#REVIEW: “THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN”
Review by David Baldwin or Mr. Will Wong
Rachel (Emily Blunt) is an alcoholic divorcée who commutes to work on the train every day. She likes to watch the houses and the people who live in them as she passes by a particular road. When a woman goes missing from one of the houses, Rachel inserts herself into the investigation – and it creates a devastating ripple effect for nearly everyone else around her.
Despite having ample time to read Paula Hawkins’ bestselling Novel, I literally ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BIRTH OF A NATION”
Winning both the U.S. Audience Award and Drama Award at Sundance, plus a standing ovation at TIFF '16, Nate Parker's THE BIRTH OF A NATION widely has been seen as a major player this coming awards season.
The story centers on Nat Turner (Parker), the trusted slave of Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), who is intent on helping his family business regain its former strength after losing his father. With his ability to read, Nat is enlisted to help preach obedience from the bible to other slaves, but ...
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#REVIEW: “MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a book by author Ransom Riggs with a rather substantial following. When looking at some of Director Tim Burton's more recent work, style debatably has been more a focus than substance and this also would be the biggest concern amongst Fans of the literary piece. Fears thankfully can be alleviated as this Film adaptation is done pleasingly.
Jake (Asa Butterfield) has a strong relationship with ...
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#REVIEW: “IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
In Canada we tend to hold our exalted heroes to a higher standard: their greatness must be maintained and never tainted with the mediocrity we accept from lesser mortals. In recent years Quebec’s Xavier Dolan has been hailed as a new archetype of Film Deity at whose altar Cinephiles worship and with offerings of praise and critical acclaim. Thus in May when word from Cannes suggested his latest Film, It’s Only the End of the World, was less than ...
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#REVIEW: “STORKS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Despite coming into this with few expectations, I for one think Storks is a ton of fun with some great voice work, hitting the mark precisely for its target family audience in time to beat those back-to-school blues.
The Movie starts off with an introduction to storks and what they do, or in this case used to do. They were a baby delivering system until one day something went terribly wrong and a stork fell in love with a baby, Tulip (Katie ...
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#REVIEW: “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The Magnificent Seven rides into theatres this weekend just a few short weeks after its World Premiere in the Opening Night slot of TIFF. The remake of a remake follows seven outlaws in the latter-half of the 1800s aiming to protect a small town from encroaching thieves, led by the villainous Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), hell-bent on taking over the town and the local coal mine for themselves.
Much like the original incarnations of this story, ...
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#REVIEW: “BRIDGET JONES’S BABY”
In one of those rare occasions, the Sequel outdoes even its predecessor in BRIDGET JONES'S BABY! And to think, some of us didn't think a third Film was necessary! V. early into this third instalment, you'll remember right away how much we've missed our favourite fumbling heroine, reprised with great tenacity by a long-absent Renée Zellweger.
Although we are led to believe after second instalment The Edge of Reason, that Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and Bridget Jones were to walk into the sunset ...
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#REVIEW: “SNOWDEN”
Translating any story about the internet comes at a great handicap as what normally would be communicated through action, must be compensated through careful storytelling and the describing of process. How do you make a story about the process behind the leaking of documents one that engages and rivets? Oliver Stone does just this, delivering perhaps his greatest work in quite some time in Snowden.
The story still fresh on our minds, he gets deep into the psyche of whistleblower/traitor ...
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#REVIEW: “SULLY”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Both Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks are masters of their crafts, but there is something about new Feature Sully that just felt like it didn’t need to be told or perhaps not so soon. Seven years ago United Airlines Flight 1549 had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River and miraculously all 155 souls survived. That makes for a pretty riveting story, but when that is the entire story, a full-length Feature almost seems redundant. The Film ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
A prevalent theme with many Films this summer is the risks and heartbreaking choices people make in the name of love. Based on the book by M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans demands its characters learn the expansive power of love even at the cost of their own happiness.
When Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) returns home after the Great War, he is shattered after four long years of service. He decides to become the lighthouse keeper on Janus ...
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