#REVIEW: “MINIONS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin team-up to co-direct the newest animated feature from Illumination Studios, those adorable Twinkie-esque beings we love from Despicable Me, the Minions. Sometimes Spinoffs work with beloved characters, and other times they are disastrous. Both thankfully and fortunately, this Spinoff does not fall into either. It is hilarious, but panders to the youngest of children that leaves the Audience mostly, leaving us older ...
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#REVIEW: “MAGIC MIKE XXL”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
They’re back! The uber-hunks with the rock-hard, washboard abs so defined you could grate Parmesan cheese on reunite on screen in MAGIC MIKE XXL, the sequel to the wildly successful and entertaining 2012 hit about the lives, loves and dreams of a bunch of ridiculously handsome working class guys who make a living as male strippers. While the original Movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh, was loosely based on Channing Tatum’s experience as an exotic ...
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#REVIEW: “SUITE FRANÇAISE”
Inspired by the acclaimed, post-humously-released Novel by War Prisoner Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française is set in a Nazi-occupied France during WWII. Nazi soldiers are assigned to billets, hosted by reluctant French Villagers. We meet Lucille (Michelle Williams) and her Mother-in-Law Madame Angellier (Kristin Scott Thomas) as Husband and Son to both respectively, is sent-off to war. Tension grows thick as a Nazi Lieutenant named Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts) enters the picture, assigned ...
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#REVIEW: “TERMINATOR GENISYS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
In 1984 an all new time-travelling romance hit the silver screen. Two star-crossed lovers on the edge of tomorrow birthed a messiah in the mouth of madness. The mouth was that of the mechanical monstrosity titled, Terminator. Mother and Child survived the ordeal only to face it again years later. Judgment Day: the machines sought to punish humanity for its hubris. The Mother and Child stayed alive. Our extinction was thwarted… time and time ...
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#REVIEW: “TED 2”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the summer of 2012, Seth MacFarlane introduced us to Ted, a foul-mouthed, stoner teddy bear. The idea sounded positively demented on paper, but ended up being outrageously hilarious from beginning to end. Three years later, and a year after striking-out with his Western sendup A Million Ways to Die in the West, MacFarlane is bringing Ted back for more.
Newlyweds Ted (MacFarlane) and Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) want to conceive, but are unable to do ...
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#REVIEW: “THE OVERNIGHT”
I hesitate to call THE OVERNIGHT a Swingers' Comedy because it is and it isn't. Really, it's a lot more complicated than that and a lot more delicate than that label suggests. Parks & Recreation Star Adam Scott not only stars, but produces the Film, which is directed and written by Patrick Brice. It goes to some awkward and uncomfortable places that most Comedies are afraid to go to, and in that regard it is groundbreaking in that it has something to say.
The Film centers on a ...
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#REVIEW: “MAX”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Director and Co-Writer Boaz Yakin (The Rookie, Safe, Now You See Me) takes a very different step in his writing direction as he takes on the heartfelt story of the Belgian Malinois dog, Max, and how he copes with the new world after returning from Afghanistan. This Story does seem slightly far-fetched but it works due to the interweaving stories that all center around Max and focuses on more of the dynamic and relationships that dogs can bring into ...
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#REVIEW: “INSIDE OUT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From Director and Writer Pete Docter comes a new unique Film about the emotions living inside of our head as we learn how our emotions affect us and change the way we interact with the world in any given situation. We love Pixar Classics like Up and Monsters, Inc. (which happen to be directed by Docter) but his latest, INSIDE OUT instantly ranks right up there along those greats. Sit back and enjoy this emotionally charged roller coaster ride, ...
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#REVIEW: TD MUSIC ACCESS PRESENT DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL + THIRD EYE BLIND AT ECHO BEACH
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Ominous fog and a healthy amount of mosquito coverage could not stop nearly four hours of music from unfurling at TD Echo Beach last night, presented by TD Music Access.
Indie band Quiet Company briefly warmed up the crowd before Dashboard Confessional took the stage around 8 PM. The typically quiet emo band was nearly unrecognizable in their set, fueled by the infectious energy of lead singer Chris Carrabba. He told fans early on that he had drank ...
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#REVIEW: “WORDS TO REMEMBER” AT THE 2015 ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY FILM FESTIVAL
With the 2015 Italian Contemporary Film Festival running till Friday, June 19th, there still are many chances for you to see some quality Films we might normally get to see on the Big Screen locally. I had the pleasure of seeing Italian-Canadian Filmmaker Pasquale Marco Veltri's latest Short, Words to Remember, at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Upon introducing the Film, Veltri explained that Words to Remember is a reflection of his own life and a phase he went through personally thinking about ...
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