#REVIEW: “THE SENSE OF AN ENDING”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
It is the great truth of life that we are all the heroes of our own stories. It is only natural that we assume we play an equally important part in the lives of the people around us. So, when a missing puzzle piece appears, we insert ourselves into that space and assume narrative will form around our preconceived notions. In The Sense of an Ending, Tony Webster is forced to reevaluate his life when a missing piece of his past reemerges and alters his ...
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#REVIEW: “GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In September 2011, I attended the world premiere of Goon at TIFF. The excitement was electric, the characters were beaten bloody, and a Canadian cult classic was born. Six years later, the long-awaited sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers has finally arrived. But was it worth the wait, or is it another sequel delivered past its due date?
Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) is having a hard time adjusting to life without hockey. After getting badly injured ...
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#REVIEW: “WEIRDOS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Seeing Canada through the eyes of its Filmmakers has always been a mind opening experience. Indie darling Bruce McDonald offers such an experience with his latest Film, Weirdos. The Film is led by two rising stars, Dylan Authors (Kit) and Julia Sarah Stone (Alice). The young actors play an affectionate duo on an existential adventure in 1970s Nova Scotia.
Though shot in black and white, the simplicity of the grayscale imagery is balanced by its ...
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#REVIEW: “KONG: SKULL ISLAND”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The year is 1973. The Vietnam War has just been abandoned and Watergate is heating up. Senior Monarch agent Bill Randa (John Goodman) uses this to his advantage and receives government approval to put together a team to explore a mythical island in the South Pacific. He has an idea of what he will find, but the team does not – until they get a look of the towering creature called Kong.
It is rare for any modern blockbuster to not feel bloated or ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LAST WORD”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Last Word follows Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine) who is cruel to anyone who comes in contact with her and takes control of everything around her. But now in the later years of her life, she begins to ponder death, what people will say when she's gone, and who will remember her. One night she stumbles on the Obituary Pages in her local newspaper and she comes up with an idea. She meets with the obituary writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), ...
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#REVIEW: “TABLE 19”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Few actresses are as universally-adored as Anna Kendrick. Her awkward adorableness allows her to coast through roles that would otherwise leave audiences cringing. In Table 19, Kendrick revisits her adorkable niche as Eloise McGarry, a dumped, former maid of honour who attends the wedding of her oldest friend to prove she’s not still hung-up on the best man. Since this is a Rom-Com she is clearly not over her ex and instead decides to ruin the day ...
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#REVIEW: “THE SHACK”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Director Stuart Hazeldine’s new Movie, The Shack, makes no bones about the fact that is about religion – specifically Christianity. The Movie stars Octavia Spencer, Avraham Aviv Alush and Sumire Matsubara as the personification of the Holy Trinity. Spencer’s Papa (as God as familiarly referred to) invites Mack (Sam Worthington) to a shack for the weekend to discuss matters of faith and forgiveness. In order to accept Papa into his heart, Mack ...
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#REVIEW: “LOGAN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Fans of Marvel Comics and the X-Men franchise have been waiting for a good Wolverine Movie for a long time now. They have suffered through bad origin tales and bare-bones storytelling. Unlike the character he plays, Hugh Jackman is getting older and his window to play an un-aging comic book character felt like it was getting smaller. This is why Mark Millar’s incredibly popular 2008 Graphic Novel Old Man Logan seemed destined for the big screen. ...
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#REVIEW: “BEFORE I FALL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
It’s a mix between Mean Girls and Groundhog Day for a new generation, with an important message.
Before I Fall follows Samantha Kingston (Zoey Deutch) who has everything she could want going through high school: she’s popular, beautiful, has the most drooled after boyfriend and has a close knit of popular best friends. When she wakes up on February 12 she goes about her day as usual until she realizes its her last. Yet, she wakes up again only ...
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#REVIEW: “GET OUT”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The trailer for Get Out debuted this past October, and I was at a loss for words after watching it. Was this an actual Feature Film, or some slickly-made prank? Who would bankroll such an audacious and wild vision? I looked into it further and discovered the Film was quite real and was the deranged product of comedian Jordan Peele. But despite my fondness for Key and Peele and being one of the fifteen people who actually watched Keanu in the theatre ...
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