By John Corrado ***1/2 (out of 4) Even amongst the massive landscape of books that fall into the increasingly lucrative Young Adult bracket, few novels have had the lasting impact and unlikely popularity of author John Green’s 2012 bestseller The Fault in Our Stars. This love story between two teens who fall in love through… Read More Review: The Fault in Our Stars
Tim’s Vermeer – A Sony Pictures Classics Release http://sonyclassics.com/timsvermeer/ Blu-ray Release Date: June 10th, 2014 Rated PG for language Running time: 80 minutes Teller (dir.) Conrad Pope (music) Tim Jenison as Himself Penn Jillette as Himself Philip Steadman as Himself David Hockney as Himself Our reviews below: _________________________________________ Tim’s Vermeer Blu-ray Review By John Corrado ****… Read More Blu-ray Review: Tim’s Vermeer
Today, Paramount is releasing Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit on Blu-ray & DVD, after opening in theatres on January 17th. After injuring his back overseas, young soldier Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) is recruited by government agent Thomas Harper (Kevin Costner) to become an analyst for the CIA. But when he discovers a plot by Russian businessman Viktor… Read More Blu-ray Release: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
After doing well in theatres earlier this year, 20th Century Fox released the Bible epic Son of God on Blu-ray & DVD last week. Narrated by John the Apostle (Sebastian Knapp), the film tells the story of Jesus (Diogo Morgado), from his early life and most famous teachings to his crucifixion and miraculous resurrection. Edited… Read More Blu-ray Release: Son of God
Chef – A VVS Films Release http://chefthefilm.com Release Date: June 6th, 2014 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running time: 115 minutes Jon Favreau (dir.) Jon Favreau (writer) Jose C. Hernandez (music) Jon Favreau as Carl Casper John Leguizamo as Martin Bobby Cannavale as Tony Emjay Anthony as Percy Scarlett Johansson as Molly… Read More Five Views: Chef
By John Corrado ***1/2 (out of 4) Audiences will have no problem virtually reliving the same day over again in Edge of Tomorrow, which has a plot that ingeniously repeats itself, while still feeling fresh every step of the way. Warner Bros. is releasing Edge of Tomorrow today, and the studio should score big. This is… Read More Review: Edge of Tomorrow
By John Corrado Premiering at Hot Docs back in 2013, Brothers Hypnotic is finally circling back to Toronto this weekend, and will be playing a couple more times until next Thursday at the Bloor Cinema. I enjoyed this one at last year’s festival, and tickets can be found right here. The eight members of the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Brothers Hypnotic
Back on May 6th, MGM released the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie’s for the first time on Blu-ray. When corporate drones Richard (Jonathan Silverman) and his slacker friend Larry (Andrew McCarthy) present their boss Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser) with a financial discrepancy, he invites them to his beach house for the weekend, with plans for… Read More Blu-ray Release: Weekend at Bernie’s
Last month on May 6th, Fox Searchlight released their 2001 thriller The Deep End on Blu-ray, in honour of the studio’s 20th anniversary. Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) is a small town housewife who finds herself dragged into a dangerous web after telling the shady Darby (Josh Lucas) to stay away from her teenaged son, Beau… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Deep End
By John Corrado *** (out of 4) At the start of Maleficent, we are told by narrator Janet McTeer that things are going to be different from the story we already know. And right from the opening scenes, we realize that this isn’t quite the same version of Sleeping Beauty that was first told by… Read More Review: Maleficent
By John Corrado *** (out of 4) X-Men: Days of Future Past is predominantly a sequel to the 2011 prequel First Class, that also serves as a continuation of where the original trilogy left off in 2006 with The Last Stand, and could very well lead into a reboot of the entire series. The fact… Read More Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Paramount is releasing a new edition of How To Train Your Dragon on Blu-ray today, before the sequel opens on June 13th. Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is an innocent Viking who can’t bring himself to kill a dragon, much to the dismay of his father (Gerard Butler). But then he befriends Toothless, a lovable dragon who… Read More Blu-ray Release: How To Train Your Dragon
Last week, Paramount released a new edition of the 1963 western McLintock!, fully restored on Blu-ray. With their daughter (Stefanie Powers) coming home from college, proud cattle baron George Washington McLintock (John Wayne) is reunited with his estranged wife Katherine (Maureen O’Hara) after several years, and the bickering couple picks up right where they left… Read More Blu-ray Release: McLintock!
The Birder – A Dot Film Company Release http://www.thebirdermovie.com Release Date: May 23rd, 2014 @ The Carlton Cinema Rated 14A for substance abuse Running time: 85 minutes Ted Bezaire (dir.) Ted Bezaire (writer) Michael Stasko (writer) Dylan Heming (music) Isabelle Noel (music) Richard Pell (music) Tom Cavanagh as Ron Spencer Mark Rendall as Ben Jamie… Read More Five Views: The Birder
By John Corrado After premiering at Hot Docs a few weeks back, 112 Weddings is opening today at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, and will be playing numerous times over the next week. Below are my thoughts on the film, originally published during the festival. Documentarian Doug Block has filmed over a hundred weddings, leaving… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: 112 Weddings
By John Corrado A showcase for the best of LGBT cinema, the 24th edition of Inside Out launches tonight with the Canadian premiere of the beautiful Brazilian romance The Way He Looks, fresh off of winning the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival. Throughout the next eleven days, Inside Out will… Read More Previewing the Inside Out Film Festival
About Last Night – A Sony Pictures Release http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/aboutlastnight/ Blu-ray Release Date: May 20th, 2014 Rated 14A for mature themes and sexual content Running time: 100 minutes Steve Pink (dir.) Leslye Headland (screenplay) Based on the play Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet Marcus Miller (music) Kevin Hart as Bernie Michael Ealy as Danny Regina… Read More Blu-ray Review: About Last Night
Today, Sony Pictures is releasing The Monuments Men on Blu-ray & DVD. Directed by and starring George Clooney alongside an impressive ensemble cast, the fine film tells the story of an unlikely group tasked with retrieving works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II. We reviewed The Monuments Men when the film… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Monuments Men
The cult classic short George Lucas in Love is being released for the first time on iTunes today, courtesy of Level Film. Taking place in 1967, the film follows George Lucas (Martin Hynes) as he struggles to finish his screenplay “Space Wheat,” before a fellow student (Lisa Jakub) with an iconic hairstyle and other quirky… Read More Digital Release: George Lucas in Love
By John Corrado *** (out of 4) Can people who have kids ever return to their days of staying up late and partying, or will they always become the overtired neighbours begging the college kids to “keep it down?” This is the central question asked in Neighbors, a raunchy comedy that opened in a surprise… Read More Review: Neighbors
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