By John Corrado Kiss of the Spider Woman, the new musical film from Dreamgirls director Bill Condon, is a big screen reimagining of the 1992 stage musical from John Kander and Fred Ebb, that was in turn based on a 1976 novel that had a 1985 film adaptation. Set during Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1983, the… Read More Movie Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman
By John Corrado The opening shot of writer-director Mary Bronstein’s intense and suffocating but occasionally darkly funny If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a tight closeup on lead actress Rose Byrne’s face. She is in a doctor’s appointment for her sick daughter (Delaney Quinn), with some disagreement about her treatment plan. The doctor… Read More Movie Review: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
By John Corrado The main appeal of Good Fortune, the long-awaited feature directorial debut of comic actor Aziz Ansari, is getting to see Keanu Reeves play an angel. This is not to in any way diminish the performances of Ansari himself as a down-on-his-luck gig economy worker, or his co-star Seth Rogen as a rich… Read More Movie Review: Good Fortune
By John Corrado Director Zach Cregger’s Weapons became one of the biggest breakout hits of the year when it was released over the summer, and the film is now available on physical media including 4K Ultra HD. The film centres around a young teacher (played by Julia Garner) who has all but one of the… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Weapons
By John Corrado One of the summer’s best blockbusters, F1: The Movie is now available on physical media, including 4K Ultra HD. Brad Pitt stars in the film as Sonny Hayes, an aging race car driver brought on to mentor young hotshot Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris). I had a great time with this one when… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: F1: The Movie
By John Corrado Nobody 2, the sequel to the 2021 Bob Odenkirk action movie, is now available on physical media following its end of summer run in theatres this past August. This sequel transplants the action to an old school water park, where Odenkirk’s Hutch is taking his family on vacation, but ends up in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Nobody 2 (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 10th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Roofman (Wide Release): Channing Tatum stars in this latest film from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines), which is based on the true crime story of a robber who spent months living in a Toys R Us.… Read More New This Week (10/10/2025): Roofman, Tron: Ares, & More!
By John Corrado Focus Features has just released the official trailer (and poster) for director Chloé Zhao’s gorgeous Hamnet, which is fresh off of winning the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. You can read my 4-star review from the festival right here. This is clearly the studio’s priority this Oscar season, with Jessie Buckley being… Read More Official Trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet
By John Corrado The titular “Bad Guys” are back in The Bad Guys 2, only now they are trying to be the Good Guys after doing time and swearing off a life of crime. This sequel to the 2022 DreamWorks Animation film finds the ragtag animal crew being pulled back in to do one last… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Bad Guys 2 (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado It’s been fifteen years since the release of director Joseph Kosinki’s Tron: Legacy, a belated follow up to Disney’s 1982 film Tron. This stretch of time between Kosinski’s 2010 film and the new third instalment, Tron: Ares, means that Ares itself feels like a legacy sequel meant to resurrect older IP, in… Read More Movie Review: Tron: Ares
By John Corrado For Taylor Swift fans, the release of a new album means listening to the whole thing when it drops at midnight and obsessing over the lyrics (at least that’s what I always do). Now, for the first time ever, Taylor has gifted us a theatrical event to go along with her latest… Read More Review: Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 3rd, 2025. Theatrical Releases: The Smashing Machine (Wide Release): Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson puts himself into the Oscar conversation with his dramatic role in this biopic of early UFC fighter Mark Kerr. The film is solo directed by Benny Safdie (one half of the sibling… Read More New This Week (10/03/2025): The Smashing Machine, Anemone, & More!
By John Corrado Good Boy, director Ben Leonberg’s new supernatural horror movie, has been gaining buzz for the uniqueness of its premise; it’s a haunted house movie shown from the perspective of a pet dog. The canine in question is Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. Indy’s loyal owner is Todd (Shane Jensen), who… Read More Movie Review: Good Boy
By John Corrado Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in The Smashing Machine, a very good biopic of early UFC fighter Mark Kerr, that finds the wrestler-turned-actor giving it his all in his first big, meaty dramatic role. The film, which also serves as the first solo outing of director Benny Safdie, after splitting from his… Read More Movie Review: The Smashing Machine
By John Corrado Netflix has just released the official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankentstein, the director’s long-gestating passion project bringing Mary Shelley’s original novel to the screen. I was lucky enough to see this one at TIFF, and came away impressed (you can read my full review from the festival right here). The production… Read More Official Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankentstein
By John Corrado Disney has just released the new, full-length trailer for Zootopia 2. This is the highly anticipated sequel to the 2016 smash hit Zootopia, seeing the return of bunny cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), now working together as official law enforcement partners. This trailer gives us a… Read More New Trailer for Disney’s Zootopia 2
By John Corrado Netflix has just put out the official trailer for Jay Kelly. This is Noah Baumbach’s latest film, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler. It premiered at Venice and Telluride, and is about to play at NYFF. I’m still pretty crushed this one didn’t play TIFF. Clooney stars as the titular Jay Kelly,… Read More Official Trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly
By John Corrado Anemone, the feature directorial debut of Ronan Day-Lewis, is notable for bringing the filmmaker’s father, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, out of retirement. This is his first acting role since starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, a film that has only grown in stature in the near-decade since it was released. This already… Read More Movie Review: Anemone
By John Corrado The runtime for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is 162 minutes. The length of the movie is surely one of the least pertinent things about it, but it’s worth mentioning because of how kinetic the film feels. Nearly two hours in, I was surprised there was less than an hour… Read More Movie Review: One Battle After Another
By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 26th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: One Battle After Another (Wide Release): There are an abundance of new releases this week, with the buzziest of them all being Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The early buzz on this one is deafening, with it already… Read More New This Week (09/26/2025): One Battle After Another, Eleanor the Great, The Baltimorons, & More!
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