By John Corrado Collateral, director Michael Mann’s slickly made and very entertaining 2004 thriller starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx, is receiving a 4K upgrade this week, with a new 4K Ultra HD edition from Paramount. The film follows Max (Foxx), a Los Angeles cab driver whose night takes a dark turn when Vincent (a… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Collateral
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Alice (Natalia Dyer), the main character in the cheekily titled coming of age film Yes, God, Yes, is a good Catholic girl in the early 2000s. She goes to church on Sunday, and attends Catholic school, where she is taught by Father Murphy (Timothy Simons) that sex is… Read More VOD Review: Yes, God, Yes
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan come together in Come Away, a live action fairy tale mashup that features some appealing ideas and elements, but doesn’t quite come together as a whole. The main characters are Alice (Keira Chansa) and her brother Peter (Jordan A. Nash), two kids… Read More VOD Review: Come Away
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) David Fincher’s Mank, which is adapted from a screenplay that the director’s father Jack wrote back in the 1990s before he passed away, is an ambitious black and white drama about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and the writing of Citizen Kane. But despite how it might sound on… Read More Netflix Review: Mank
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) If you want to feel old, just think about the fact that Enchanted, Disney’s glorious live action musical about an animated princess who comes to life in our world, came out over a decade ago. It’s kind of hard to believe. The 2007 film served as both a… Read More Disney+ Review: Godmothered
By John Corrado Robert Altman’s live action musical version of Popeye, which features Robin Williams in the title role and a selection of songs by Harry Nillson, is a film that has gone through a number of critical reevaluations over the years since it was first released in 1980. But I’m not sure if a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Popeye: 40th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado Nestled in between his roles in the classic comedies Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America, Eddie Murphy starred in The Golden Child, a 1986 film that isn’t as fondly remembered as his others from the era. The film is being released for the first time on Blu-ray today as part of… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Golden Child
By John Corrado Eddie Murphy starred in a number of classic comedies in the 1980s, and one of the best remains Trading Places, a clever social satire that still holds up quite well. The film is being re-released on Blu-ray today, as part of the Paramount Presents collection. When the rich Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy… Read More Blu-ray Review: Trading Places
By John Corrado The 1984 Eddie Murphy vehicle Beverly Hills Cop remains a bona fide classic of the action comedy genre, and Paramount is releasing the film for the first time in 4K Ultra HD today. Murphy, in the role that cemented him as a major movie star, plays street-wise Detroit cop Axel Foley, who… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Beverly Hills Cop
By John Corrado With a sequel forthcoming, Paramount is releasing the 1988 Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall comedy Coming to America for the first time on 4K Ultra HD today. There are two editions of the film available, including a regular edition and a collectible Steelbook, which is the cooler of the two. Directed by… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Coming to America (Steelbook)
By John Corrado Earlier this year, Paramount released the 1986 classic Top Gun on 4K Ultra HD, and now the studio is reissuing the 4K edition with collectible Steelbook packaging. Directed by the late Tony Scott, the film of course stars Tom Cruise as cocky fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and it remains an iconic… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Top Gun (Steelbook)
By John Corrado Before it became a blockbuster film franchise starring Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible was an Emmy-winning TV series that ran on CBS for seven seasons from 1966 to 1973. Now Paramount is releasing the entire series for the first time ever on Blu-ray this week, in a mammoth box set that includes all… Read More Blu-ray Review: Mission: Impossible: The Original TV Series
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) First published in 1960, Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham is one of the most beloved and enduring learn to read books of all time, with its irresistible rhyming scheme made up of just fifty words making it ideal for beginners, not to mention a delight to read… Read More DVD Review: Green Eggs and Ham: The Complete First Season
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel Black Beauty, which was written from the perspective of a horse and had an animal rights message that was revelatory for its time, is one of the biggest selling books of all time and has been adapted for the screen a number of times… Read More Disney+ Review: Black Beauty
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Do you want to watch a David Bowie biopic where “Space Oddity” is talked about but never actually heard? That’s the question I kept asking myself while watching Stardust, a movie that is ostensibly about the legendary rock star but doesn’t actually feature any of his music. Considering… Read More Review: Stardust
By John Corrado The video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog feels like one of those movies that keeps popping back up. To recap, it was initially supposed to be released in theatres last November, before public outcry over the look of Sonic in the trailer led the studio to delay it by several months to… Read More Blu-ray Review: Sonic the Hedgehog: Limited Collector’s Edition
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The 2016 South Korean zombie movie Train to Busan is an incredible exercise in genre cinema, a tight, suspenseful thrill ride that unfolds mostly on a train and almost entirely in real time. Seriously, it’s a great action film, and one that I would highly recommend. Now, director… Read More Blu-ray Review: Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Written and directed by filmmaking brothers Eshom and Ian Nelms, the offbeat Christmas movie Fatman is one of those films that many will watch based on the absurdity of its premise alone, which was revealed in a pretty wild trailer. What is the premise, you might ask? Well,… Read More VOD Review: Fatman
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) A grandfather and grandson bond over bocce in Team Marco, a simple but charming family movie that is being released digitally this week and serves as a fine viewing option for families looking for something made outside the studio system. The lead character is Marco (Owen Vaccaro), an… Read More VOD Review: Team Marco
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Disney pays tribute to the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, which is premiering on Disney Plus today. The original TV special, which aired in 1978 between the releases of the first Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, was so widely panned… Read More Disney+ Review: The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
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