By John Corrado In 1986, John Hughes released Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, introducing us to Matthew Broderick’s titular high schooler who plays hooky to spend the day in Chicago with his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara). Already a staple on home entertainment across various formats, Paramount has now upgraded the… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ghost Island is the third season in Nickelodeon’s reboot of the kids horror series from the 1990s, banking heavily on nostalgia while also appealing to a modern audience of tweenaged viewers. Like the first two instalments of this limited series that began… Read More DVD Review: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ghost Island
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is the latest big screen outing for the adolescent mutant turtles trained in ninjutsu who eat pizza and live in the sewers of New York City, and it serves as a rock solid reboot of sorts for the franchise. Directed by Jeff Rowe… Read More Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Following the release of Ghost Protocol in 2011, the Mission: Impossible series has turned into one of our best and most reliable action movie franchises, building on the promise of sequels that either match or exceed their predecessors. That trend continues with the seventh film in the series,… Read More Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the Blu-ray release of Scream VI. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my original review right here. The sixth film in the Scream franchise, Scream VI is being released on 4K Ultra HD (and Blu-ray) this week from Paramount,… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Scream VI (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado A film that foretold the boom of reality TV and celebrity obsessions, director Peter Weir’s prescient 1998 movie The Truman Show is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Jim Carrey stars in the film as Truman Burbank, a man whose entire life has been as part of an elaborate television show, masterminded… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Truman Show: 25th Anniversary Edition
By John Corrado With the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds having just premiered on Paramount+, Paramount recently released Season One of the original series on 4K Ultra HD, including in a limited edition SteelBook set. Led by a diverse cast that includes a mix of new and pre-established characters (including cast members… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One (Limited Edition SteelBook)
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the seventh film in the big screen Transformers franchise, serving as both a prequel and soft reboot of sorts to the five Michael Bay movies, and it’s one of the more watchable entries in the series, at least. While it doesn’t exactly… Read More Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
By John Corrado This week, Paramount Home Entertaining is releasing all six Transformers movies (the five Michael Bay flicks as well as the Bumblebee spinoff) on 4K Ultra HD in a limited edition SteelBook collection. The six films included in the set are Bay’s Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Transformers: 6-Movie SteelBook Collection
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the Blu-ray release of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my original review right here. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the movie based on the classic fantasy role-playing game, is being released… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
By John Corrado ★½ (out of 4) Since Bruce Willis has announced his retirement from acting due to his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, the film Assassin serves as his final role. As such, the movie is being sold under his name, but Willis is merely a supporting player in the sci-fi flick, which offers a… Read More DVD Review: Assassin
By John Corrado The Western series Bonanza has long been one of the crown jewels in NBC’s roster, and Paramount Home Entertainment is now releasing the entire series on DVD in a massive box set that contains all 431 episodes of the show from across its fourteen seasons, which ran from 1959 to 1973. The… Read More DVD Review: Bonanza: The Official Complete Series
By John Corrado The iconic 1983 dance movie Flashdance is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and Paramount is releasing the film for the first time in 4K Ultra HD this month. Directed by Adrian Lyne (a commercial director making his feature debut), and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centres around Alex (Jennifer Beals),… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Flashdance: 40th Anniversary
By John Corrado In honour of its 25th anniversary this year, Paramount has released the 1998 summer blockbuster Deep Impact for the first time on 4K Ultra HD. Directed by Mimi Leder, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the film unfolds in the twelve months leading up to when a massive comet is expected to… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Deep Impact: 25th Anniversary
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the Blu-ray release of 80 for Brady. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my original review right here. After a run in theatres this February, where it drew in crowds of seniors, the feel-good football comedy 80 for Brady… Read More Blu-ray Review: 80 for Brady
By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection on 4K Ultra HD, including the films Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). These four films serve as a continuation of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a movie based on the classic fantasy roleplaying game, and it offers a surprisingly enjoyable mix of comedy and adventure that has a fun, playing with a group of friends feel to it that I imagine will be quite appealing to… Read More Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Blue’s Big City Adventure is a new feature-length Blue’s Clues movie from Nickelodeon that branches off from the 2019 reboot series Blues Clues & You, and mainly exists to have new host Josh (Josh Dela Cruz) meet up with the show’s old hosts Steve (Steve Burns) and Joe… Read More DVD Review: Blue’s Big City Adventure
By John Corrado Please note that this is a review of the 4K Ultra HD release of Babylon. For my full thoughts on the film itself, you can read my original review right here. Damien Chazelle’s Old Hollywood epic Babylon is being released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray this week, including in a limited… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Babylon (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Scream VI is a direct sequel to last year’s quasi-reboot Scream, which served as a belated continuation of Wes Craven’s original slasher series and passed the torch to a new cast of characters. Like last year’s “requel” (or whatever you want to call it), Scream VI is co-directed… Read More Review: Scream VI
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