By John Corrado In honour of the film’s 35th anniversary this year, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing the 1987 action comedy sequel Beverly Hills Cop II for the first time on 4K Ultra HD this week. This follow up to the 1984 smash hit Beverly Hills Cop sees rough and tumble Detroit cop Axel Foley… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Beverly Hills Cop II: 35th Anniversary (1987)

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Marry Me has so many contrivances within its first twenty minutes that it feels extreme even by the standards of the romantic comedy genre. It relies on a number of far-fetched coincidences in order to bring its two unlikely love interests together, but the film is good-natured enough to… Read More Blu-ray Review: Marry Me

By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing the 2004 romantic comedy Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! for the first time on Blu-ray, which didn’t do particularly well at the time of its initial release, but seems to have gained more of a following over the years. The main character is Rosalee Futch (Kate… Read More Blu-ray Review: Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)

By John Corrado In time for the film’s 20th anniversary this year, Paramount is releasing the 2002 teen comedy Orange County for the first time on Blu-ray this week. The film centres around a kid named Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks), a high schooler in the titular California suburb who is growing tired of the “surfer… Read More Blu-ray Review: Orange County (2002)

By John Corrado On April 5th, Paramount released the star-studded 1991 showbiz satire Soapdish on Blu-ray. The film stars Sally Field as Celeste Talbert, the demanding star of a hugely popular daytime soap opera called The Sun Also Sets. The story mainly focuses on the behind the scenes feud between Celeste, who takes all of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Soapdish (1991)

By John Corrado On April 5th, Paramount released a new Blu-ray edition of the surprisingly entertaining 1989 comedy Let It Ride, a film that has flown somewhat under the radar but deserves to be viewed with a fresh pair of eyes. Richard Dreyfuss stars as Jay Trotter, a cab driver and recovering gambling addict who… Read More Blu-ray Review: Let It Ride (1989)

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The Jackass gang is back together again in Jackass Forever, a belated sequel that sees Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and the rest of their merry band of pranksters reuniting twenty years after the release of Jackass: The Movie in 2002 for more purposeful stupidity. There isn’t much to say… Read More Blu-ray Review: Jackass Forever

By John Corrado Last week, Paramount re-released the 2012 crime thriller Jack Reacher on 4K Ultra HD, in a new limited edition SteelBook package. In terms of actual content, this release is identical to the 4K set put out in 2018 (reviewed here). The main upgrade is the SteelBook packaging, which is very sleek, with… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Jack Reacher (SteelBook Edition)

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Partway through Scream, the fifth film in the horror comedy series that somewhat confusingly adopts the same name as the 1996 original, one of the film’s new characters explains the concept of a “requel.” It’s not a full remake or reboot, they explain, or else fans won’t be… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Scream (2022)

By John Corrado Spider-Man: No Way Home was one of the biggest and most buzzed about movies of last year, and now the film is being released on Blu-ray, 4K and DVD this week. Directed by Jon Watts, the film serves as both the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the… Read More Blu-ray Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home

By John Corrado Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2007 action film Shooter is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, and Paramount is marking the occasion by releasing the film for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in a new, limited edition SteelBook package. Mark Wahlberg stars as Bob Lee Swagger, a former Marine sniper who is… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Shooter: 15th Anniversary (SteelBook Edition)

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Coming 2 America is a legacy sequel that sees the return of Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his royal assistant Semmi (Arsenio Hall), over three decades after they first travelled to Queens, New York from their fictional African nation of Zamunda and tried to make it in the… Read More Blu-ray Review: Coming 2 America

By John Corrado Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is one of the main players this awards season, and Universal is releasing the TIFF People’s Choice Award winner (a laurel that is proudly displayed on the front cover) on Blu-ray this week. Nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), Branagh’s film is based on his own childhood… Read More Blu-ray Review: Belfast

By John Corrado John Carpenter’s 1996 sequel Escape from L.A., a follow up to his 1981 cult classic Escape from New York, is being released for the first time on 4K Ultra HD this week. The film sees the return of Kurt Russell’s eye-patched outlaw antihero Snake Plissken, who is brought back for another mission… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A.

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, the second of two movies that the veteran filmmaker put out last year (the other being The Last Duel), is a sprawling film that has ambitions of being a family crime saga à la The Godfather, with grandiose themes of betrayal, greed and… Read More Blu-ray Review: House of Gucci

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Are champions born or raised? That’s the question at the heart of King Richard, a pretty solid inspirational sports movie that dramatizes the story of how Richard Williams (Will Smith) helped turn his daughters Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton) into two of the biggest tennis stars… Read More Blu-ray Review: King Richard

By John Corrado Released in theatres on February 14th, 1992, the classic comedy Wayne’s World is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and Paramount is honouring the occasion with an “excellent” new limited edition Blu-ray SteelBook. Produced by Lorne Michaels, the film was a big screen spinoff of the popular Saturday Night Live sketch, starring… Read More Blu-ray Review: Wayne’s World: 30th Anniversary (SteelBook Edition)