By John Corrado Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, the actress-turned-filmmaker’s followup to her Oscar-nominated directorial debut The Lost Daughter, is an ambitious genre mashup of horror movie, detective picture, musical, and feminist revisionism. Setting her film in the 1930s, Gyllenhaal uses Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a blueprint for an entirely new reimagining of the story, crafting… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Bride!
By John Corrado Following a successful run in theatres, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is being released on physical media this week, including 4K Ultra HD. Fennell’s adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, in a sweeping period love story. The film mainly received mixed reviews,… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wuthering Heights
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 A recently widowed mother stuck in a farmhouse with her two kids notices a mysterious woman sitting in her yard. At first the woman, who is covered by a black veil, is at a distance, but her chair keeps moving closer to the house. Who is she? Where did she come from?… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Woman in the Yard (Collector’s Edition)
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 How do you even begin to follow an all-timer movie like Parasite, especially after it becomes the first non-English film to win the Oscar for Best Picture? You make Mickey 17, one of the biggest “blank cheque” movies of all time. In following up his landmark Oscar-winner, Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Mickey 17
By John Corrado Love Hurts is a new romantic action comedy that is mainly set up as a star vehicle for recent supporting actor Oscar winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose. Quan, of course, is the former child star of The Goonies and Temple of Doom who won Best Supporting Actor for his big… Read More Blu-ray Review: Love Hurts (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Director Leigh Whannell is no stranger to taking horror properties and turning them into domestic dramas, having already followed this model in his 2020 film The Invisible Man. Now Whannell and producer Jason Blum shift their attention to another one of the Universal Classic Monsters in Wolf Man, turning the lycanthropic tale… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wolf Man (Collector’s Edition)
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the 4K Ultra HD release of Wicked. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my full review right here. After becoming a box office hit over the holidays, director Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked is now… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Wicked
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the 4K Ultra HD release of Joker: Folie à Deux. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my theatrical review right here. Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 box office smash Joker, is now arriving on… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Joker: Folie à Deux
By John Corrado It’s that time of year again for my annual Christmas and holiday gift guide. This is for the movie lovers and physical media collectors on your list, featuring a number of titles on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray that I can personally recommend, ranging from recent blockbusters to several old classics that… Read More The Joy of Movies 2024 Christmas Gift Guide
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