Bloor Cinema Release: Last Days in Vietnam

By John Corrado Fresh off receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, the excellent Last Days in Vietnam is opening at the Bloor Cinema this evening, and will be playing there until January 29th.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. After the resignation of President Nixon, the North Vietnamese Army was gaining ground in Saigon, as… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Last Days in Vietnam

Bloor Cinema Release: Antarctica: A Year on Ice

By John Corrado A thoroughly engaging look at what it takes to live on the edge of the planet, the spectacularly filmed documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice opens today at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. Although many workers and scientists populate the base camps and research stations over… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Antarctica: A Year on Ice

Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker

Every year, The Nutcracker ballet is performed all over the world, the music of Tchaikovsky providing one of the many sounds of the Christmas season.  But what exactly goes into staging a ballet that features so many dancers and is often performed with a young cast? This is exactly what the confectionary documentary Getting to… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Getting to The Nutcracker

Bloor Cinema Release: Art and Craft and Harmontown

By John Corrado Two of the year’s best documentaries are opening this weekend with Art and Craft and Harmontown both starting limited runs at the Bloor Cinema, a pair of standouts from Hot Docs that come highly recommended.  The former will be playing until October 16th, with the latter wrapping up a week earlier on… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Art and Craft and Harmontown

DVD Release: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

Today, Paramount is releasing Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 on DVD & Blu-ray.  A companion to last year’s admittedly amusing Bad Grandpa, this new feature takes us behind the scenes of the impressive makeup which got the film an Oscar nomination, edited together with some very funny interviews and outtakes involving Ellie (Catherine Keener) and… Read More DVD Release: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

Bloor Cinema Release: The Case Against 8 and The Internet’s Own Boy

By John Corrado Two of the best and most important documentaries of 2014 are opening this weekend, with The Case Against 8 and The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz both starting limited runs at the Bloor Cinema today.  These are invaluable films that chart the moving human stories behind recent political history,… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Case Against 8 and The Internet’s Own Boy

Bloor Cinema Release: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

By John Corrado After premiering at Hot Docs back in 2013, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne is finally opening at the Bloor Cinema this weekend, and will be playing multiple times until next Thursday.  Tickets and showtimes are right here. Although on the surface the 81-year-old Doris Payne seems like a sweet elderly… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

Blu-ray Review: Tim’s Vermeer

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