#REVIEW: “STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS”
Set some 30 years after Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens flashes forward to a new era where we see the world through the eyes of Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega).
Conflict still is very much present between the Rebel Alliance - which Rey and Finn are a part of - and the Galactic Empire. The latter is commanded by Kylo Rey (Adam Driver), estranged son of General Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Rey and Finn find themselves in a fight for ...
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#REVIEW: “CAROL”
2015 will be known as the year Cate Blanchett was up against herself with two equally-brilliant performances. Perhaps we can call it the Todd Haynes Effect, as Julianne Moore in 2002 experienced a similar dilemma with two award-worthy performances, one being in his memorable Far From Heaven, the other her work in The Hours. After wowing us as Mary Mapes last month in Truth, awards season is about to kick into high gear and Carol looks to be the performance of the two from double Academy ...
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#REVIEW: “LIFE”
James Dean’s legacy truly has been a lasting one with fans young and old inspired by his work in a career curtailed by tragedy. Singer/Songwriter Halsey sings his praises on current radio hit New Americana, an anthem of sorts for a new generation.
LIFE recounts the intense relationship between two friends, photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) and James Dean (Dane DeHaan), the subject of his photos featured in a mini-essay published in Life Magazine prior to his meteoric rise in 1955. ...
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#REVIEW: “LEGEND”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Reggie Kray (Tom Hardy) is a compassionate gangster with a police tail at every turn. He is both feared and beloved by his neighbourhood in east London. Ronnie Kray (also played by Hardy) is his mentally unstable twin brother. He has been certified insane but is back out on the streets helping Reggie build a criminal empire. Together, they will rise to power as two of the most notorious gangsters in British history.
While this may sound like a typical ...
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#Review: “Victor Frankenstein”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin, Push) teams-up with young writing extraordinaire Max Landis (Chronicle, Mr. Right, American Ultra) to bring us a new story of the man behind Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein. The direction of the Movie is a little muddled at points, however the script is clever and funny.
The Movie starts off on our hunchbacked no-named friend, whom is later named Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), as he works in a circus. We soon find ...
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#REVIEW: “CREED”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director Ryan Coogler delivered one of the best Films of 2013 in Fruitvale Station, and exposed a whole new audience to the talents of Michael B. Jordan. This dynamic duo are back again in Creed, which was mocked when it was first announced, however it will knock-out all the naysayers to the count of ten with incredible performances and a proper revitalization of a beloved franchise. Creed is more than just an installment in the Rocky ...
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#REVIEW: “THE GOOD DINOSAUR”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
In the world of entertainment, the story of a boy and his dog is hardly anything new. The latest Pixar offering from Disney attempts to take on this trope with a twist in The Good Dinosaur: a tale of dinosaur and his human.
The Movie opens by asking its audience to change prehistoric history and wonder what would have happened if the asteroid hadn’t hit Earth and the dinosaurs had survived. The result is an old west-style agrarian society where ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NIGHT BEFORE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Since the sudden death of Ethan’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) parents around the holidays, his friends Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have taken him out each Christmas Eve for one drunken and drug-fueled party after another. After 14 years, the group decide they will stop the yearly tradition and go out with a bang. And with tickets to a mysterious holiday party in hand, anything can happen along the way.
I initially wanted to describe ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2”
After some record-setting success, The Hunger Games franchise closes-out with Mockingjay, Part 2. Despite the promise of a dramatic finish, we get a few surprises in this finale which is equal parts emotional as it is action-packed.
Picking-up where Mockingjay, Part 1 leaves off, we see Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) on a mission to kill President Snow (Donald Sutherland) after countless lives are destroyed and lost under his rule. It won't be an easy task though as she and her allies are ...
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#REVIEW: “BROOKLYN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) departs Ireland and her sister and her mother for 1950s Brooklyn. When she arrives homesickness quickly wraps around her. Those shackles of homesickness start to diminish when she meets Tony (Emory Cohen). They begin their romance and Eilis starts seeing Brooklyn as home. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by a call from home, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
It’s a complex ...
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