#REVIEW: “FURIOUS 7”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Fast & Furious, a storied Franchise that has outpaced its criticism, and outlasted the competition. At the onset it was little more than a millennial Rewrite of Kathryn Bigelow’s Point Break. Singleton’s chapter then went into overdrive and things took a turn for the worse… that is until Justin Lin and Tokyo Drift turned it all around.
Since Lin’s entry, the Franchise has found a space in Cinema that is irreplaceable. Dom and his Crew ...
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#REVIEW: “WOMAN IN GOLD”
Despite the atrocities of World War II being well-documented, the World since has been gifted with some powerful stories of pain, perseverance and survival.  WOMAN IN GOLD is a Story that needs to be told and a Film which leaves you feeling elevated through it all.  Director Simon Curtis, dazzled us with 2011's Golden Globe Award-winning My Week with Marilyn and comes back solid  with this Drama based on a precedent-setting True Story.
Meet Maria Altman (Helen Mirren), an 80-year-old ...
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#REVIEW: “LAST KNIGHTS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Fans of Director Kazuaki Kiriya, will find that his latest effort Last Knights, feels rather familiar. His other two previous Films Goemon and Casshern are a cut from a similar cloth and appeal - a revenge Story with a gripping Third Act, although the Audience's patience is tested a bit before the big payoff.
Last Knights is a Revenge Story that would have ended within 15 minutes if Raiden (Clive Owen) were not a true Hero, after being ...
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#REVIEW: “HOME”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
One of my all-time favourite songs in a Broadway Musical is from The Wiz and it starts with “When I think of home, I think of a place where there’s love overflowing.” When I think of HOME, the latest DreamWorks Animated Feature, I can feel the love but what I am missing is the passion.
The Story is about a race of Aliens, called the Boov, that Commandeer the planet Earth to escape from their Enemy, the Gorg. Before inhabiting Earth, the Boov ...
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#REVIEW: “GET HARD”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Full admission right from the start – I am not a Fan of Kevin Hart’s Filmography and have found Will Ferrell’s especially of late, to be hit or miss. So pairing them together in this week’s Get Hard does sound amusing on paper, but also makes me immediately skeptical. The idea of a Millionaire Hedge Fund Manager (Ferrell) turning to a Criminal (Hart) to help prepare for his impending jail time sounds rather funny in theory (and immediately ...
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#REVIEW: “TRACERS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
New Director Daniel Benmayor takes on a rather challenging task in his Parkour-Bike Messenger Movie, Tracers. For those unaware, Parkour is a form of military obstacle course training where the human body and surroundings are used for propulsion, focusing on safety.  The Movie takes little time to get started, but the Story is engaging and interesting enough with a Plot twist that no one sees coming, breaking clear of the formulaic.
The Story ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT”
After being exposed as Divergents, Â ruthless Erudite Faction Leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet) is driven to capture an on-the-run Four (Theo James), Â Peter (Miles Teller), Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and Tris (Shailene Woodley). Under Jeanine's directives, those in Tris' action including her Friends are endangered as Jeanine zeroes in her search finding one true Divergent - that is, an individual not of any specific personality type, capable of threatening the safety of the Population. To save others, ...
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#REVIEW: “THE GUNMAN”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Director Pierre Morel is responsible for Action Cult Classics such as Taken and District B13 (which the Movie Brick Mansions is based upon) however, he misses the high mark he has established for himself in latest effort, The Gunman. This however doesn't mean it isn't entertaining in spots.
Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) is one of the World’s best Marksmen, as he is one of the Leaders of a Mercenary Team that has chosen some very powerful targets to ...
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#REVIEW: “RUN ALL NIGHT”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) is an aging Mob Hitman well past his prime. He is struggling to get by, despite being catered to by his Friend and Boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). One fateful deal involving Jimmy’s Son Mike (Joel Kinnaman) and Shawn’s Son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) sets-off a night of survival for the estranged Conlons, and puts loyalties to the ultimate test.
Run All Night is the third pairing in four years for Neeson and Director Jaume ...
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#REVIEW: “CINDERELLA”
Review by Justin Waldman and Mr. Will Wong
Part of the challenge of adapting a widely-beloved Tale is that it is difficult to appease everyone when expectations are stratospheric. However, even without the Music that made us fall in love with Cinderella as Children in the 1950 Original from Disney, Director Kenneth Branagh and Screenwriter Chris Weitz deliver still a beautiful Retelling of this timeless Classic.
For those who do not know the Story of Cinderella, it is about a young ...
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