By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a follow up to the hit 2020 film that brought the iconic SEGA video game character to the big screen, and it does what a sequel should do. It’s a bit bigger in scope, introduces a few new characters, and even leaves things… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
By John Corrado In 1987, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello reunited for Back to the Beach, a lighthearted and surprisingly enjoyable tribute to the “beach movies” that made them teen idols over two decades earlier in the 1960s. The film, which Paramount recently released for the first time on Blu-ray, finds Avalon and Funicello playing… Read More Blu-ray Review: Back to the Beach (1987)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Please note that there are spoilers for the 2009 film Orphan in this review. The idea of making a prequel to the 2009 film Orphan thirteen years after the fact with lead actress Isabelle Fuhrman, who was a child at the time and is now in her mid-20s, reprising… Read More Review: Orphan: First Kill
By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum team up in the romantic adventure comedy The Lost City, and it’s an example of a film that is actually surprisingly kinda good, simply because it delivers exactly what we want. Bullock’s Loretta Sage is a romance novelist, who has channelled her genuine… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Lost City
By John Corrado This week, Paramount is releasing a new 25th anniversary SteelBook edition of the 1997 kids comedy Good Burger, the second movie produced by Nickelodeon. A feature length spinoff from the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, the film became a modest hit at the box office when it was first released in… Read More Blu-ray Review: Good Burger: 25th Anniversary (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing The First Wives Club for the first time on Blu-ray this week, a 1996 comedy that has gained a following over the years. The film follows Annie (Diane Keaton), Elise (Goldie Hawn) and Brenda (Bette Midler), three former college friends who decide to get back at their… Read More Blu-ray Review: The First Wives Club (1996)
By John Corrado In honour of the film’s 30th anniversary this year, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing the hit 1992 Eddie Murphy romantic comedy Boomerang for the first time on Blu-ray this week. Murphy stars in the film as Marcus Graham, a successful advertising executive and notorious womanizer in New York City with obscenely high… Read More Blu-ray Review: Boomerang (1992)
By John Corrado There are few films as synonymous with the adventure movie genre as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg’s 1981 film that first introduced audiences to Harrison Ford’s archeologist Indiana Jones and spawned three sequels (with a fourth on the way next year). Following the release of the complete collection in 4K… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, the director’s 1987 film adaptation of the classic TV series, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. In honour of the occasion, Paramount has released the film for the first time on 4K Ultra HD, in both regular and SteelBook editions. De Palma’s film is set during… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Untouchables: 35th Anniversary (SteelBook Edition)
By John Corrado Released in theatres on March 24th, 1972, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is one of the most acclaimed American movies ever made. The film is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and Paramount is honouring this milestone by releasing The Godfather Trilogy in 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever. The… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: The Godfather Trilogy: 50th Anniversary
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III has always had somewhat of a reputation as the black sheep of the trilogy. Released on Christmas Day in 1990, nearly two decades after the first film in 1972 and sixteen years after the second one in 1974, the film has… Read More Blu-ray Review: Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
By John Corrado Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 drama The Godfather, charting the rise to power of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) within the ranks of an Italian-American mafia family under the tutelage of patriarch Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), and its 1974 followup The Godfather Part II, which served as both sequel and prequel to the saga, are widely… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Godfather Trilogy: Corleone Legacy Edition
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