Solo: A Star Wars Story Review By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The latest entry into Disney’s rapidly expanding Star Wars universe, Solo: A Star Wars Story is a prequel to the original film that seeks to explore the origins of everyone’s favourite scoundrel and rogue pilot Han Solo, and does so with fairly… Read More Three Views: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Avengers: Infinity War Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Back in 2008, the first Iron Man was released, forever changing the game in terms of both summer blockbusters and comic book movies, and setting the stage for the expansive and carefully orchestrated Marvel Cinematic Universe in the years to come. Ten years and… Read More Three Views: Avengers: Infinity War
Ready Player One Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) There is a serendipitous quality to the fact that Steven Spielberg wound up directing an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One. The book is such a geeky love letter to the pop cultural mecca that was the 1980s, a decade that… Read More Three Views: Ready Player One
A Wrinkle in Time Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Disney’s new adaptation of Madeline L’Engle’s 1962 children’s novel of the same name, which has been guided to the screen by acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, A Wrinkle in Time is a contemporary take on the classic story that also stays mostly faithful to… Read More Three Views: A Wrinkle in Time
Black Panther Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Picking up after the events of Captain America: Civil War, when Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) witnessed his father King T’Chaka (John Kani) get killed in an explosion in Vienna, forcing him to assume the role of Black Panther, Black Panther offers a standalone adventure for… Read More Three Views: Black Panther
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
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
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
War for the Planet of the Apes Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) One of the greatest moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had was going to a press screening of Rise of the Planet of the Apes back in 2011 not really knowing what to expect from the franchise reboot, and realizing early on… Read More Three Views: War for the Planet of the Apes
Baby Driver Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is like the cinematic equivalent of a guitar solo, an example of a singular filmmaker showing complete control over his craft, while riffing on a wide variety of genres and proving the full extent of what he is capable of. It’s thrilling… Read More Three Views: Baby Driver
Spider-Man: Homecoming Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is back to being an awkward high schooler in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the result is the best outing for the webslinger since Sam Raimi’s first two films. This reboot forgoes any sort of origin story, which is just fine this time… Read More Three Views: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Cars 3 Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is back on the racetrack in Cars 3, but now he is faced with confronting the end of his career as a world champion racer following a brutal crash, and thinking about how he will leave his mark in a world… Read More Three Views: Cars 3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The fifth entry in the blockbuster series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a sequel that has the distinction of being both not as good as the still-best first film The Curse of the… Read More Three Views: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) When we first catch up with Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, they are getting ready to slay a giant tentacled space monster.… Read More Three Views: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Born in China Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest Earth Day release from Disneynature, after taking a break last year, Born in China is another beautifully filmed and often lovely entry into the studio’s growing roster of modern day True Life Adventures. This time around, we are given a rare glimpse into… Read More Three Views: Born in China
Beauty and the Beast Review By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) There is perhaps no bigger test as to the resilience of Disney’s current trend of doing live action remakes of their animated classics than Beauty and the Beast. This is a pretty much beat for beat recreation of their iconic 1991 release, a film so beloved… Read More Three Views: Beauty and the Beast
Get Out Review By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) and Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) have been dating for several months, and the time has finally come for him to meet her parents. But he is black and she is white, and Chris is worried about how her rich and very… Read More Three Views: Get Out
Split Review By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) M. Night Shyamalan has had a rocky career following his early successes like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, slowly segueing into self-parody in the years that followed. But now the director has returned with Split, a ludicrous and often entertaining thriller that continues his recent resurgence of… Read More Three Views: Split
Hidden Figures Review By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) A crowbar smashes into the sign for a “colored” washroom, tearing it from the wall. A piece of chalk passes from a white man’s hand to a black woman at a classified NASA briefing, where there was previously no protocol for women attending, let alone people… Read More Three Views: Hidden Figures
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