#REVIEW: “THE BRONZE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
I make no excuses for my love of bawdy comedies as my own personal sense of humour tends to veer in that direction. I also confess to being a huge fan of THE BIG BANG THEORY. One particular episode, which revolved around a scavenger hunt, had Bernadette so riled up that despite the confines of commercial television which had her character mouth off in a PG fashion, you could see the f-bombs explode in her brain and etch themselves on her face. Melissa ...
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#REVIEW: “10 CLOVERFIELD LANE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
If you managed to see Transformers when it was released in the summer of 2007, chances are you saw the trailer for a movie where the Statue of Liberty gets decapitated by…something. There was no title; just a January release date and the seal of approval from TV wonder producer J.J. Abrams (back before he was decimating box office records). The Movie would eventually become known as Cloverfield, and the Found-Footage Thriller remains an enigmatic ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LITTLE PRINCE”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Children are born with an innocence and unending imagination that allows them to believe the world is theirs for the taking. It allows them to see a picture of a boa constrictor with an elephant in its stomach rather than a misshapen hat; and gives them the ability to dream of worlds bigger than themselves. It is adults, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry teaches us in The Little Prince, that take that imagination and destroy it in favour of pragmatism, ...
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#REVIEW: “LONDON HAS FALLEN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
“Vengeance must always be profound and absolute.” This is the lesson that opens Babak Najafi’s Thriller, London Has Fallen, and sets the tone for the next 99 minutes of non-stop action. Set in a world where the bad guys could be anyone from a guard at Buckingham Palace to a first responder; and the threat of double agents taint every possible ally, London Has Fallen marks an unapologetic return to ‘80s-syle Action Movies.
The follow-up to ...
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#REVIEW: “ZOOTOPIA”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Anthropomorphic animals are hardly new territory for Disney but somehow Zootopia feels more fresh than any Animated Movie in years. Zootopia is a modern world devoid of humans and populated entirely by bipedal mammals who live together in varying degrees of harmony. A world where the mayor can be lion with a sheep for a deputy and biggest mobster in town is an arctic shrew with an army of polar bears at his command. In short, the sort of utopia only ...
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#REVIEW: “TRIPLE 9”
We've seen our share of heist films, but what makes Triple 9 from Director John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless) stand out is the caliber of talent he is working with. Names like Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Aaron Paul, Anthony Mackie and Casey Affleck normally on their own are enough to fill a theatre, but combined, the starpower is infinite. One part violent heist, one part like Scorcese's The Departed, the Action-Thriller explores the idea of corruption within corruption... ...
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#REVIEW: “GODS OF EGYPT”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Stories of brave mortals, true love, petty gods, and the fate of the world balancing on the head of a pin aren’t new. Casting young, good looking people with posh British accents in these roles isn’t new either. Screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (together Dracula Untold and Last Witch Hunter) have taken two slightly unusual turns in this familiar tale: the young mortal isn’t a demi-god or otherwise imbued with supernatural powers, and ...
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#REVIEW: “EDDIE THE EAGLE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the late 1980s, British underdog Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) is determined to represent his country in the Olympics. He is not accepted as part of the national skiing team, but is not discouraged. He discovers that no one is competing as a ski jumper for the UK – except Eddie has never ski jumped. So he begins practicing, and under the coaching of washed-out American ski jumper Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman), Eddie makes a play to compete in the ...
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#REVIEW: “RISEN”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Movies based on faith are notoriously difficult to review as one does not wish to offend anyone’s belief if critiquing the storyline. Being born and raised Catholic, I was well schooled about Jesus Christ and, released just in time for the Easter movie-going audience, RISEN continues the story that ended with Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST and depicts the events between the crucifixion and the Ascension.
Joseph Fiennes (Ralph’s ...
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#REVIEW: “RACE”
Review by Siobhan Rich for Mr. Will Wong
The themes of director Stephen Hopkins’ new movie Race can be summed up in one quote: "When you're running, there is no black and white - only fast and slow." Race is about more than a track and field competition it is also a commentary on racial issues; many of which remain relevant today.
Race opens several years prior to the Berlin Olympics as Jesse Owens (Stephan James) heads to Ohio State University and coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sukeikis). ...
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