By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Wink (Ian McLaren) is a member of the Badsville Kings, a greaser gang that tries to rule over the depressed title town in Badsville, a gritty crime drama that takes place just outside of Los Angeles and explores themes of loyalty and rivalry between gang members. When Wink falls… Read More Review: Badsville
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) When most people hear the name of figure skater Tonya Harding, they recall the 1994 incident when her rival Nancy Kerrigan’s knee was bashed in, mere weeks before they were both set to compete at the Olympics in Lilliehammer, Norway. But the truth is that she wasn’t even… Read More Review: I, Tonya
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The directorial debut of master screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game dramatizes the true story of “poker princess” Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain). Molly is a professional skier whose athletic career falls apart after suffering a freak accident at the Olympics, to the disappointment of her father (Kevin Costner), who… Read More Review: Molly’s Game
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Seeking to solve problems of overpopulation and the rapid consumption and depletion of natural resources, a team of Norwegian scientists have discovered a process that allows people to shrink themselves down to the size of action figures, to reduce their carbon footprint. This is the basic premise behind… Read More Review: Downsizing
Dunkirk Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) When Dunkirk opens, we watch as pieces of German propaganda are dropped from the sky over the head of a terrified young solider named Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), who is trying to get across the occupied streets of Dunkirk, France amidst enemy fire, and make his way to the beach in… Read More Three Views: Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Right off the bat, I want to address the fact that I found Star Wars: The Last Jedi to be good not great. Now that that is out of the way, I can get into a more nuanced take on Episode 8.… Read More Three Views: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Set in 1962, at the height of America’s Cold War paranoia, Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a magical fantasy romance that tells of the unique love between Eliza Esposito (Sally Hawkins), a mute cleaner who works at a secretive government laboratory, and a mysterious sea monster (Doug… Read More Review: The Shape of Water
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Tommy Wisseau is the writer, director and star of The Room, an absurdly written, wildly overacted and unintentionally hilarious film that continues to perplex and delight audiences in equal measure. It holds the honour of being dubbed one of the best-worst movies of all time, and has amassed an incredible… Read More Review: The Disaster Artist
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Betty (Reid Asseltine) is a lonely young woman who has just started working as a security guard in a parking lot at a rundown Scarborough strip mall. But when she makes a pass at bartender Danny (Darrel Gamotin) while he is drunk, both of their lives start to… Read More Review: Wexford Plaza
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Ronnie (Grace Glowicki) has turned to alcohol as a way to cope after the death of her brother Garrett two months earlier, who her best friend Faye (Erin Carter) had briefly dated the year before, but broke up with when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. When Faye… Read More Review: Suck It Up
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved holiday stories of all time, and The Man Who Invented Christmas delves into the story behind the story, dramatizing the author’s mad dash to get the book finished in a matter of weeks. The film transports us back… Read More Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Based on the children’s novel of the same name by Canadian author Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner is a timely and moving animated tale for both kids and adults, which has been lovingly brought to the screen by director Nora Twomey with the help of Angelina Jolie, who serves as… Read More Review: The Breadwinner
Coco Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) At this point, Pixar has a pretty stellar track record of delivering films that draw us in with their dazzling animation, and keep us hooked with precision storytelling, memorable characters, and powerfully moving scenes. And Coco, the studio’s latest – which I have been anticipating for several… Read More Three Views: Coco
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) The latest from writer-director Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a film that plays with a remarkably handled tone, oscillating seamlessly between pitch black comedy and crime drama, and kept grounded by its great screenplay and amazing ensemble cast. Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) is grieving the rape and murder… Read More Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Thelma (Eili Harboe) is a university student who is trying to get away from her fundamentalist parents (Henrik Rafaelsen and Ellen Dorrit Peterson), having moved away from home to live on campus and study in Oslo. But when she starts having mysterious fainting spells, and also comes to… Read More Review: Thelma
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) The solo directorial debut of Greta Gerwig, who also wrote the impeccable screenplay, Lady Bird is a lovely and deeply poignant coming of age film that finds the perfect balance between being funny, moving, bittersweet, and a little edgy, just like its main character. The film unfolds over the… Read More Review: Lady Bird
Thor: Ragnarok Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is back in Thor: Ragnarok, the third solo adventure for the God of Thunder and the first in the series to be directed by Taika Watiti, who brings a sense of playfulness and levity to the Marvel franchise. This time around, Thor… Read More Three Views: Thor: Ragnarok
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a celebrated cardiac surgeon who strikes up a strange and unlikely friendship with an offbeat teen named Martin (Barry Keoghan) in The Killing of a Sacred Deer. When Steven brings the troubled teen home to meet his wife (Nicole Kidman), as well as his… Read More Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Taking place in the 1960s, when the Catholic Church was facing the changes of Vatican II, Novitiate offers a compelling look at life in the convent that explores why people choose to dedicate their lives to the church. The film follows Cathleen (Margaret Qualley), a young woman who wasn’t raised… Read More Review: Novitiate
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest from Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund, and the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, The Square is an entertaining satire of the post-modern art world, that holds nothing back in its sendup of the pretentious and often ridiculous things that are celebrated within the contemporary art scene.… Read More Review: The Square
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