#REVIEW: “NIGHT SCHOOL”
Malcolm D. Lee came out of nowhere and had us begging for more after 2017's GIRLS TRIP. He's back again with muse Tiffany Haddish and equally-funny Kevin Hart in new Comedy, NIGHT SCHOOL.
The Movie centers on Teddy (Kevin Hart), a successful Barbeque salesman whose plans literally blow-up in smoke after proposing to his fiancée Lisa (Megalyn Echikunwoke). Without ever having passed his GED, he secretly must get this in order to get the job he truly wants and finds himself in night school. ...
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#REVIEW: “ASSASSINATION NATION”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Someone is hacking and leaking the personal data of the people of Salem. High school student Lily (Odessa Young) fears that her secrets may end up online as well, as do her best friends Bex (Hari Nef), Sarah (Suki Waterhouse) and Em (Abra). And as the town slowly descends into chaos and anarchy, things are going to get so much worse for these four women.
Watching Assassination Nation is like taking a shot of adrenaline, straight to the heart, that ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From visionary Director Eli Roth comes a new nightmare, for children this time around, The House with a Clock in its Walls. The Movie based on John Bellairs’ Book is geared to children, but not too young, though it doesn’t quiet gear to a teen audience - it’s tucked somewhere in between. Thankfully, charismatic Jack Black breathes life into the Film, despite digging a bit to find his best footing.
The Film starts off in 1955 with Lewis ...
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#REVIEW: “WHITE BOY RICK”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the mid 1980s, the Wershes are not living a glamorous life. Richard Sr. (Matthew McConaughey) wants to open a chain of video stores, but is stuck selling guns and illegal silencers. Richard’s daughter Dawn (Bel Powley) is a drug addict who just moved in with her abusive boyfriend, and Richard’s son Ricky Jr. (Richie Merritt) is stuck helping his Dad sell the guns. As Ricky starts hanging out with local dealers and crooks, he gains a taste for ...
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#REVIEW: “A SIMPLE FAVOR”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Within the first five minutes of A SIMPLE FAVOR, when Emily tells Stephanie that “Secrets are like margarine. Easy to spread. Hard for the heart”, truer words have never been spoken. Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) is a widowed Mommy Vlogger, over-extending her already busy days with taking on volunteer duties at her young son’s school. When she seeks permission from the parent of her son’s new friend for a play date, she meets Emily (Blake Lively), ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NUN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
After the Vatican gets word that a nun has committed suicide at an abbey in Romania they want to know if that land is still holy. They enlist a priest, Father Burke (Demian Bichir), that has a haunted past and a noviciate, Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), who often has visions and has yet to take her vows to become a nun to the abbey to investigate. When they arrive they immediately know the land is no long holy, however, what they find there risks ...
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#REVIEW: “PEPPERMINT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Jennifer Garner proved in Alias and Elektra that she could kick some serious butt. She also proved that she is a genuine bada$$ and can channel her inner Liam Neeson from Taken, as Peppermint arguably could be her own vehicle. The Movie has some definite hiccups, especially in its ludicrousness, but the action sequences certainly make it all worthwhile!
Riley North (Jennifer Garner) had everything taken from her when some gang members rolled up ...
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#REVIEW: “JULIET, NAKED”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Juliet, Naked is a heartwarming Film about life’s second chances.
Annie (Rose Byrne) has been stuck in a rapidly-sinking long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), who has been overly-obsessed with obscure rocker musician, Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), for years. When a demo CD arrives in the mail of Annie and Duncan’s English seaside house, the two have drastically different opinions about it. Duncan heads to his Tucker Crowe fansite to ...
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#REVIEW: “SEARCHING”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
First time Feature Writer/Director Aneesh Chaganty delivers a gritty, gut-wrenching experience in Searching. Like the Horror Unfriended, which is told through a computer screens, webcams and footage found on the computer, etc. Sometimes this method works, and other times it becomes a disaster, but it works incredibly well in building the tension here.
Searching starts off with a flashback into The Kims' lives, David (John Cho), Pam (Sara Sohn) ...
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#REVIEW: “LITTLE ITALY”
Toronto is overdue for a love story all its own, but surely it wouldn't be an accurate one without embodying its diversity and love for food. Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) may already have made a pizza restaurant-set love story in 1988's Mystic Pizza, but we get double the dilemmas in his latest, Little Italy. The Toronto-set Rom-Com is a Romeo & Juliet-esque love story about two lovers each with culinary aspirations of their own, whose parents are ...
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