By John Corrado Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the seminal John Hughes holiday classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been reissued once again on Blu-ray. The film of course follows uptight businessman Neal Page (Steve Martin), who is trying desperately to get home to his family for Thanksgiving, but is faced with a cancelled… Read More Blu-ray Review: Planes, Trains and Automobiles: 30th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado Over a decade after first releasing the film in theatres, director Bill Condon has gone back to his 2006 musical Dreamgirls to finally release the more complete cut of the film that he worked on, before the studio put out the slightly condensed theatrical version. Adding back in some extra scenes and… Read More Blu-ray Review: Dreamgirls: Director’s Extended Edition

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Beatriz (Salma Hayek) is a Mexican immigrant working as a healer in Los Angeles, whose car breaks down at the home of her wealthy client Cathy (Connie Britton).  Cathy’s husband (David Warshofsky) is having business associates over for dinner, and she invites Beatriz to stay for the evening.… Read More DVD Review: Beatriz at Dinner

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) When their daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) is accepted into Bucknell University, but loses the town scholarship that she was promised when the city councillor (Nick Kroll) decides to cut the funding, Scott (Will Ferrell) and Kate Johansen (Amy Poehler) are left with little resources to pay for their only child’s… Read More Blu-ray Review: The House

By John Corrado Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) is a young sailor whose father Will (Orlando Bloom) is doomed to a life underseas on the Flying Dutchman.  The Trident of Poseidon is the only thing that can break his curse, and Henry’s best hope of finding it is to be guided by the generally inebriated Captain Jack Sparrow… Read More Blu-ray Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) The fifth film in Michael Bay’s blockbuster franchise that started a decade ago, Transformers: The Last Knight finds our world facing a devastating war between Autobots and Decepticons.  Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) has been made to turn against his human allies, determined to save his home planet Cybertron,… Read More Blu-ray 3D Review: Transformers: The Last Knight

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne) is a science journalist who becomes fascinated by the story of Henrietta Lacks (Renée Elise Goldsberry), a Baltimore woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951, and had her cells harvested while she was being treated at Johns Hopkins.  Known as Hela, her cells… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks