reduce the need for field agents, James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes rogue to track down a mysterious supervillian (Christoph… Read More Blu-ray Review: Spectre

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