Digital Release: Victoria

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

Three Views: Zootopia

Zootopia Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) For a film intent on subverting stereotypes, Zootopia slyly upends our expectations of animated animal entertainment, using its all-mammal metropolis to explore timely and thought provoking themes of racism and cultural prejudices, through a plot rich with mature and surprisingly resonant political allegories.  Following hits like Big Hero… Read More Three Views: Zootopia

Blu-ray Release: The Night Before

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

Blu-ray Release: The Good Dinosaur

By John Corrado Today, Disney•Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur is being released on Blu-ray.  The film imagines a world where dinosaurs never went extinct and follows Arlo (Raymond Ochoa), a scared young apatosaurus who becomes separated from his family when tragedy strikes, and forms a bond with a feral human child named Spot (Jack Bright), as they… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Good Dinosaur

DVD Release: Touched By An Angel: The Complete Series

By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing Touched By An Angel: The Complete Series on DVD, featuring all 214 episodes from the nine seasons of the popular faith-based drama that ran from 1994 to 2003.  The series follows a trio of angels, Tess (Della Resse), Monica (Roma Downey), and Andrew the “Angel of Death” (John… Read More DVD Release: Touched By An Angel: The Complete Series

12th Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced Today

The International Film Music Critics Association nominations were released this morning for excellence in film scoring in 2015. Leading with four nominations each are veteran John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight.  Close behind with three noms each are Michael Giacchio for Inside Out, Jupiter Ascending, and… Read More 12th Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced Today

Blu-ray Release: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Signature Collection

By John Corrado Today, Disney is releasing their beloved 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Blu-ray, to kick off their new Signature Collection series.  Famously voiced by Adriana Caselotti, Snow White is a charming princess who escapes the clutches of the evil Queen (Lucilla La Verne), and finds herself in the forest… Read More Blu-ray Release: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Signature Collection