#REVIEW: “BLEED FOR THIS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) is a hot shot boxer in the 1980s with an immaculate record. Just after winning the junior middleweight world championship, Pazienza is involved in a horrific car accident that leaves him with a broken neck and the fear that he may never fight or even walk again. Not taking his diagnosis lightly, he gets outfitted with a halo – a medical device used to heal his spine, but screws into his skull in four places – and ...
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#REVIEW: “NOCTURNAL ANIMALS”
Based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright, the tale-within-a-tale gets the big screen treatment in NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, under the meticulous guidance of Writer/Producer/Director/Fashion Icon Tom Ford. Already, the suspenseful drama has won the acclaim of the festival circuit and is poised to impact the same moviegoing audience that loved the likes of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.
After affecting us with his 2009 debut A Single Man, Ford shows great growth in this sophomore ...
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#REVIEW: “FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Back in 2011, the world said goodbye to the wizarding world of Harry Potter. However fast-forward five years and there is a new play based on the beloved wizard and this new Franchise entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. As someone who self identifies as a no-maj or a muggle, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is still pretty great as it appeases the casual fans of the Franchise, while die-hard fans will certainly fall in love all ...
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#REVIEW: “BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Ang Lee has created an honest Film about what the realities of war are and what the media perceive them to be.
Billy Lynn (Joe Alywn) and his fellow soldiers have come back home to America for a victory tour. This comes after Lynn’s team, Bravo, is caught on camera in a harrowing battle in Iraq. Yet, the young soldier isn’t handling being back home so well, and neither are his comrades. The Film takes place at the final stop of the victory ...
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#REVIEW: “THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
The first word that comes to mind when watching writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig’s new Movie is... awkward. In fact, the word appeared in my notes so frequently I was beginning to feel self-conscious for identifying so much with the Film’s main character, Nadine. The Edge of Seventeen is about that confluence of moments when it seems like the entire world is conspiring to make your life as awkward and angsty as possible because your misery is ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CARER”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Legendary Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Gifford (Brian Cox) is terminally-ill with Parkinson’s Disease and is getting progressively worse by the day. He treats all of his caregivers poorly including his newest attendant, young Hungarian immigrant Dorottya (Coco König). Dorottya’s passion is the theatre and she secretly hopes that helping Sir Michael will lead to a chance to act on the English stage. But after the pair bond over their mutual love ...
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#REVIEW: “ELLE”
Paul Verhoeven's eclectic career has won him legions of Fans in both the mainstream and Arthouse worlds. The Basic Instinct helmer continually has pushed the envelope with several bright spots in his career like Starship Troopers, Total Recall, RoboCop and we actually "got" Showgirls and are unafraid to admit it.
He returns with French psycho-sexual Thriller Elle, which after drawing several raves at Cannes and TIFF '16, now makes its way to theatres as France's official Foreign Language ...
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#REVIEW: “JEAN OF THE JONESES”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
During Sunday family dinner, Jean Jones (Taylour Paige) answers a knock at the door of her grandmother’s home. When she greets the man on the other side, he drops dead. With the family rushing to find out what happened, we learn this man is Jean’s estranged grandfather. His death sets off chaos within the family, bringing old conflicts and family secrets to the surface.
There is a lot going on over the course of Jean of the Joneses short ...
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#REVIEW: “LOVING”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the late 1950’s, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga) traveled out of state to get married. Their mixed race union was illegal in their home state of Virginia, and soon after arriving home, the couple are arrested and put in jail. Their sentence is suspended on the condition the couple leave the state and never return. And while they comply with the ruling initially, they slowly begin building their years-long case with the ...
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#REVIEW: “ARRIVAL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This is unlike any alien invasion Film you have ever seen.
Amy Adams plays expert Linguists Professor Louise Banks. When 12 alien space crafts land in different locations across the world, she gets asked by the government to help. She ends up leading the American team trying to figure out why the aliens have invaded earth. Yet, it’s only Banks who believes the aliens came to help humanity. The rest of the world thinks they arrived to take over ...
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