#REVIEW: “ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS THE MOVIE”
The phenomenon of BBC series AbFab is something that has spread far beyond its unsuspecting roots as a French & Saunders sketch. Lauded for its uncensored brevity, AbFab in many ways has had a cultural impact and the way we see women in Television and Film. After a successful initial run in the early to mid '90s and revivals thereafter, its latest incarnation comes in Film form as an international release, Absolutely Fabulous The Movie. Director Mandie Fletcher returns and Jennifer Saunders ...
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#REVIEW: “EQUALS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
I have been unable to shake or replicate the feeling I had watching Director Drake Doremus’ Like Crazy at TIFF in the fall of 2011. The intimacy and poignancy of the romance at the heart of that Film, brought to life by future Oscar-nominee Felicity Jones and the late Anton Yelchin, was just as beautiful as it was devastating. And that’s without even mentioning the supporting turn from some up-and-comer named Jennifer Lawrence.
I mention all ...
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#REVIEW: “GHOSTBUSTERS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Years ago, scientists Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) wrote a book together about the paranormal. Very few believed their theories – but Yates continued her research while Gilbert tried to distance herself away. But when ghosts start appearing across Manhattan, the two are brought together alongside nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) and subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) to investigate, research ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DEBT”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
The word "debt" immediately brings to mind stacks of bills marked past due and a bright red bank balance preceded by a negative sign. In Writer/Director Barney Elliot’s new Movie, The Debt, financial debts are least of his characters’ worries: the obligations of karmic and moral debt weigh much heavier in these three intersecting storylines.
Oliver Campbell (Stephen Dorff) has devoted the last two years of his life to engineering a land deal in ...
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#REVIEW: “WIENER DOG”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director Todd Solondz brings what is being referred to as a Sequel to Welcome to the Dollhouse, Wiener-Dog is a heart warming story about how a small change can bring so much joy and love into life. The story focuses on a wiener-dog as he manages to enrich four separate lives/families as he moves from family to family in this beautifully-told cohesive story.
The Movie starts off with a family consisting of Danny (Tracy Letts), Dina (Julie ...
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#REVIEW: THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Dogs are people too. And so, for that matter, are cats, fish, rabbits, snakes, and birds. In fact, when their humans aren’t around these animals are more like people than you’d think: they have unrequited crushes, suffer separation anxiety, and have dreams greater than the cages they inhabit.
Max (Louis C.K.) is the self-described “luckiest dog in New York City.” Ever since his human, Katie (Ellie Kemper), adopted him life has been a bowl of ...
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#REVIEW: “MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDINGS DATES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Director Jake Szymanski and screenwriting team of Andre Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien adapt the truthful story of the Stangle brothers as they try to get dates for their sisters wedding as to distract them from causing chaos.
Meet Dave (Zac Efron) and his brother Mike (Adam Devine) they’re party animals, and at every family gathering they have, everything that can go wrong inevitably does. Now when their sister Jeanie (Toronto's Sugar Lyn Beard) ...
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#REVIEW: “OUT OF PRINT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
First time Director Julia Marchese takes on the important topic of revival cinema and 35 mm film as it has started to be phased out of cinemas in her Documentary Out of Print. The Documentary focuses on the New Beverly or the New Bev as some know it located in Los Angeles. It focuses on the perspective from staff to regular customers to actors and acclaimed Directors (Edgar Wright, John Landis, Kevin Smith, Rian Johnson to name a few) and what this ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BFG”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Roald Dahl helped rebuild western culture in the wake of World War II. His stories let survivors escape into their imagination, which became fitting fodder for filmmakers ever after. From Willy Wonka to James and the Giant Peach, the Movies about Dahl’s kindhearted heroes have been beloved by children of all ages. The latter, produced by Disney, was the company’s first adaptation of the author’s work. The BFG is their latest.
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#REVIEW: “THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
It seems as though the Movie industry only produce Remakes and Sequels these days. And majority of the time audiences are left disappointed by them. But for fans of the previous Purge Films, they will leave the cinema with satisfaction after watching The Purge: Election Year.
The third instalment of the Franchise has the same premise as it predecessors. For one night out of the year in America all crime, including murder, is legal. The difference ...
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