By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Francine is a young black girl living in North York’s Villaways neighbourhood. But the affordable housing units where she lives with her father, grandmother and two autistic brothers are facing a forced revitalization project set forth by the city, meaning that the residents will have to leave their homes… Read More Review: Unarmed Verses
By John Corrado Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) is a young sailor whose father Will (Orlando Bloom) is doomed to a life underseas on the Flying Dutchman. The Trident of Poseidon is the only thing that can break his curse, and Henry’s best hope of finding it is to be guided by the generally inebriated Captain Jack Sparrow… Read More Blu-ray Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Stephen King’s 1986 novel It is a mammoth text that has become a definitive classic of the horror genre, following a group of friends in the small town of Derry, Maine who have to band together to defeat a terrifying demonic figure who takes the form of a… Read More Review: It
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Filmed over five years at four different donkey sanctuaries in the UK, Ireland, New York State and Guelph, Ontario, Do Donkeys Act? is an experimental art documentary that offers a quiet yet often profound exploration of animal sentience, guided along by Willem Dafoe’s poetic narration. These sanctuaries provide… Read More Review: Do Donkeys Act?
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) The fifth film in Michael Bay’s blockbuster franchise that started a decade ago, Transformers: The Last Knight finds our world facing a devastating war between Autobots and Decepticons. Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) has been made to turn against his human allies, determined to save his home planet Cybertron,… Read More Blu-ray 3D Review: Transformers: The Last Knight
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne) is a science journalist who becomes fascinated by the story of Henrietta Lacks (Renée Elise Goldsberry), a Baltimore woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951, and had her cells harvested while she was being treated at Johns Hopkins. Known as Hela, her cells… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapted from his memoir of the same name, Stronger recounts the true story of Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was standing near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013 to cheer for his ex-girlfriend Erin (Tatiana Maslaney), when two terrorists set off a homemade pressure cooker bomb. Jeff… Read More Review: Stronger
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) is living a decent life in Sacramento, with a nice home, a good job at a non-profit that he started, a loving wife (Jenna Fischer) and a teenaged son Troy (Austin Abrams) who is getting ready to forge his own path in the world.… Read More Review: Brad’s Status
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Dramatizing the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell), Battle of the Sexes sets itself up to be as much a story of chauvinism vs feminism as it is a sports movie. Billie Jean King is fresh off her win at… Read More Review: Battle of the Sexes
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) A blockbuster that instantly became a cultural phenomenon when it was released in theatres earlier this year, Wonder Woman is an entertaining superhero movie that also broke several important records, becoming the highest grossing live action film ever from a female director. The film brings to the screen… Read More Blu-ray Review: Wonder Woman
By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) Jess (Scarlett Joahnsson) is about to get married in the middle of her election campaign for senate, when Alice (Jillian Bell) and her other college friends Blair (Zoë Kravitz) and Frankie (Ilana Glazer) decide to throw her a wild bachelorette party in Miami. Jess’s Australian friend Pippa (Kate McKinnon)… Read More Blu-ray Review: Rough Night
By John Corrado One of the most well liked movies of the year, The Big Sick recounts the real life love story between struggling comic Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) and Emily (Zoe Kazan). But their relationship is complicated by the fact the he is Pakistani and his parents (Anupam Kher and Zenobia Shroff) are trying to… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Big Sick
By John Corrado Megan Leavey (Kate Mara) is a young soldier who joins the armed forces as a way out of her dead-end life. She is put to work in the K9 unit, and sent to Iraq with a troubled dog named Rex whom she is able to bond with. When Rex ends up saving… Read More Blu-ray Review: Megan Leavey
By John Corrado The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri taking home the People’s Choice Award. Before we officially close the books on this year’s festival, below are my thoughts on the five final films I saw over the weekend. More information on these movies can be… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Molly’s Game, Brad’s Status, Battle of the Sexes, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and 55 Steps
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on these movies can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! The Lodgers – ★★½ (out of 4) Taking place in rural Ireland in the 1920s, The Lodgers is a ghost story that follows orphaned teenaged twins Rachel (Charlotte… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: The Lodgers, Valley of Shadows, Our People Will Be Healed and There is a House Here
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Bodied – ★★★½ (out of 4) Adam (Calum Worthy) is a nerdy white graduate student at Berkeley who is fascinated by battle rap, writing his thesis paper… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Bodied, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Faces Places, Three Christs and Indian Horse
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) A slow burn psychological thriller turned full on horror movie freakout in the shocking and unforgettable last act, mother! is the latest work from Darren Aronofsky, and it’s the sort of film that should be seen knowing as little as possible, but with ample time to think and talk… Read More Review: mother!
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) I watched The Tragically Hip’s final concert in a movie theatre that was showing it live last summer. I couldn’t be in Kingston that night but, like a third of all Canadians, I was glued to that screen for every single song. I was thankful for the chance… Read More Review: Long Time Running
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Unicorn Store – ★½ (out of 4) Kit (Brie Larson) is a young millennial who still lives with her overbearing New Age parents (Bradley Whitford and Joan… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Unicorn Store, Downsizing, The Shape of Water and A Fantastic Woman
By John Corrado The latest from Disneynature, Born in China gives us a rare glimpse into the wilds and mountainous regions of China, and the many animals that inhabit them. The film follows a mother snow leopard trying to protect and provide for her two young cubs, a growing family of golden monkeys, and a panda… Read More Blu-ray Review: Born in China
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