#REVIEW: “SING”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
This is the time of year when movies which premiered at TIFF make their official bow into multiplexes around the world. This year, however, one of those TIFF favourites just happens to star a koala, a pig, and a gorilla. Sing is the new Animated Feature from the team at Illumination Entertainment and is sure to have kids laughing and singing along to a killer soundtrack.
Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is a koala with big show biz dreams and a ...
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#REVIEW: “PASSENGERS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
In previous Films, space has been proven to be a lonely place. But in Passengers it isn’t so lonely.
On a journey through space to get to the new planet, Homestead II, two passengers are awoken out of suspended animation. The only problem is that they woke up 90 years earlier then the rest of the passengers. As they spend more time with each other they are unable to hide their attraction and begin to fall in love. When the robots aboard the ship ...
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#REVIEW: “COLLATERAL BEAUTY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After the death of his six-year-old daughter, Howard (Will Smith) is an empty shell of his former self. He barely communicates with anyone, and spends most of his days at work building massive structures of dominoes. But when he is visited by people he once thought of as concepts, he begins to open up and embrace the tragedy that has caused him so much pain.
Quite honestly, Collateral Beauty is a chaotic mess. Instead of focusing on Howard and his ...
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#REVIEW: “ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From a galaxy far, far away comes the Film that Star Wars fans have been asking for since 1977 as Rogue One delivers us that proper 'Prequel'. While the ending of the Film might be a bit obvious as it is the starting point to one of the greatest sagas ever told, the journey getting there certainly is entertaining. While this instalment may lack lightsaber fights and those jedi mind tricks we've come to love, the force is certainly strong with ...
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#REVIEW: “OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Clay Vanstone (T.J. Miller) runs the Chicago branch of his dad’s nationwide server company. His sister Carol (Jennifer Aniston) is the CEO of the company, and is looking to shut Clay’s underperforming branch down just before the holidays. But if Clay and his Chief Technical Officer Josh (Jason Bateman) can lock down a big account in less than 24 hours, Carol will keep the branch running. With this in mind, Clay begins planning an epic Christmas ...
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#REVIEW: “JACKIE”
A number of Films have been made about one of American history's darker moments, President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Few great ones however have been made about widow Jackie Kennedy and the aftermath of his death. Giving us unparallelled access to the ill-fated former First Lady in her most vulnerable state, Pablo Larraín's JACKIE takes us right into her mindframe with a glimpse into her two years in the White House up to the days following her husband's killing.
Thanks to a sublime ...
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#REVIEW: “LION”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
The holidays usually mean an onslaught of ‘Feel-Good Films'. Some of them feel like Oscar bait, while others feel more genuine in their intentions. Lion unfortunately veers a bit more to the first category. While there is certainly merit to the Film with some strong performances, the Movie as a whole feels a bit deliberate. Lion, however on the whole still succeeds as a story.
The Movie focuses on Saroo (Sunny Pawar – young version, Dev ...
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#REVIEW: “MISS SLOANE”
Lobbyist Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) simply doesn't know how to lose, being known in the political world well for her ruthless approach to winning. When called upon to lead the charge in the persuasion of female voters to be pro-fire arms, she refuses. Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong), head of a competing agency recruits her and soon she finds herself up against her former allies and their client Bob Sanford (Chuck Shamata) as a powerful figure in the fight for controlled fire arms ...
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#REVIEW: “DOCTOR WHO: THE POWER OF THE DALEKS”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Every Whovian has a favourite Doctor, a regeneration that they hold above all others, and a companion they believe best served their Time Lord. Until now, however, few fans of Doctor Who have been able to properly judge the very first “renewal” (as regenerations were then known) because the BBC inadvertently destroyed the negatives of the 1966 episode The Power of the Daleks. Fifty years later, the British broadcaster has recreated the episode ...
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#REVIEW: “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
It has been ten long months since the premiere of Manchester by the Sea at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and the critical acclaim just keeps growing. It finally hits select theatres in Canada this weekend after a spectacular response at TIFF in September. But is the hype justified?
After the sudden death of his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler), Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is forced into becoming the guardian of his nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges). ...
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