#REVIEW: “A QUIET PLACE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
The Movie opens telling us that it is Day 89. As the camera sweeps around an abandoned and ravaged small town, we enter an empty pharmacy where we find Lee and Evelyn Abbott (played by Director/Co-Writer John Krasinski and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt) and their children, all barefoot and on tiptoes, taking medications and provisions in total silence and only communicating by American Sign Language. As they leave the pharmacy, we see a fluttering ...
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#REVIEW: “READY PLAYER ONE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In 2045, the world is a wasteland and much of humanity has taken to playing and working within a virtual reality game called OASIS. You can become anyone, do anything and have near limitless access to all reaches of pop culture. When the Game’s Creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance) passes away, he leaves behind a challenge to find keys and an “Easter Egg” that will give the winner full control over OASIS. Teenage player Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) ...
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#REVIEW: “BEFORE THE DAY”
Told over six minutes, BEFORE THE DAY is a story about unconditional brotherly love and how crisis can bring us closer. Ray (Paul McGillion) is scheduled to begin Chemotherapy tomorrow and younger brother Danny (Steve Belford) is there to help take the edge off as they plan to spend a night together which sees them get into trouble and maybe a mechanical bull might even be involved.
Written by Belford and directed by McGillion, in few words captures the gratitude one can feel simply by ...
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#REVIEW: “MARTIN’S HAGGE”
Detailing Gordon Pinsent's own battle with Depression, Short Film MARTIN'S HAGGE just premiered at the 2018 Canadian Film Fest. The Film centers on a Writer named Martin (Paul Braunstein) and a persistent, nagging personification of his anxiety and depression, Hagge (Sheila McCarthy). She constantly reminds him what he's not capable of until he cross paths with a woman named Norah (Martha MacIsaac) who just may have a thing or two in common with him, having disconnected with the world. ...
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#REVIEW: “MIDNIGHT SUN”
Teen Romance Midnight Sun is the latest in a crowded genre of Films, but does it stand out amongst the crowd? The unfortunate thing for Director Scott Speer and stars Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger is that despite highlighting the Film with good performances, we just may have seen these plot points too often. Girl is sick. Girl meets boy. Girl defies parents. Life-altering accident occurs, and you know the rest.
The Movie focuses on Katie (Bella Thorne) who she suffers from a disease ...
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#REVIEW: “SHERLOCK GNOMES”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Sherlock Gnomes is the Sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet. This time around the garden gnomes have moved from the beautiful garden they had in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England to a disenchanted garden in London, England. When Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt) have been named the new leaders of their new home Juliet begins putting everyone before Gnomeo. But when a string of gnomes begin disappearing Gnomeo and Juliet come back together ...
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#REVIEW: “ISLE OF DOGS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Isle of Dogs takes place in Magasaki City, Japan. When there is a rise in Dog Flu and Snout Fever, the Mayor makes an executive order to remove all canines from the city, exiling them to Trash Island. One day 12-year-old Atari (Koyu Rankin) sets off alone on a miniature plane from Magasaki City to Trash Island to search for his guard-dog, Spots (Liev Schreiber). When he arrives he meets a pack of canines, consisting of Chief (Bryan Cranston), Rex ...
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#REVIEW: “PACIFIC RIM UPRISING”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Five years ago, we saw from Guillermo del Toro his Toronto-made opus, Pacific Rim ehich left us giddy with excitement. Monsters and robots and spies…oh my! “Pacific Rim” made me a better, more inclusive moviegoer for, in the past, I would always frown upon the idea of spending time in the dark watching high-concept, popcorn-fueled extravagance. Pacific Rim among others, changed all that!
PACIFIC RIM UPRISING continues the story ten years ...
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#REVIEW: “CATWALK: TALES FROM THE CAT SHOW CIRCUIT”
We've all heard of dog shows, but cat shows? What's that all about? CBC Docs POV's CATWALK: TALES FROM THE CAT SHOW CIRCUIT takes us right inside the world of competitive cat owners as we go through a season of Canadian cat shows. These shows evaluate cats based on their confirmation to their respective breeds. It is explained right at the start that there are no huge monetary stakes involved, simply bragging rights and fancy ribbons for these devoted owners who take their craft very ...
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#REVIEW: “TOMB RAIDER”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is not the legendary Tomb Raider we all know. Instead, she is a young woman rejecting her family inheritance, working as a bike courier and longing to discover the fate of her missing father Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West). As she signs paperwork and concedes that he may be dead, she comes into possession of a key to her father’s office. There she learns about his research and gets drawn into the search for an island ...
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