#REVIEW: “ABIGAIL”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Sometimes going into Movies as blind as absolutely possible is the best way to experience them. However, trailers seem continuously to give away too much time again, so with all of that being said this Review is going to be as spoiler-free as possible. ABIGAIL Directors Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Oplin and Tyler Gillet) have an endlessly entertaining time in store for their audience. In a sea of vampire stories, ABIGAIL offers something truly ...
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#REVIEW: “BOY KILLS WORLD”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Bill Skarsgård leads this entertaining non-stop action flick about revenge.
It’s set in a totalitarian world led by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen). Hilda holds public executions of her enemies to keep her people in line. But it’s been a long time since she’s attended these killings herself. She's been in hiding for years. When Boy (Skarsgård) was young, his family was part of a public execution. However, his life was saved by a mysterious ...
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#REVIEW: “CIVIL WAR”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
It is the near future – or at least an alternate universe present-day – and the US is at war with itself. Multiple multi-state rebel factions have emerged in the midst of a third term Presidential dictatorship, with untold numbers of citizens dead. Hearing that the President may surrender in just under a few days, a group of journalists set out to interview him and hope they reach him before the warring factions do.
That is the dystopic ...
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#REVIEW: “SASQUATCH SUNSET”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Zellner Brothers bring audiences on a year long journey with a Sasquatch family.
We first meet this family consisting of a mother, father, and two children in Spring. We observe the dynamics of their group and The Zellner Brothers take no hesitation in introducing us to the natural lifestyle they live. This lifestyle includes but is not limited to grunting, humping, urinating and puking freely. For viewers unaware of The Zellner Brothers short ...
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#REVIEW: “MONKEY MAN”
By Mr. Will Wong
All the buzz coming out of SXSW '24 is completely warranted for MONKEY MAN, the directorial debut of Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion). But not only this, he also stars in and co-writes this magnum opus which he'll be remembered for as a career highlight.
We meet Kid (Patel), who is struggling to make ends meet, fighting in the ring but always the losing bet. As the story progresses, we learn he has experienced some great trauma in his childhood, resulting in the loss ...
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#REVIEW: “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The last time these beloved monsters shared the screen was in 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. That battle brought Kong to his limits and forced him to live in Hollow Earth, while Godzilla remains on Earth fighting the monsters humanity isn’t capable to beat. Just as the title suggests, the monsters are back, along with Director and Co-Writer Adam Wingard, but this time around the duo team up to fight a common enemy.
The first signs on Earth that a ...
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#REVIEW: “THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS”
By Mr. Will Wong
Toronto's Fawzia Mirza has crafted an accomplished debut feature in THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, which premiered at TIFF '23 to raves. The semi-autobiographical film, which saw previous incarnations as a stage play and a short film, is based on fact and fantasy and told through a unique lens.
The Comedy centers on Azra (one of two roles played by Amrit Kaur), a young gay Pakistani-Canadian woman who learns of her father's abrupt passing back home. She must travel home to send her ...
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#REVIEW: “ROAD HOUSE”
By Mr. Will Wong
If you've seen the 1989 original cult classic on which Doug Liman's ROAD HOUSE is based upon, you will come to love the brute action and laughs in this remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal. It is pure, mindless fun.
Dalton is an ex-UFC fighter who is trying to escape his past and finds himself in the Glass Keys at a rough and tumble bar. He takes on a job as bouncer they rather need the help. Ben Brandt (Billy Magnussen) is out to carry-out his criminal father's work, trying to ...
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#REVIEW: “IMMACULATE”
Sydney Sweeney's a nun on the run--or rather--a nun in training, fleeing her mysterious past, settling into a remote Italian convent. The longer she stays, the more apparent it becomes that most of the other nuns aren't particularly happy. It turns out this convent has a habit of torturing and killing its members, particularly the ones who want to escape, and thanks to some divine intervention--let's just say it involves a kind of conception that plays into the very apt title--she's on track to ...
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#REVIEW: “LOVE LIES BLEEDING”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
New Mexico. Lou (Kristen Stewart) keeps a watchful eye on her sister (Jena Malone)'s abusive marriage to JJ (Dave Franco) while their dad--also Lou (Sr.)--(Ed Harris) runs a criminal organization out of the back of his shooting range. They may not know it, but the situation's a gasoline-drenched car, and Jackie (Katy O'Brian)--a competitive bodybuilder running from a mysterious past--is the molotov cocktail needed to blow the whole thing ...
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