#SUNDANCE: “CRYPTOZOO”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Military brat turned Veterinarian Lauren (Lake Bell) helps Joan (Grace Zabriskie) take care of hidden mythical creatures called Cryptids at Joan’s Cryptozoo. The two dream of one day opening the zoo to create an understanding of these creatures. Lauren’s made it her mission to search for the Baku, a dream-eating Cryptid, that saved her from her tormented dreams as a child. When they find out the US Government might have captured ...
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#SUNDANCE: “MOTHER SCHMUCKERS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
During their hunt for food, dimwitted brothers Issachar and Zabulon (Maxi Delmelle and Harpo Guit) lose their mother’s beloved dog, January Jack. To punish her sons, she kicks them out of their family apartment until they bring her dog back. While on the quest to retrieve January Jack, the brothers get into bizarre situations while running around Brussels.
Mother Schmuckers has unique humour, crazy situations, and outlandish characters that ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE VIRTUAL SCREENING OF “TO ALL THE BOYS: ALWAYS AND FOREVER” IN TORONTO + VANCOUVER
Toronto + Vancouver! We've got your chance to win Advance Virtual Screening Passes to see TO ALL THE BOYS: ALWAYS AND FOREVER! The Screening will feature interactive experiences and offer you a chance to unlock exclusive content.
Date: Monday February 8 (Vancouver) & Tuesday February 9th (Toronto)
Time: 8:00pm EST / 5:00pm PST
*Attendees will have 24 hours to watch the film. Note you will not need a Netflix account to participate.
Synopsis:As Lara Jean Covey prepares ...
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#SUNDANCE: “HOMEROOM”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Homeroom follows the 2019-2020 graduating class of Oakland High School, as the Student Board Directors fight for change within their school system.
As the school year begins, these students are fighting against budget cuts and pleading to remove the presence of police officers in their schools. This action would save the school budget of $2.5 million. The students because this is money could be allocated into programs to aid in ending the ...
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#SUNDANCE: “FLEE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This engrossing Documentary tells the story of an Afghan refugees, known as the pseudonym Amin, journey from Kabul to Copenhagen.
Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen creates filmmaking ingenuity by mixing animation and archive footage. The animation is used, along with pseudonyms, to keep the identity of Amin protected. Additionally, the animation puts audiences into the experience of being an adolescent fleeing multiple countries ...
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#NEWMUSIC: CLEAN BANDIT FT. iann dior – “HIGHER”
Written by Clean Bandit, Guest Vocalist iann dior and Bastille’s Dan Smith, a new video has surfaced for today for the track, HIGHER. Grammy-winning Clean Bandit just recently scored their 10th UK Top 10 hit with the Track Tick Tock (ft. Mabel)!
Check out HIGHER and TICK TOCK below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqsfa5At214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8SPG2LwSA
(Photo/video credit: Warner Music)
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#FIRSTLOOK: “WANDAVISION” EPISODE 4 SNEAK PEEK
Episode 4 of Marvel's WANDAVISION is streaming now. Here's a sneak peek of the episode!
In case you have yet to discover Marvel's first foray into episodic TV programming, this is what it's all about.
Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision” is a blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
“WandaVision,” the first ...
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#SUNDANCE: “CENSOR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
One of Variety’s Top Ten Directors to Watch, Prano Bailey-Bond, makes her feature debut with Censor. It takes place in the '80s when the world was in a frenzy over violence in films, particularly Video Nasties. It follows Film Censor Enid (Niamh Algar) who’s assigned to review a disturbing video from the archive that draws parallels to a traumatic event from her childhood.
Bailey-Bond pays homage to the Video Nasty era with mentions to ...
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#SUNDANCE: “SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This Documentary recalls summer concert series, The Harlem Cultural Festival which took place in 1969. The event was one that celebrated Black culture and music; however, many don’t know about it. That’s because reporters decided to cover Woodstock which happened the same year. So the footage of the Harlem Cultural Festival has sat in a basement for 50 years. Until now.
Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson brings the Harlem Cultural ...
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#NEWMUSIC: FAOUZIA FT. JOHN LEGEND – “MINEFIELDS”
20-year-old Canadian Singer-Songwriter Faouzia is back with this gorgeous new collabo with John Legend, MINEFIELDS, directed by Kyle Cogan. Faouzia was raised in Winnipeg and is on the verge of something big with 20+ million monthly listeners on Spotify!
The Video was just released, check it out ...
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