#REVIEW: “BREAKTHROUGH”

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong When 14-year-old John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) and his friends play on a frozen-over lake in their Missouri town, the ice breaks and John becomes trapped under. After being rushed to the hospital, his mother, Joyce Smith (Chrissy Metz), sees his lifeless body and begins to beg God to save him. Immediately after, John miraculously receives a weak heartbeat. However, even with this miracle the doctors continuously have no hope in a full recovery, but ... Read more

#REVIEW: “HELLBOY”

Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong Comic Book Movies are 80 years young, and bigger than ever before. Shazam just struck a chord with fans, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe soon will hit its crescendo with Avengers: Endgame. Sandwiched in-between is Hellboy, the reboot of Mike Mignola’s occult icon. Hellboy was first brought to screens in 2004 by Guillermo del Toro. He took the source material and made two magical movies. They were unique from the comics, far less inspired by ... Read more

#REVIEW: “MISSING LINK”

Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong MISSING LINK opens with 19th century British explorer/monster-hunter, Sir Lionel Frost, watching calculatingly bemused as his assistant is swallow genuinely-funny by the Loch Ness Monster. As voiced by Hugh Jackman, Frost may be brave, but we learn quickly he is also incredibly self-centered and an incorrigible snob as well. However, his pomposity is lessened when compared to Lord Pigott-Dunceby (Stephen Fry), the chairman of the Optimates Club, a ... Read more

#REVIEW: “PET SEMATARY”

Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong The tagline, “sometimes dead is better,” is a reminder that life isn’t everything. All things must pass, including us… but what if there were a way to raise the dead? We’ve asked ourselves this question since time immemorial. Pet Sematary asks a secondary, and more sinister question: what if the dead weren’t the same when they arose? King came up with the concept for Pet Sematary when he returned to Maine and found that the children in ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SHAZAM!”

Review by Mr. Will Wong DC Comics at long last get their due, achieving a fine balance of heart, nostalgia and superhero action in their latest, SHAZAM! Filmed right here in Toronto, the Philadelphia-set story centers on orphan Billy Batson (Asher Angel) whom after several stints in adopted homes, lands in the care of the Vazquez family. Determined once again for it not to work out as their now sixth adopted child, Billy one day finds himself transported to a different realm on a subway ride ... Read more

#REVIEW: “THE BEACH BUM”

Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong Writer/Director Harmony Korine is an anomaly. From his auspicious debut at the age of 19 as the Screenwriter of Larry Clark’s KIDS to his last effort where he directed James Franco to unforeseen heights in SPRING BREAKERS seven years ago, his movies challenge, entertain and infuriate as well. With THE BEACH BUM, the most weed-centric movie since Cheech and Chong days, Korine visual style is beyond reproach but the Movie lacks a cohesive ... Read more

#REVIEW: “DUMBO”

Review by Mr. Will Wong Disney's live-action version of DUMBO flies high and low. Taking inspiration from Disney's 1941 animated classic of the same name, DUMBO is a live-action retelling of the timeless tale of a baby elephant who overcame the odds to save his owner's (Danny Devito) floundering circus, giving it new life when it is discovered that he can fly. Dumbo, as he is named unfortunately, is taken under the guidance of Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell), an amputee war veteran and his two ... Read more

#REVIEW: “US” REVIEW

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong Moments after opening my presents this past Christmas, I grabbed my phone and watched the gift Jordan Peele gave the Internet: the Trailer for his new Movie, Us. 150 seconds later, I knew the tale of a family being stalked and tortured by their mysterious doppelgängers had become one of my most anticipated films of the year. And after finally having the Film blasted into my eyeballs, it’s a great feeling to know my excitement did not go ... Read more

#REVIEW: “HOTEL MUMBAI”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong First-time Feature Director Anthony Maras also co-writes the Script with John Collee and tells the story of the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai that entrapped hotel guests and employees inside the Taj Hotel. The Movie simply is magnificent and will rock audiences to the core as it is also truly terrifying. The performances from the Principal Cast make Hotel Mumbai one of the most captivating yet toughest movies to watch in quite some time. The Movie ... Read more

#REVIEW: “FIVE FEET APART”

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong Stella (Haley Lu Richardson) has Cystic Fibrosis and spends her time living in a hospital, confined to a moderately quarantined existence. She has a regimented pill schedule, a YouTube page and is doing everything she can to live in spite of the insurmountable odds against her. By chance, she meets Will (Cole Sprouse), another teenager living with CF on her floor. They start up a friendship which gradually grows into something much deeper, but the ... Read more