By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 9th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Borderlands (Wide Release): Eli Roth takes a stab at trying to bring the video game Borderlands to the big screen, and the result is kind of a mess. This is an uninspired sci-fi adventure, that feels slapped together from a variety… Read More New This Week (08/09/2024): Borderlands, Cuckoo, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of August 2nd, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Trap (Wide Release): M. Night Shyamalan returns with this serial killer thriller set a pop concert, starring Josh Hartnett (and the director’s own daughter Saleka Shyamalan as the pop singer). It wasn’t screened for critics, but I’ll be seeing it next… Read More New This Week (08/02/2024): Trap, Sing Sing, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 26th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Deadpool & Wolverine (Wide Release): Marvel’s highly anticipated team-up between Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) has finally arrived. I saw it at a press screening earlier in the week, and it’s a lot of fun. As I wrote, it… Read More New This Week (07/26/2024): Deadpool & Wolverine, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 19th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Twisters (Wide Release): Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) directs this belated followup to the classic 1996 blockbuster Twister. I just saw it in a theatre this afternoon, and it feels like a proper, made-for-the-big-screen summer blockbuster. It’s a fun thrill ride that… Read More New This Week (07/19/2024): Twisters, Young Woman and the Sea, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 12th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Longlegs (Wide Release): This latest from writer-director Osgood Perkins is a deeply unsettling mix of horror movie and police procedural. Maika Monroe stars as a rookie FBI agent put on the somewhat cold case of a serial killer who calls himself… Read More New This Week (07/12/2024): Longlegs, Fly Me to the Moon, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of July 5th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Despicable Me 4 (Wide Release): This fourth entry in the Despicable Me series (sixth if you count the two Minions spinoffs) is already making bank at the box office following its release for the Fourth of July. The animated sequel finds… Read More New This Week (07/05/2024): Despicable Me 4, Kill, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, & More!