#REVIEW: “X”
By Amanda Gilmore
Drugs, sex and gore â X is the Slasher Film weâve been waiting for.
Itâs 1979 in rural Texas and home video porn is about to explode. Executive Producer Wayne (Martin Henderson) wants to be one of the first on the scene to cash in. He teams up with Filmmaker RJ (Owen Campbell) to make a âhigh-calibreâ adult film. Joining them is Maxine (Mia Goth), Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow), Jackson (Scott Mescudi also known as Kid Cudi) and Audio Recorder Lorraine (Jenna Ortega). ...
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#REVIEW: “AFTER YANG”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After premiering at Cannes and Sundance, celebrated Writer/Director Kogonadaâs (Columbus) second feature AFTER YANG finally makes its debut in theatres. It takes place in the near future, where families live with sentient AI Android helpers and companions. When Yang (Justin H. Min from The Umbrella Academy), the AI helper for Jake (Colin Farrell), Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) and young Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja), malfunctions and breaks ...
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#REVIEW: DISNEY AND PIXAR’S “TURNING RED”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
Academy Award winner Domee Shi (Bao) makes her Feature directorial debut in Disney and Pixar's TURNING RED. The Toronto-set coming-of-age story takes place in the early 2000s and follows Mei (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old girl who faces the scrutiny of her overbearing mother Ming (Sandra Oh). Her family owns a local temple and have a mystical connection to Red Pandas. Mei's world changes drastically one day when she realizes she has the ability to transform into a ...
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#REVIEW: “FRESH”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
FRESH is a delicious Horror film thatâs perfectly twisted, fun and well â fresh.
Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is sick of online dating. Itâs only led to forgettable, sometimes cringey results. So when she runs into the seemingly enchanting Steve (Sebastian Stan), she takes a chance and gives him her number. What she soon finds out is that behind Steveâs charming grin lies a surprising appetite.
Screenwriter Lauryn Kahn has written a knockout ...
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#REVIEW: “JOCKEY”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
Our affinity for Horse Racing is no mystery, hence pardon that we have been a little too excited for the world to discover Clint Bentley's JOCKEY. The Film has garnered much acclaim on the festival circuit at the likes of TIFF and Sundance. Resting almost entirely on the light weight of Clifton Collins Jr.'s commanding lead, this Drama is not to be missed.
JOCKEY veers from the norm of typical Sports Drama fare. This isn't Seabiscuit nor is it Secretariat. Nobody's ...
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#REVIEW: âTHE BATMANâ
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Over thirty years ago, I was introduced to Batman. I was never the same. He quickly became my favourite character in all of fiction and the films made by Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan have had a seminal and irrevocable effect on my life. To say I was excited for Co-Writer/Producer/Director Matt Reevesâ take on the Caped Crusader was an understatement. This was my most anticipated movie of the year for as long as it has been in development, ...
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#REVIEW: “STUDIO 666”
By David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters are on the hook for their 10th studio album. They have a few ideas, yet they lack the sound and drive to put them together. They are encouraged to move into a historical Encino mansion to work, and just as they start figuring out some of the ideas, a ghastly satanic presence may have other plans.
I am not going to lie or toe around it â the acting here is nothing to rave about and really stretches ...
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#REVIEW: “CYRANO”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Is there anyone on the planet that is unfamiliar with the story of Cyrano de Bergerac? It may be one of the most romantic and heartbreaking stories ever produced by quill to papyrus and tells the story of the poet and swordsman in 17th century Paris whose physical âdeformityâ (a rather large proboscis) precludes him from pursuing his one true love, the beautiful Roxane, because he feels he is ugly and unworthy of her. When Cyrano learns she is in ...
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#REVIEW: “DOG”
By Mr. Will Wong
Megastar Channing Tatum gives directing a go in DOG, a Buddy Dramedy of the human-canine kind. While the genre certainly has been visited before, the Film has new things to say about PTSD with a bond than transcends species.
We meet U.S. Army Ranger Briggs (Tatum) who is tasked with bringing Lulu, a working military dog, to the funeral of her handler, who is one of his fellow soldiers. While their arrangement is temporary, he finds it a struggle to connect with her and ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CURSED”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Sundance '21 selection The Cursed is a gruesome 19th century rural Creature Feature set in France.
When Seamus (Alistair Petrie) viciously murders the gypsies living in his rural town a mysterious and possible supernatural menace is set loose. Soon after, Seamus and his wife Isabelleâs (Kelly Reilly) son goes missing. The couple calls in pathologist John McBride (Boyd Holbrook) to come to town and investigate the disappearance. However, John ...
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