By John Corrado Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is one of the big Oscar contenders this year, and the film is now available on physical media, including 4K Ultra HD. I praised this one when I saw it at TIFF (you can read my full review right here), and named it one of the best movies of… Read More 4k Ultra HD Review: Hamnet (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado In Midwinter Break, the feature directorial debut of British National Theatre director Polly Findlay, Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds star as an older married couple on vacation in Amsterdam. Stella (Manville) and Gerry (Hinds) are originally from Ireland, but have lived together in Glasgow for years. It’s clear from the opening scenes… Read More Movie Review: Midwinter Break
By John Corrado There you have it, folks. We have reached the end of 2025. Another year has officially come and gone, which means that it’s time for my countdown of the best movies of 2025. Or, perhaps more correctly, my favourite movies released this year. This includes, in no short order, a trio of… Read More The Best Movies of 2025
By John Corrado The music biopic has become a way for films to capitalize off the recognizable song catalogues of their respective musical artists. This brings us to Song Sung Blue, which does a similar thing with the music of Neil Diamond (it’s named for one of his catchiest songs, after all). But, despite following… Read More Movie Review: Song Sung Blue
By John Corrado Bugonia is the latest film from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, who has been on a hot streak with recent Oscar heavyweights The Favorite and Poor Things, as well as last year’s anthology film Kinds of Kindness. The common denominator between these films is Emma Stone, who also appears in Lanthimos’ latest, playing… Read More Movie Review: Bugonia
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 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 Chloé Zhao’s emotional period piece Hamnet, based on the personal life of William Shakespeare, explores the art that comes through grief. The film, which is adapted from a book by Maggie O’Farrell (who co-wrote the script with Zhao), also finds the filmmaker back in the intimate, character-driven space of her Oscar-winning Nomadland,… Read More #TIFF50 Review: Hamnet (Gala Presentations)
By John Corrado Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, is now available on physical media, following its run in theatres earlier this summer. Benicio Del Toro stars in Anderson’s latest as Zsa-zsa Korda, a corrupt businessman who decides to appoint his only daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton) – a young nun – as the sole… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Phoenician Scheme
By John Corrado Focus Features has now released the first teaser trailer for Hamnet. This is Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloe Zhao’s return to the awards season race, after her Marvel foray Eternals. This one stars Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his wife Agnes, telling the tragic story that inspired Hamlet. Their… Read More Teaser Trailer for Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet
By John Corrado Honey Don’t! is the second solo film from director Ethan Coen, who first split from his brother Joel to make last year’s crime comedy Drive-Away Dolls, a collaboration with his wife and co-writer Tricia Cooke. This latest, which was also co-written by Coen and Cooke and is the second in their planned… Read More Movie Review: Honey Don’t!
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 Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson’s twelfth feature film, and by this point, you either vibe with his style or you don’t. Anderson’s latest is another immaculately designed work that doesn’t find him straying from his signature style, but rather doubling down on it; the panning camera moves, the intricate, dollhouse-like sets,… Read More Movie Review: The Phoenician Scheme
By John Corrado Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, the director’s fun, sexy spy movie, is now arriving on Blu-ray following a run in theatres earlier this year. I reviewed the film during its theatrical run, so you can read my full thoughts on it here. But Soderbergh’s latest is a highly enjoyable little mix of espionage… Read More Blu-ray Review: Black Bag (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Focus Features has just unveiled the first trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, the filmmaker’s first film since 2023’s underrated Asteroid City. This one is touted as being an espionage thriller, but the trailer reveals that it will still be very much in line with Anderson’s usual artistic style. We get… Read More First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme
By John Corrado Director James Griffiths’ entirely enjoyable dramedy The Ballad of Wallis Island opens with musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arriving on the remote Wallis Island to play what he believes is an intimate solo gig. Herb is formerly one half of the fictional folk music duo McGwyer & Mortimer, and has been brought… Read More Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island
By John Corrado Black Bag is the new sexy spy thriller from director Steven Soderbergh, with an ensemble cast of characters dealing with the prospect of a double agent in their midst while navigating their own personal relationships. Michael Fassbender stars as George Woodhouse, an English spy married to fellow agent Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). In… Read More Movie Review: Black Bag
By John Corrado The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have just been announced. Leading the pack is the audacious musical Emilia Pérez with thirteen nominations, a huge win for Netflix. It’s followed closely by The Brutalist and Wicked with ten nominations apiece. The Best Picture lineup is rounded out by Anora, The Brutalist, A… Read More Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards
By John Corrado It’s the final day of 2024, which means that another year has come to an end. The preambles to these lists are always hard to write, so I’m going to keep this one short. I saw a lot of movies in 2024, and liked quite a few of them. It’s been assessed… Read More The Best Movies of 2024
By John Corrado Nosferatu is the fourth film from director Robert Eggers, and it finds him reimagining F.W. Murnau’s German Expressionist film of the same name from 1922. This passion project from Eggers has shades of his 2015 debut The Witch, but on a much larger scale. Whether you view this as a remake of the Murnau… Read More Movie Review: Nosferatu
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