By John Corrado Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is one of the most acclaimed and financially successful films of the year, finding that sweet spot as a critically lauded original blockbuster that took off with general audiences as well. The film is now available on 4K Ultra HD. Michael B. Jordan stars in the dual role of… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Sinners
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 11th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Superman (Wide Release): There’s really only one big new release this week, and that is James Gunn’s Superman, which serves as a reboot for his version of the DC cinematic universe. Gunn’s version stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan… Read More New This Week (07/11/2025): Superman, & More!
By John Corrado A single mother ends up on a first date from hell in Drop, the twisty new thriller from Blumhouse Productions and director Christopher Landon (Freaky, Happy Death Day). The film also serves as somewhat of a palate cleanser for Landon, who was supposed to direct Scream 7, before that fell through. The… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Drop (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 4th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Jurassic World Rebirth (Wide Release): This seventh film in the blockbuster dinosaur franchise arrives 32 years after Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park, and ten years after the franchise was rebooted with Jurassic World. This soft relaunch is directed by Gareth Edwards… Read More New This Week (07/04/2025): Jurassic World Rebirth, Sorry, Baby, & More!
By John Corrado 40 Acres is a pretty solid Canadian post-apocalyptic survival thriller that imagines a dystopic future where, as the opening title card tells us, a global pandemic led to a second Civil War breaking out and subsequent worldwide famine. This has caused farmland to become the planet’s most valuable resource, with families struggling… Read More Movie Review: 40 Acres
By John Corrado In their debut feature Sorry, Baby, writer-director-star Eva Victor blends elements of comedy and drama to craft a unique, emotionally resonant portrait of a traumatic incident and its aftermath. Victor stars in the film as Agnes, a college literary professor living alone in small town Massachusetts. When the film opens, Agnes’ friend… Read More Movie Review: Sorry, Baby
By John Corrado One of the themes of Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the franchise that arrives 32 years after Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park, is how dinosaurs are no longer as popular as they once were, in the three decades since they were first brought back to life. It would be a… Read More Movie Review: Jurassic World Rebirth
By John Corrado NEON has just put out the first trailer for Sentimental Value, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. This is director Joachim Trier’s follow up to The Worst Person in the World, reuniting him with star Renate Reinsve. Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning also star. It’s one of my most anticipated films… Read More First Trailer for Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value
By John Corrado Paramount has just put out the first trailer for director Edgar Wright’s latest movie The Running Man. This is a new adaptation of the Stephen King book, which was already turned into a movie in 1987 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wright’s version stars Glen Powell as a man trying to survive in a… Read More Official Trailer for Edgar Wright’s The Running Man
By John Corrado Despite not being scheduled for release until next March, a three minute trailer has just been put out for Project Hail Mary, the new science fiction film from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. It’s based on a book by Andy Weir, who also wrote the book behind The Martian, and stars… Read More First Trailer for Project Hail Mary
By John Corrado In F1: The Movie, director Joseph Kosinski aims to do for race car drivers and Brad Pitt what his 2022 legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick did for fighter pilots and Tom Cruise, and he delivers another crowd-pleasing summer blockbuster. Kosinski’s latest is once again an example of adrenaline-fuelled filmmaking. If Maverick was… Read More Movie Review: F1: The Movie
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 27th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: F1: The Movie (Wide Release): The big new release this week is this racing movie from Joseph Kosinski, the director of the 2022 legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Kosinski’s latest stars Brad Pitt as a seasoned Formula One driver, with Damson… Read More New This Week (06/27/2025): F1: The Movie, M3GAN 2.0, & More!
By John Corrado Here’s a nice surprise; Focus Features has just put out the first teaser trailer for Bugonia, the new film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos. This latest work from the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Poor Things and The Favourite is a remake of the Korean film Save the Green Planet! from 2003. The… Read More Official Teaser Trailer for Bugonia
By John Corrado The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now just a month out from releasing in theatres, and Disney and Marvel have put out the final trailer for the film. This latest attempt to bring Marvel’s “First Family” to the big screen is starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn. This… Read More Final Trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps
By John Corrado Paramount Pictures has just put out the first trailer for Roofman, starring Channing Tatum in the true story of an escaped convict hiding out in a Toys “R” Us. At least the way the trailer sells it, it looks like the story has been turned into a quirky crime comedy. Kirsten Dunst,… Read More First Trailer for Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman
By John Corrado A Minecraft Movie is the recent box office phenomenon based on the popular video game from Sweden’s Mojang Studios, and it’s one of those films that is basically critic proof. For fans of the game, it’s loaded with Easter Eggs and references, with director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) and a… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: A Minecraft Movie
By John Corrado Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have just released the new trailer for Weapons. This is director Zach Cregger’s followup to his breakout horror hit Barbarian, starring Julia Garner as a school teacher dealing with every kid from her classroom going missing one night. It looks disturbing and incredibly well crafted. Cregger’s… Read More New Trailer for Zach Cregger’s Weapons
By John Corrado NEON has just put out the first trailer for Splitsville, the new relationship comedy from director, co-writer and co-star Michael Angelo Covino. This is Covino’s second collaboration with co-writer and co-star Kyle Marvin, following their promising feature debut The Climb. Covino and Marvin’s latest (which premiered out of competition at Cannes in… Read More First Trailer for Michael Angelo Covino’s Splitsville
By John Corrado New releases for the week of June 20th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Elio (Wide Release): The latest movie from Pixar – following last year’s blockbuster sequel Inside Out 2 – is an original sci-fi adventure. It centres around Elio (Yonas Kibreab), a lonely, grieving kid who gets his wish to be abducted by… Read More New This Week (06/20/2025): Elio, 28 Years Later, & More!
By John Corrado The first trailer has just been released for Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. This is, of course, the Bruce Springsteen biopic (kind of unmistakable now that they added his name to the title), starring Jeremy Allen White as the iconic musician. It’s directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart). We get a glimpse… Read More First Trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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