#REVIEW: “LEGEND”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Reggie Kray (Tom Hardy) is a compassionate gangster with a police tail at every turn. He is both feared and beloved by his neighbourhood in east London. Ronnie Kray (also played by Hardy) is his mentally unstable twin brother. He has been certified insane but is back out on the streets helping Reggie build a criminal empire. Together, they will rise to power as two of the most notorious gangsters in British history.
While this may sound like a typical ...
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#Review: “Victor Frankenstein”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin, Push) teams-up with young writing extraordinaire Max Landis (Chronicle, Mr. Right, American Ultra) to bring us a new story of the man behind Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein. The direction of the Movie is a little muddled at points, however the script is clever and funny.
The Movie starts off on our hunchbacked no-named friend, whom is later named Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), as he works in a circus. We soon find ...
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#REVIEW: “CREED”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director Ryan Coogler delivered one of the best Films of 2013 in Fruitvale Station, and exposed a whole new audience to the talents of Michael B. Jordan. This dynamic duo are back again in Creed, which was mocked when it was first announced, however it will knock-out all the naysayers to the count of ten with incredible performances and a proper revitalization of a beloved franchise. Creed is more than just an installment in the Rocky ...
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#REVIEW: “THE GOOD DINOSAUR”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
In the world of entertainment, the story of a boy and his dog is hardly anything new. The latest Pixar offering from Disney attempts to take on this trope with a twist in The Good Dinosaur: a tale of dinosaur and his human.
The Movie opens by asking its audience to change prehistoric history and wonder what would have happened if the asteroid hadn’t hit Earth and the dinosaurs had survived. The result is an old west-style agrarian society where ...
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#REVIEW: ADELE – “25”
Adele continues to grow-up before our eyes and after a dreaded four-year wait, she very much is back on latest effort, 25. Gone is a bit of that angst we heard on 21, but make no mistake, she is even stronger for it all. The Disc showcases the British powerhouse at her most reflective and self-realized. Being the time-conscious old soul she is even at her young age, we hear her sing about regret and her fear of life passing her by and all she can do is “watch and cry” as sung on the ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NIGHT BEFORE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Since the sudden death of Ethan’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) parents around the holidays, his friends Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have taken him out each Christmas Eve for one drunken and drug-fueled party after another. After 14 years, the group decide they will stop the yearly tradition and go out with a bang. And with tickets to a mysterious holiday party in hand, anything can happen along the way.
I initially wanted to describe ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2”
After some record-setting success, The Hunger Games franchise closes-out with Mockingjay, Part 2. Despite the promise of a dramatic finish, we get a few surprises in this finale which is equal parts emotional as it is action-packed.
Picking-up where Mockingjay, Part 1 leaves off, we see Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) on a mission to kill President Snow (Donald Sutherland) after countless lives are destroyed and lost under his rule. It won't be an easy task though as she and her allies are ...
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#REVIEW: “JESSICA JONES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Marvel’s latest television expansion comes to us through Netflix with Marvel's Jessica Jones and excels past any and all expectations. Earlier this year we were delighted with Daredevil, which set a high bar for upcoming Marvel television shows, and surely enough Marvel's Jessica Jones takes that steps it up another notch.
With the show starting off on a slow burn that progressively gets better with each episode, it is the performances by ...
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#REVIEW: “BROOKLYN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) departs Ireland and her sister and her mother for 1950s Brooklyn. When she arrives homesickness quickly wraps around her. Those shackles of homesickness start to diminish when she meets Tony (Emory Cohen). They begin their romance and Eilis starts seeing Brooklyn as home. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by a call from home, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
It’s a complex ...
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#REVIEW: “SECRET IN THEIR EYES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From writer/director Billy Ray (Flight Plan, Breach, Hunger Games, and Captain Phillips) comes a remake of the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film from 2009, Secret in their Eyes. The Movie switches between present day and early 2000s centering on the hunt to find the man who killed Jess' (Julia Roberts) daughter. This slowly-paced methodical drama delivers on almost all fronts, but with slight bit more clarity and more utilization ...
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