New This Week (09/01/2023): Bottoms, The Equalizer 3, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 1st, 2023. Theatrical Release: Bottoms (Limited Release): Bottoms, director Emma Seligman’s follow up to her debut film Shiva Baby, is a high school comedy following socially awkward best friends PJ (Shiva Baby breakout Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edibiri), who start a female fight club… Read More New This Week (09/01/2023): Bottoms, The Equalizer 3, & More!

New This Week (08/25/2023): Dreamin’ Wild, Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 25th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Dreamin’ Wild (Limited Release): This new music drama from writer-director Bill Pohlad tells the true story of brothers Donnie (Casey Affleck) and Joe Emerson (Walton Goggins), who are thrust into the limelight when the album they recorded as teenagers gets reissued.… Read More New This Week (08/25/2023): Dreamin’ Wild, Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story, & More!

New This Week (08/18/2023): Strays, Jules, The Eternal Memory, Mutt, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 18th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Strays (Wide Release): Will Ferrell stars in the R-rated talking dog comedy Strays as the voice of a little dog named Reggie who teams up with a streetwise Boston Terrier (voiced by Jamie Foxx) to get revenge on his mean owner… Read More New This Week (08/18/2023): Strays, Jules, The Eternal Memory, Mutt, & More!

4K Ultra HD Review: Roman Holiday: 70th Anniversary

By John Corrado In honour of the film’s milestone 70th anniversary this year, Paramount has given a 4K Ultra HD upgrade to filmmaker William Wyler’s 1951 classic Roman Holiday, starring the incomparable pair of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Shot on location in Rome, Wyler’s film captures the vibrancy of a post-war Italy, built around… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Roman Holiday: 70th Anniversary

New This Week (08/11/2023): Passages, The Beasts, Satan Wants You, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 11th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Passages (TIFF Bell Lightbox): This latest human drama from American indie film director Ira Sachs (Love is Strange, Little Men) charts the sexually charged, emotionally messy dynamics around a self-absorbed young filmmaker (Franz Rogowski) who cheats on his husband (Ben Whishaw) with… Read More New This Week (08/11/2023): Passages, The Beasts, Satan Wants You, & More!

4K Ultra HD Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

By John Corrado In 1986, John Hughes released Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, introducing us to Matthew Broderick’s titular high schooler who plays hooky to spend the day in Chicago with his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara). Already a staple on home entertainment across various formats, Paramount has now upgraded the… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

New This Week (08/04/2023): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Meg 2: The Trench, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 4th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Wide Release): This animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is one of the nicest surprises of the summer, utilizing its mix of stylized animation, Seth Rogen humour, and teen voice actors to offer a rock… Read More New This Week (08/04/2023): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Meg 2: The Trench, & More!

New This Week (07/28/2023): Haunted Mansion, North of Normal, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 28th, 2023. Theatrical Releases: Haunted Mansion (Wide Release): Disney’s Haunted Mansion is the latest movie based on one of their theme park rides, and a reboot of the Eddie Murphy film from twenty years ago. This version stars LaKeith Stanfield as an astrophysicist brought in to photograph… Read More New This Week (07/28/2023): Haunted Mansion, North of Normal, & More!

Blu-ray Review: Book Club: The Next Chapter (Collector’s Edition)

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The Book Club ladies are back in Book Club: The Next Chapter, a sequel to the 2018 film that finds elderly best friends Diane (Diane Keaton), Vivian (Jane Fonda), Sharon (Candice Bergen) and Carol (Mary Steenburgen) – who first bonded over reading Fifty Shades of Grey – taking a… Read More Blu-ray Review: Book Club: The Next Chapter (Collector’s Edition)