By John Corrado Aside from all the star studded premieres and awards season hopefuls that now make up the bulk of TIFF, the festival still offers some great discoveries, and this year one of those films is the very good little Canadian drama We Were Wolves, which is premiering tomorrow night. This is a film that… Read More #TIFF14: Jordan Canning, Peter Mooney and Steve Cochrane on We Were Wolves
By John Corrado There is an interesting serendipity to the fact that my reviews of While We’re Young and My Old Lady have ended up on the same day. These two films that both premiered this weekend at TIFF couldn’t be more different, but their titles contrast and compliment each other quite nicely. Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young was… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: While We’re Young and My Old Lady
By John Corrado I’ve been waiting two weeks to tell everyone about Nightcrawler, and now that the first weekend of TIFF is upon us and the embargo has lifted after Friday night’s world premiere, I can finally tell you that the film is an absolute stunner. And then there’s the glorious Pride, which is already on my… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: Nightcrawler and Pride
By John Corrado The 39th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival starts tonight with the world premiere of David Dobkin’s legal drama The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. The film kicks off eleven days of movies that will be playing in the city, including the usual juxtaposition between some of the biggest… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: The Price We Pay, In Her Place, The Valley Below, We Were Wolves
By John Corrado ★ (out of 4) The return of Pierce Brosnan as an action star, in a spy movie no less, could have been reason for excitement. But unfortunately one merely has to look at the late August release date to judge the overall quality of The November Man, a film that left me… Read More Review: The November Man
The 1979 classic All That Jazz is coming to Blu-ray for the first time today, as part of the Criterion Collection. Based on director Bob Fosse’s own life, the film follows Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a film editor and dance choreographer struggling to mount his latest Broadway production, as the abundance of drugs and sex… Read More Criterion Release: All That Jazz
Today, VVS Films is releasing the recent action film Brick Mansions on Blu-ray. The film is set in a futuristic Detroit that is surrounded by a containment wall, where undercover cop Damien (Paul Walker) finds himself working with ex-con Lino (David Belle), to take down a vicious crime lord (RZA) who plans on blowing up… Read More Blu-ray Release: Brick Mansions
By John Corrado After premiering to a standing ovation at Hot Docs, To Be Takei is circling back to Toronto this weekend for a limited run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Showtimes and tickets are right here. First gaining fame as Sulu on Star Trek, George Takei has found a dedicated and enduring fanbase over… Read More TIFF Bell Lightbox Release: To Be Takei
By John Corrado After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and premiering in Toronto during Hot Docs, Rich Hill is opening at the Bloor Cinema today. The critically acclaimed film will run until August 28th, tickets and showtimes are right here. Andrew is very close to his family, but lives with the… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Rich Hill
Today, Disney and Pixar are releasing last year’s TV special Toy Story of Terror! on Blu-ray. When the toys get stranded at a spooky roadside motel where Mr. Potato Head (Don Rickles) mysteriously goes missing, Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack) and Rex (Wallace Shawn) are forced to confront their fears and… Read More Blu-ray Release: Toy Story of Terror!
Sony Pictures is releasing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Blu-ray today, a fairly entertaining blockbuster that nicely follows the first instalment and does a decent job of setting things up for the next chapter of the franchise. We reviewed The Amazing Spider-Man 2 back when the film opened atop the box office earlier this summer,… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
After premiering at TIFF last year, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Only Lovers Left Alive on Blu-ray today. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, the film follows depressed musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and his wife Eve (Tilda Swinton), a pair of lonely vampires drifting through the nightlife of Detroit. The wryly mannered stylings of the film are… Read More Blu-ray Release: Only Lovers Left Alive
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) It’s interesting that a story about memories evokes such clear ones within myself. When I think about The Giver, Lois Lowry’s classic 1993 novel which has been a staple of young adult literature for about two decades now, I remember being 11 years old and getting up early… Read More Review: The Giver
By John Corrado After premiering at TIFF last year, and coming back to the city for Inside Out, The Dog is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this weekend and will be playing until August 21st. Showtimes and tickets are right here. After holding up a bank to try and fund his partner’s sex… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: The Dog
Today, Elevation Pictures is releasing the Sundance hit Locke on Blu-ray. The film takes place in real time and almost entirely inside a car, as Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) drives across London, answering calls from his family and coworkers at the construction site where he works, slowly having the course of his life and others… Read More Blu-ray Release: Locke
Today, Disney is releasing Muppets Most Wanted on Blu-ray. This time around, the Muppets take their show on the road across Europe, naively hiring Dominic Badguy (Ricky Gervais) as their manager. Things take a turn for the worse when Kermit is replaced by Constantine, who is using their shows as a coverup for elaborate jewel… Read More Blu-ray Release: Muppets Most Wanted
Today, Bears is being released on Blu-ray. The latest wildlife adventure from Disneynature, the film follows a year in the life of Sky and her two adorable cubs, as they come of age against the stunningly captured backdrop of the Alaskan Peninsula. We reviewed Bears when the film opened in theatres this past April, and our overall… Read More Blu-ray Release: Disneynature’s Bears
Along with Bears and Muppets Most Wanted, Disney is also releasing half a dozen of their classics for the first time on Blu-ray today, the first two as a combo pack and the other four on their own. I had fun working my way through this stack of new releases over the weekend, and I… Read More Blu-ray Release: Six Disney Classics
By John Corrado Deeply sad doesn’t even begin to describe the news that Robin Williams has lost his fight with severe depression at 63 years of age. The world has truly lost one of their best today, and the actor will be missed both by everyone who got to know him through his performances, and… Read More Remembering Robin Williams (1951-2014)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on the bestseller by Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey is a total feel good film, and I liked that. Those who buy a ticket are going to leave feeling happy, just like after an evening spent at a fine restaurant, and the fact that the film… Read More Review: The Hundred-Foot Journey
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