By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Based on the classic 1960s picture books by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a modestly enjoyable live action musical featuring original songs by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul that follows the adventures of a singing crocodile in New York City. The title character, Lyle (voiced by Shawn… Read More Blu-ray Review: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) A group of rich young adults in their twenties gather for a weekend getaway during a hurricane in the A24-backed Bodies Bodies Bodies, a vapid mix of indie party comedy and murder mystery that often feels more like a spoof of an A24 movie. At the start of… Read More Blu-ray Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies
By John Corrado In honour of its 35th anniversary this year, the 1987 John Hughes classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles is making its 4K Ultra HD debut this week from Paramount, just in time for American Thanksgiving. The film, of course, stars Steve Martin as Neal Page and John Candy as Del Griffith, two men… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
By John Corrado Following a SteelBook Blu-ray release back in February, Paramount Home Entertainment is now releasing the 1992 comedy Wayne’s World for the first time on 4K Ultra HD in honour of the film’s 30th anniversary. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey star as Wayne and Garth, slacker hosts of the public-access TV show Wayne’s… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wayne’s World: 30th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Spirited is far from the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol, let alone the first comedic or musical one. But the film, which serves as a full-on reimagining of the Charles Dickens story done as a modern musical complete with Broadway-style songs by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul… Read More Review: Spirited (Apple TV+)
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Tim Allen is back as Scott Calvin, the single dad who inexplicably took up the mantle of Santa Claus, in the new Disney+ limited series The Santa Clauses, which is having its two-episode premiere this week. Building on the trilogy of films that began in 1994 with The… Read More Disney+ Review: The Santa Clauses (First Two Episodes)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Drinkwater is a 1980s-inspired Canadian coming of age film set in Penticton, B.C. that centres around Mike Drinkwater (Daniel Doheny), an awkward teen boy who wants to get the girl and hopefully get into college to get out of his small town. The Bruce Lee-obsessed Mike is stuck… Read More Review: Drinkwater
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Conceived as a loose remake of the classic Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (which originally had the somewhat better title Blazing Samurai) is a gonzo animated film that often boggles the mind over how it even came to be. The result… Read More Blu-ray Review: Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing a new 25th anniversary SteelBook edition of the 1997 kids comedy Good Burger, the second movie produced by Nickelodeon. A feature length spinoff from the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, the film became a modest hit at the box office when it was first released in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Good Burger: 25th Anniversary (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing The First Wives Club for the first time on Blu-ray this week, a 1996 comedy that has gained a following over the years. The film follows Annie (Diane Keaton), Elise (Goldie Hawn) and Brenda (Bette Midler), three former college friends who decide to get back at their… Read More Blu-ray Review: The First Wives Club (1996)
By John Corrado In honour of the film’s 30th anniversary this year, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing the hit 1992 Eddie Murphy romantic comedy Boomerang for the first time on Blu-ray this week. Murphy stars in the film as Marcus Graham, a successful advertising executive and notorious womanizer in New York City with obscenely high… Read More Blu-ray Review: Boomerang (1992)
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