By John Corrado The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the latest attempt to bring Marvel’s “first family” to the big screen, and is easily the most successful one yet, following previous versions in 2005 (Fantastic Four) and 2007 (The Rise of the Silver Surfer), with a failed reboot in 2015 (Fant4stic). This latest iteration, directed… Read More Movie Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 18th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Eddington (Wide Release): The fourth film from writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau is Afraid) is a blistering political satire turned neo-Western set in May of 2020. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a small town sheriff in New Mexico, who ends up… Read More New This Week (07/18/2025): Eddington, I Know What You Did Last Summer, & More!
By John Corrado Watching Eddington, the new movie from writer-director Ari Aster, it’s hard not to think about how much we still haven’t processed from the year 2020, even though it was (shockingly) five years ago now. Aster’s film is set in May of 2020, to be precise, at the height of mask mandates, lockdowns,… Read More Movie Review: Eddington
By John Corrado Disney has just released the full trailer for Tron: Ares. This new look at the sequel to 2010’s underrated Tron: Legacy shows us more of the film’s premise, which involves the computerized world of Tron being brought into our world through an AI entity named Ares (played by Jared Leto). I’m already… Read More New Trailer for Disney’s Tron: Ares
By John Corrado Pixar has just put out the first teaser trailer for Hoppers, the animation studio’s next original movie. This one is directed by Daniel Chong, who is best known for the popular cartoon series We Bare Bears. The story follows a girl who transfers her mind into a robotic beaver body, allowing her… Read More Teaser Trailer for Pixar’s Hoppers
By John Corrado Following last year’s one-two punch of Challengers and Queer, Luca Guadagnino is back this year with After the Hunt. This one is a post-#MeToo psychological thriller starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, and The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri. Amazon MGM Studios has just released the first trailer for the film, positioning this as a… Read More First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt
By John Corrado Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is one of the most acclaimed and financially successful films of the year, finding that sweet spot as a critically lauded original blockbuster that took off with general audiences as well. The film is now available on 4K Ultra HD. Michael B. Jordan stars in the dual role of… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Sinners
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 11th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Superman (Wide Release): There’s really only one big new release this week, and that is James Gunn’s Superman, which serves as a reboot for his version of the DC cinematic universe. Gunn’s version stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan… Read More New This Week (07/11/2025): Superman, & More!
By John Corrado A single mother ends up on a first date from hell in Drop, the twisty new thriller from Blumhouse Productions and director Christopher Landon (Freaky, Happy Death Day). The film also serves as somewhat of a palate cleanser for Landon, who was supposed to direct Scream 7, before that fell through. The… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Drop (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado The winners of the 2025 Dorian TV Awards from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, have just been announced, voted on by the group’s over 560 members (including myself). Leading the way as the winner in the Best Drama category is The Pitt, with Hacks taking home the award for Best… Read More Winners of the 2025 Dorian TV Awards
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 4th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Jurassic World Rebirth (Wide Release): This seventh film in the blockbuster dinosaur franchise arrives 32 years after Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park, and ten years after the franchise was rebooted with Jurassic World. This soft relaunch is directed by Gareth Edwards… Read More New This Week (07/04/2025): Jurassic World Rebirth, Sorry, Baby, & More!
By John Corrado 40 Acres is a pretty solid Canadian post-apocalyptic survival thriller that imagines a dystopic future where, as the opening title card tells us, a global pandemic led to a second Civil War breaking out and subsequent worldwide famine. This has caused farmland to become the planet’s most valuable resource, with families struggling… Read More Movie Review: 40 Acres
By John Corrado In their debut feature Sorry, Baby, writer-director-star Eva Victor blends elements of comedy and drama to craft a unique, emotionally resonant portrait of a traumatic incident and its aftermath. Victor stars in the film as Agnes, a college literary professor living alone in small town Massachusetts. When the film opens, Agnes’ friend… Read More Movie Review: Sorry, Baby
By John Corrado One of the themes of Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the franchise that arrives 32 years after Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park, is how dinosaurs are no longer as popular as they once were, in the three decades since they were first brought back to life. It would be a… Read More Movie Review: Jurassic World Rebirth
By John Corrado NEON has just put out the first trailer for Sentimental Value, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. This is director Joachim Trier’s follow up to The Worst Person in the World, reuniting him with star Renate Reinsve. Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning also star. It’s one of my most anticipated films… Read More First Trailer for Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value
By John Corrado Paramount has just put out the first trailer for director Edgar Wright’s latest movie The Running Man. This is a new adaptation of the Stephen King book, which was already turned into a movie in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wright’s version stars Glen Powell as a man trying to survive in a… Read More Official Trailer for Edgar Wright’s The Running Man
By John Corrado Despite not being scheduled for release until next March, a three minute trailer has just been put out for Project Hail Mary, the new science fiction film from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. It’s based on a book by Andy Weir, who also wrote the book behind The Martian, and stars… Read More First Trailer for Project Hail Mary
By John Corrado In F1: The Movie, director Joseph Kosinski aims to do for race car drivers and Brad Pitt what his 2022 legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick did for fighter pilots and Tom Cruise, and he delivers another crowd-pleasing summer blockbuster. Kosinski’s latest is once again an example of adrenaline-fuelled filmmaking. If Maverick was… Read More Movie Review: F1: The Movie
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 27th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: F1: The Movie (Wide Release): The big new release this week is this racing movie from Joseph Kosinski, the director of the 2022 legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Kosinski’s latest stars Brad Pitt as a seasoned Formula One driver, with Damson… Read More New This Week (06/27/2025): F1: The Movie, M3GAN 2.0, & More!
By John Corrado Here’s a nice surprise; Focus Features has just put out the first teaser trailer for Bugonia, the new film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos. This latest work from the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Poor Things and The Favourite is a remake of the Korean film Save the Green Planet! from 2003. The… Read More Official Teaser Trailer for Bugonia
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