By John Corrado In his latest film, the triptych anthology movie Father Mother Sister Brother which was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch offers another collection of observations on human nature and interaction. The film itself unfolds in three separate chapters that aren’t connected, per se, but all share narrative beats and… Read More Movie Review: Father Mother Sister Brother
By John Corrado In We Bury the Dead, Australian writer-director Zak Hilditch offers his own take on the zombie movie and survival thriller. The film opens with news reports of a magnetic pulse weapon accidentally being deployed by the United States military during testing, killing half-a-million people in Tasmania. Daisy Ridley, continuing her post Disney… Read More Movie Review: We Bury the Dead
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 The first teaser (and poster) for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday is now officially online, after playing exclusively in theatres in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash (and inevitably leaking online). The film finds directors Anthony and Joe Russo returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following Infinity War and Endgame. This short teaser, which… Read More First Teaser for Avengers: Doomsday
By John Corrado The first trailer for The Odyssey, director Christopher Nolan’s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Homer, has just been released online. This is following the teaser that played exclusively in theatres in front of Jurassic World: Rebirth over the summer, and the film’s prologue playing in IMAX with Avatar: Fire and Ash (and the 70mm… Read More First Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey!
By John Corrado In Is This Thing On?, Bradley Cooper’s third film as director following A Star is Born and Maestro, the actor-turned-filmmaker in some ways goes back to basics. Cooper’s latest film is an intimate, stripped down character study of a middle-aged dad going through a divorce, who discovers the healing power of doing… Read More Movie Review: Is This Thing On?
By John Corrado Director Paul Feig is probably best known for his comedy work like Bridesmaids, but dipped his toes into the thriller genre with his darkly comic 2018 mystery film A Simple Favor and its sequel Another Simple Favor, released earlier this year. It’s this energy that Feig now brings to The Housemaid, his… Read More Movie Review: The Housemaid
By John Corrado Warner Bros. has just revealed the title and released the first teaser for Birdman director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s latest film. It’s called Digger, and stars Tom Cruise in the leading role of a man named Digger Rockwell. Everything about this one has been kept very secretive throughout the production, when it was… Read More First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise!
By John Corrado We finally have a trailer (and an official title!) for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film. It’s called Disclosure Day, and is the director’s long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre. The details of it have been kept tantalizingly under wraps so far. This is said to be him going back to his roots of… Read More First Teaser for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day!
By John Corrado James Cameron returns to the world of Avatar in Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in his sci-fi saga that began all the way back in 2009. And this latest instalment essentially delivers more of what fans of the first two want, with Cameron giving us another immersive, visually dazzling trip… Read More Movie Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash
By John Corrado A young girl has to confront the monster under her bed in Dust Bunny, the imaginative feature directorial debut of TV writer and producer Bryan Fuller, who is best known for series like Star Trek: Discovery, Pushing Daisies, and fan favourite Hannibal. Despite reuniting him with his Hannibal star Mads Mikkelsen, Fuller… Read More Movie Review: Dust Bunny
By John Corrado Aside from his role as co-creator and producer of The Simpsons, which is certainly enough of a legacy on its own, James L. Brooks is also best known for writing and directing a trio of beloved, all-timer romantic dramedies with Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good As It Gets. Brooks… Read More Movie Review: Ella McCay
By John Corrado In her new documentary The Tale of Silyan, the follow-up to her Oscar-nominated Honeyland, director Tamara Kotevska once again explores the balance between people and nature in North Macedonia. In Honeyland, Kotevska focused on an elderly beekeeper having her traditional way of life – and her livelihood – threatened by a new family… Read More Movie Review: The Tale of Silyan
By John Corrado In his acceptance speech at the SAG Awards earlier year, when he won the Best Actor trophy for his uncanny portrayal of Bob Dylan in music biopic A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet unabashedly spoke about wanting to be one of the greats. The young actor took some heat for it online. Surely… Read More Movie Review: Marty Supreme
By John Corrado When Zootopia came out in 2016, it took a lot of people by surprise (myself included) with how sharp and relevant it was. Set in an anthropomorphic world of talking animals designed like a bustling metropolis, the Disney film delivered a timely message about stereotypes and discrimination between “predators” and “prey,” told… Read More Movie Review: Zootopia 2
By John Corrado Named for the most well known song from the second half of the Broadway musical, Wicked: For Good is the grand finale of director Jon M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation, and it delivers on the dramatic promise of the story. If it’s maybe not quite as good as the first movie, which… Read More Movie Review: Wicked: For Good
By John Corrado Disney has just released the new trailer (and poster) for Hoppers, Pixar’s next original movie opening next year. This one follows a girl who has her consciousness put into a robotic beaver, to infiltrate the animal kingdom. The full cast list has also been unveiled, including Meryl Streep, making her Pixar debut!… Read More New Trailer for Pixar’s Hoppers!
By John Corrado The first teaser trailer has just been released for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. This is the sixth instalment in the franchise, and the second prequel following 2013’s The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. This one is set in Panem over two decades before the first one, and focuses on… Read More First Teaser Trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
By John Corrado Disney has just put out the first teaser trailer (and poster) for their upcoming live action remake of Moana. The studio continuing with the live action updates isn’t shocking, especially after the massive success of Lilo & Stitch earlier this year. But this one is arriving barely a decade after the animated… Read More First Teaser for Disney’s Live-Action Moana
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