Godzilla – A Warner Bros. Pictures Release http://www.godzillamovie.com Release Date: May 16th, 2014 Rated PG for frightening scenes and violence Running time: 123 minutes Gareth Edwards (dir.) Max Borenstein (screenplay) David Callaham (story) Alexandre Desplat (music) Bryan Cranston as Joe Brody Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ford Brody Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ichiro Serizawa Elizabeth Olsen as… Read More Five Views: Godzilla
Million Dollar Arm – A Walt Disney Pictures Release http://movies.disney.com/million-dollar-arm Release Date: May 16th, 2014 Rated PG for mature themes Running time: 124 minutes Craig Gillespie (dir.) Thomas McCarthy (screenplay) A.R. Rahman (music) Jon Hamm as JB Bernstein Pitobash as Amit Suraj Sharma as Rinku Madhur Mittal as Dinesh Aasif Mandvi as Aash Lake Bell… Read More Five Views: Million Dollar Arm
Today, VVS Films is releasing the aptly titled romantic comedy That Awkward Moment on Blu-ray. After Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) finds out his wife (Jessica Lucas) is cheating on him, his buddies Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) make a pact that they are staying single with him. But their promise predictably gets broken… Read More Blu-ray Release: That Awkward Moment
Today, Paramount is releasing the 2002 animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron for the first time on Blu-ray. With narration by Matt Damon, the film tells the story of a wild horse who is captured by a colonel (James Cromwell) who tries to break him, before regaining his freedom alongside a young Lakota brave,… Read More Blu-ray Release: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Paramount is releasing the 1986 classic Crocodile Dundee for the first time on Blu-ray today, in a double pack with the 1988 followup Crocodile Dundee II. The first one follows newspaper reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) who travels to Australia to meet eccentric local Mick “Crocodile” Dundee (Paul Hogan). But when he saves her life… Read More Blu-ray Release: Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II Double Feature
By John Corrado After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life is opening tomorrow at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and will be playing a few more times until May 20th, co-presented by the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Tickets can be found right here, and the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
By John Corrado After premiering at the festival back in 2013, Teenage is opening today for a short run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, and will be playing throughout the week until May 15th. Tickets can be found right here. Directed by Matt Wolf, Teenage mixes archival footage and grainy reenactments to chart the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Teenage
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – A Columbia Pictures Release http://www.theamazingspiderman.com/site/ Release Date: May 2nd, 2014 Rated PG for violence Running time: 142 minutes Marc Webb (dir.) Alex Kurtzman (screenplay) Roberto Orci (screenplay) Jeff Pinkner (screenplay) Hans Zimmer (music) Johnny Marr (music) Pharrell Williams (music) Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man/Peter Parker Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy Jamie… Read More Five Views: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
This week, 20th Century Fox is releasing the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds for the first time on Blu-ray. After excitedly arriving at college, likeable nerds Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) find themselves mercilessly picked on by Stan (Ted McGinley) and his gang of dumb jocks. Determined to no longer put up… Read More Blu-ray Release: Revenge of the Nerds
Today, Paramount is releasing two classic sitcoms for the first time on Blu-ray, including The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes and The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1. The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes: Running from 1955 to 1956, The Honeymooners follows bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleeson) and his sewer worker friend Ed Norton (Art Carney) as… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Honeymooners and The Andy Griffith Show
Today, Paramount is releasing the modern classics Amistad and The Terminal for the first time on Blu-ray, both directed by Steven Spielberg. The Terminal: First released in 2004, The Terminal follows Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an Eastern European immigrant who ends up stranded at the JFK airport after war breaks out in his home country,… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Terminal and Amistad
Labor Day – A Paramount Release http://origin.labordaymovie.com Blu-ray Release Date: April 29th, 2014 Rated PG for mature themes and sexual content Running time: 111 minutes Jason Reitman (dir.) Jason Reitman (screenplay) Based on the novel by Joyce Maynard Rolfe Kent (music) Kate Winslet as Adele Josh Brolin as Frank Gattlin Griffith as Henry Tobey Maguire as… Read More Blu-ray Review: Labor Day
By John Corrado The 21st edition of Hot Docs has come to a close, with The Backward Class taking home the Audience Award, followed by Meet the Patels and The Case Against 8. As always, I saw lots of great stuff and there were plenty of memorable experiences over the eleven days. Everything started about… Read More #HotDocs14: The Best of the Fest
By John Corrado After eleven days of documentaries, we are finally at the last day of Hot Docs and with that comes my latest batch of capsule reviews, bringing my final count up to a whopping 48. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Marinoni, Guidelines and Bronx Obama. Here are my reviews of the three… Read More #HotDocs14: Final Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado We have just finished the second last day of Hot Docs, and here is my tenth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of Focus on Infinity, The Boy From Geita and Songs for Alexis. Below are my thoughts on three more films that I had the pleasure of seeing today,… Read More #HotDocs14: Tenth Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado We have reached the final weekend of Hot Docs, and with that comes my ninth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on the newly minted winner of the award for Best Canadian Feature Out of Mind, Out of Sight, along with I’ve Seen the Unicorn, Rich Hill and The… Read More #HotDocs14: Ninth Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado As we find ourselves exactly a week into Hot Docs, it’s time for my eighth batch of capsule reviews. Last time I put up reviews of 112 Weddings, The Immortalists, Meet the Patels and Sleepless in New York. Below are my thoughts on another four films, including two that deal with issues… Read More #HotDocs14: Eighth Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado As we are nearly a week into the documentary film festival, welcome to my seventh batch of Hot Docs capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of The Case Against 8, Mad As Hell, Art and Craft and Advanced Style. Here are my thoughts on four more films, including three good ones that… Read More #HotDocs14: Seventh Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado As we reach the halfway point of Hot Docs, welcome to my sixth batch of capsule reviews. Hopefully you’ve been following along over the past five days, and I will continue to write up everything I’ve been seeing. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Mugshot, Hotline, Before the Last Curtain Falls, Super… Read More #HotDocs14: Sixth Batch of Reviews
By John Corrado As we come down from the first weekend of Hot Docs, welcome to my latest batch of capsule reviews, to help launch us into the final week of the festival. Yesterday I published reviews of Mission Blue, To Be Takei, The Creator of the Jungle, The Special Need and A Different Kind… Read More #HotDocs14: Fifth Batch of Reviews
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