By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 19th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Twisters (Wide Release): Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) directs this belated followup to the classic 1996 blockbuster Twister. I just saw it in a theatre this afternoon, and it feels like a proper, made-for-the-big-screen summer blockbuster. It’s a fun thrill ride that… Read More New This Week (07/19/2024): Twisters, Young Woman and the Sea, & More!
By John Corrado The latest inspirational sports movie from Disney, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Young Woman and the Sea is based on the true story of pioneering female swimmer Trudy Ederle, who became the first woman to swim across the 21 mile English Channel in 1926. Daisy Ridley (who most notably played Rey in the Disney… Read More Movie Review: Young Woman and the Sea (Disney+)
By John Corrado The feature debut of music video director Luke Gilford, National Anthem is an engaging portrait of outcasts who desperately want their part of the American Dream, but have to carve out their own piece of it. Entrenched in the world of cowboys and rodeos, Gilford’s film is steeped in Americana, but explored… Read More Movie Review: National Anthem
By John Corrado The first trailer has been released for Edward Berger’s Conclave, the German filmmaker’s highly anticipated follow up to this Oscar-winning remake All Quiet on the Western Front. The film is adapted from a Robert Harris novel. Berger’s latest, which stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini and has been… Read More Trailer Released for Edward Berger’s Conclave
By John Corrado The latest film from Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Bones and All), Challengers is a smart, stylish tennis drama built around a trio of captivating performances from Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. Zendaya stars in the film as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis rising star who is… Read More Blu-ray Review: Challengers
By John Corrado Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, which had its world premiere at TIFF last year, is now being released on Digital platforms across Canada and the United States this week from distributor Shout! Studios. Mortensen’s second directorial effort, following his underrated 2020 debut Falling, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a foray into… Read More Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt is Now Available on Digital Platforms
By John Corrado The title of director Hannah Pearl Utt’s (Before You Know It) sophomore feature Cora Bora refers to the affectionate nickname given to Cora (Megan Stalter), a millennial musician struggling to make it in Los Angeles. Following the breakdown of her moderately successful band, Cora is now trying to strike a solo record… Read More Movie Review: Cora Bora
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 12th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Longlegs (Wide Release): This latest from writer-director Osgood Perkins is a deeply unsettling mix of horror movie and police procedural. Maika Monroe stars as a rookie FBI agent put on the somewhat cold case of a serial killer who calls himself… Read More New This Week (07/12/2024): Longlegs, Fly Me to the Moon, & More!
By John Corrado The first teaser trailer has been released for Captain America: Brave New World (alongside the first poster). The 2025 film serves as not only the fourth Captain America movie, but also a continuation of the Disney Plus series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which finds Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson officially taking… Read More Teaser Trailer Released for Captain America: Brave New World
By John Corrado The latest film from writer-director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel and Hansel), Longlegs is a deeply unsettling mix of horror movie and police procedural, unfolding with a suffocating atmosphere that keeps us invested right from the chilling opening flashback. Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows) stars in the film as Lee… Read More Movie Review: Longlegs
By John Corrado Directed by the Radio Silence duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who are on hiatus from the last two entries in the Scream franchise, Abigail is a very bloody and slightly tongue-in-cheek riff on vampire movies. The film follows a group of criminals who end up in way over their heads… Read More Blu-ray Review: Abigail (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado The first trailer has been released for the upcoming A24 movie We Live in Time. The romantic drama from director John Crowley (Brooklyn) stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, and is described as a “decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.” It was just announced yesterday that the film will have it’s world premiere at… Read More Trailer Released for We Live in Time
By John Corrado The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s legacy sequel Gladiator II was released this morning (the poster was unveiled yesterday), and I’m thoroughly impressed with what’s been shown so far. The Oscar-winning first film from 2000 is a stone-cold classic (I’m due for a rewatch soon), and this follow-up starring Irish actor Paul… Read More First Trailer for Gladiator II
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 5th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Despicable Me 4 (Wide Release): This fourth entry in the Despicable Me series (sixth if you count the two Minions spinoffs) is already making bank at the box office following its release for the Fourth of July. The animated sequel finds… Read More New This Week (07/05/2024): Despicable Me 4, Kill, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, & More!
By John Corrado Eddie Murphy returns to one of his most iconic characters in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The Netflix-backed legacy sequel finds the comic actor reprising his role as Axel Foley, the Detroit cop with his own way of doing things who ends up transplanted to Beverly Hills. Arriving forty years after the… Read More Movie Review: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix)
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 28th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: A Quiet Place: Day One (Wide Release): This very solid prequel to John Krasinski’s two thrillers finds Michael Sarnoski (Pig) taking over as director, with the action being relocated to New York City. The film balances monster movie suspense with surprisingly… Read More New This Week (06/28/2024): A Quiet Place: Day One, Kinds of Kindness, & More!
By John Corrado A Quiet Place: Day One is a very solid prequel to director John Krasinski’s first two thrillers, which were built around the gimmick of people needing to stay silent lest they get eaten by monsters with super-hearing. This film is written and directed by Michael Sarnoski (taking over from Krasinski, who helped… Read More Movie Review: A Quiet Place: Day One
By John Corrado Andrew McCarthy, the star of 1980s classics like Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo’s Fire, reflects on his time as part of the so-called “Brat Pack” in his enjoyable, cathartic documentary Brats. Serving as a companion piece to his 2021 book Brat: An ’80s Story, McCarthy directs the film, which follows him… Read More Movie Review: Brats (Disney+)
By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing the R-rated 1999 animated musical comedy South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut for the first time on 4K Ultra HD, in honour of the film’s 25th anniversary. Directed by Trey Parker and co-written by Matt Stone, the film finds the South Park boys getting corrupted after going… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
By John Corrado The directorial debut of actor Dev Patel, whose breakout role in Slumdog Millionaire was sixteen years ago, Monkey Man is a revenge thriller set in India that shows promise for him as an action filmmaker. Patel stars in the film as Kid, a young man who makes cash getting beaten up in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Monkey Man (Collector’s Edition)
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