#SUNDANCE18: “SORRY TO BOTHER YOU” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Sorry To Bother You follows Telemarketer Cassius Green (Keith Stanfield) in an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California. When he finds the key to success he gets thrusted into a macabre universe. This Film is out-of-this-world greatness. Writer-Director Boots Riley crafts an ambitiously bonkers satire.
Sorry To Bother You is the most unique Film is years. The entire Ensemble Cast makes this outrageous Comedy set in a realistic world no ...
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#SUNDANCE18: SUNDANCE 2018 – JANUARY 21, 2018 DAY FOUR RECAP
It's day four of the Sundance Film Festival and we are in full flight!
There were many Premieres once again tonight in Park City. I Think We're Alone Now takes place during an apocalypse where a recluse feels the threat of companionship when finding out there is a second survivor. It stars Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning. BLAZE is the reimagining of the life of Blaze Foley who was the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music Movement. It is written and directed by Ethan Hawke and ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “HUMAN AFFAIRS” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Human Affairs tell the story of a 20-year-old (Julie Sokolowski) who decides to be a surrogate for an artistic couple (Kerry Condon and Dominic Fumusa).
The Film is written delicately by Charlie Birns who write an endearing script about the joy and complications both the surrogate and surrogate parents experience. They also layers each of the characters and humanize them in their darkest moments. Yet, if not for the talented ensemble cast consisting ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “WILDLIFE” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Wildlife is set in 1960s Montana and follows a family, through the eyes of the son, 14-year-old Joe (Ed Oxenbould). His father, Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) has recently been fired from his job and decides to leave his family to fight a forest fire near the Canadian border. This leaves his mother, Jeanette (Carey Mulligan) to take care of their home which sends her into an adventure of her own.
Paul Dano’s directorial debut is hauntingly beautiful. ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “I Like Girls” (Short) REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
I Like Girls is a touching testament to falling in love.
The Film tells multiple short stories of girls falling in love with other girls. Each story is uniquely different but all are endearing. What makes this animated short special is that its multiple narrators speak as though they are giving authentic testimonials. This gives each story a documentary feel. There is a realism to this cartoon animation that makes this short unique.
I Like Girls ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “HEDGEHOG’S HOME” (SHORT) REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Hedgehog’s Home is a stop-motion animation delight.
The Film follows the story of a hedgehog and his friends in the forest. All have homes but only one is happy to have it, the hedgehog. The other animals are unable to understand why the hedgehog can love being in his own home. The animation is visually stunning, the moral is heartwarming and the narration brings back a feeling of childhood fairytales.
Hedgehog’s Home screens before White Fang ...
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#SUNDANCE18: SUNDANCE 2018 JANUARY 20, 2018 DAY THREE RECAP
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
It’s day three at the Sundance Film Festival and the snow has come, hard. Roads were backlogged and the temperatures hit below zero but that didn't stop anything from happening at the Festival. The Films were still playing, the stars were still out and most important fans were flocking to theatres.
Some of the Films having their premieres tonight in Park City are Colette, TYREL, Sorry To Bother You, Yardie and Wildlife. Colette is about a young woman, ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “THE CATCHER WAS A SPY” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Catcher Was A Spy follows the true story of Boston RedSox catcher Moe Berg (Paul Rudd) who also worked for the Office of Strategic Services and was sent to kill Werner Heisenberg (Mark Strong) for possibly making a nuclear bomb.
The Film brings together an impressive and talented Cast consisting of Rudd, Strong, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels and Paul Giamatti. They all do a great job of bringing their characters to life but none more so ...
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#SUNDANCE18: NICOLAS CAGE, LINUS ROACHE + PANOS COSMATOS ON “MANDY”
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Mandy is one of the Films in the Midnight cateogory at Sundance this year. Its directed by Panos Cosmatos and stars Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough and Linus Roache. It follows outsiders Red Miller (Cage) and Mandy Bloom (Riseborough) who live a loving and peaceful life. But when their haven gets savagely destroyed by cult leader Jeremiah Sand (Roache), Red seeks bloody vengeance. Director Cosmatos and both stars Cage and Roache were on hand at the Sundance ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
You Were Never Really Here follows traumatized veteran Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) whose job of tracking down a missing girl goes bad and a conspiracy is uncovered.
Phoenix is a force of nature as the tormented and violent Joe. With minimal dialogue Phoenix is forced the used his expressions and body language to display what Joe is feeling. And the range he displays in this Film is a tremendous feat. From being a caring son taking care of his mother, to a ...
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