#REVIEW: “RISEN”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Movies based on faith are notoriously difficult to review as one does not wish to offend anyone’s belief if critiquing the storyline. Being born and raised Catholic, I was well schooled about Jesus Christ and, released just in time for the Easter movie-going audience, RISEN continues the story that ended with Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and depicts the events between the crucifixion and the Ascension.
Joseph Fiennes (Ralph’s ...
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#REVIEW: “RACE”
Review by Siobhan Rich for Mr. Will Wong
The themes of director Stephen Hopkins’ new movie Race can be summed up in one quote: "When you're running, there is no black and white - only fast and slow." Race is about more than a track and field competition it is also a commentary on racial issues; many of which remain relevant today.
Race opens several years prior to the Berlin Olympics as Jesse Owens (Stephan James) heads to Ohio State University and coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sukeikis). ...
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#REVIEW: “PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL MONOGAMIST”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Deliciously marketed as a “not another coming out story, but a fresh
coming-of-middle-age rom-com”, Portrait of a Serial Monogamist centers around Elsie (captivatingly played by Diane Flacks), a successful television executive with a history of breaking hearts. When she decides to end her long standing relationship with Robyn (Second City alum Carolyn Taylor) to pursue another woman, Lolli (Vanessa Dunn, beautifully channeling Joan Jett), her ...
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#REVIEW: “ZOOLANDER 2”
15 years after its initial release, ZOOLANDER gets that long-awaited Sequel. While we reckon the Fashion Satire was a bit of a Sleeper Hit in its day, somehow we find ourselves with elevated expectations for ZOOLANDER 2 and we're not alone.  The  worlds of celebrity and fashion have embraced it lovingly, building a legacy of its own.
We catch-up with Derek (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) once again, both coping with their own identity crises long after the peak of their fame, ...
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#REVIEW: “HOW TO BE SINGLE”
Review by Siobhan Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Imagine pitching a Valentine’s Day movie about people who celebrate the joys of being single, the singular happiness of being part of a pair, the giddiness of being promiscuous, and the importance of being true to oneself. That is what director Christian Ditter has accomplished with How To Be Single. Produced by Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and written by the team behind The Vow, Never Been Kissed and Valentine’s Day (Abby Kohn and Marc ...
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#REVIEW: “DEADPOOL”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Anyone who has been following Ryan Reynolds' career knows that for over a decade he has tried time and again to persuade the powers that be to green-light a Deadpool Movie. The year is 2016, it's Valentines Day and the merc with a mouth  finally has hit the big screen and it is as glorious as one could ever hope. After the unfortunate portrayal of the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool brings the fourth wall-breaking mercenary ...
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#REVIEW: “PRIDE + PREJUDICE + ZOMBIES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
With the Director of 17 Again and Charlie St. Cloud, as well as the screenwriter of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Burr Steers taking the reins, we admit to a bit of prejudgement with Zombie-Romance Mashup, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Based on a widely-read Graphic Novel, the Movie thankfully is a bloody good time.
The Movie begins with one of our heroes – Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley), as he is invited into town to assess a growing zombie ...
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#REVIEW: “HAIL, CAESAR!”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
How do you properly describe the work of Oscar-winning duo Joel and Ethan Coen? While their Films often deal in nostalgia and faith, each one is different from the next. They are extremely hard to compare next to each other, and even their best work comes off as polarizing to major audiences. After their underrated near-masterpiece Inside Llewyn Davis, I was expecting big things from Hail, Caesar! But knowing the Coens, I should have known to never ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CHOICE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
We've seen a string of Romances make their way to the Big Screen from Author Nicholas Sparks in recent years. Critics on the consensus have not seen eye to eye with these Adaptations, but that has not stopped his fans from coming back time and time again.
The latest outing from Sparks, The Choice, directed by Ross Katz, unfortunately is not the type of Film that critics can get behind and more so, audiences. The story is simplistic, boy meets ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LADY IN THE VAN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Prior to its world premiere at TIFF last year, Director Nicholas Hytner’s Film The Lady in the Van had been a Book, a Play, and even a Radio Play on the BBC. The Film’s roots are more than evident in Alan Bennett’s beautiful script. This of course, is no surprise since in addition to writing the Book he also lived the story so deftly brought to life by Alex Jennings (Bennett) and Maggie Smith (Miss Shepherd).
The Lady in the Van tells the ...
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