By John Corrado The directorial debut of actor Jonah Hill, Mid90s is coming to Blu-ray this week, and it’s one of those small gems that absolutely deserves to find more of an audience at home. Centred around a group of skater kids in the 1990s, this is a funny and touching coming of age film… Read More Blu-ray Review: Mid90s

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Jonathan (Ansel Elgort) is a young man who seemingly has it all. He’s got a good job at an architectural firm, and a nice apartment. But his life is complicated by the presence of his “brother” John, who happens to share the same body as him through a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Jonathan

By John Corrado The latest title to get the special edition treatment from Shout Select is Frank Oz’s classic 1988 con man comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring the dream team of Michael Caine and Steve Martin. The film follows Lawrence Jamieson (Caine), a suave English con man who is en route to the fictional town… Read More Blu-ray Review: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Collector’s Edition)

By John Corrado Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic First Man is now available on Blu-ray, fresh off receiving Oscar nominations for Visual Effects, Production Design, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing just this morning While I do have some issues with the film’s approach to telling this story, First Man is still an impressive technical achievement,… Read More Blu-ray Review: First Man

By John Corrado Featuring excellent performances from Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet – who really should have gotten an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Felix Van Groeningen’s powerful addiction drama Beautiful Boy is now available on Blu-ray. While Beautiful Boy has garnered some mixed reviews, this is one of those movies that I… Read More Blu-ray Review: Beautiful Boy

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) The character of Venom was initially meant to be an adversary to Spider-Man. Now the popular Marvel Comics villain – who was played by Topher Grace in Sam Raimi’s 2007 blockbuster Spider-Man 3 – takes centre stage in the aptly titled Venom, and I’m honestly not exactly sure what to… Read More Blu-ray Review: Venom

By John Corrado David Gordon Green’s Halloween, which saw the return of Michael Myers forty years after John Carpenter’s iconic 1978 film, was one of the most anticipated movies of last fall, and it’s now arriving on Blu-ray. Serving as a direct followup to the original, this film finds Michael coming back to Haddonfield, Illinois… Read More Blu-ray Review: Halloween

By John Corrado Watching When Harry Met Sally… again, which I had the pleasure of doing the other night thanks to the new 30th anniversary edition that Shout Select just put out on Blu-ray, it’s easy to see why the film is still regarded as one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time. Directed by… Read More Blu-ray Review: When Harry Met Sally…: 30th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado Carl Reiner’s classic 1979 comedy The Jerk is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, an occasion that was marked by this new Blu-ray edition that was put out by Shout Select last month. The film stars Steve Martin in his breakout movie role as Navin R. Johnson, a charming simpleton who was… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Jerk: 40th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Ronald Reagan is never actually mentioned by name in White Boy Rick, but his figures often looms large behind the story, which details the human impact that the 40th President’s so-called “War on Drugs” had upon poor and minority communities. The film is based on the true story… Read More Blu-ray Review: White Boy Rick

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Adapted from Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name, Juliet, Naked is a very likeable film that proves there are still many pleasures to be found within the classic romantic comedy formula when it’s done right. The film focuses on Annie (Rose Byrne), who is living a quiet… Read More DVD Review: Juliet, Naked