#REVIEW: “GODZILLA”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
The charts displayed a seismic anomaly and a crew was sent to investigate. What was this mysterious movement, and could it be settled? The questioning minds ran as their heart rates quickened. Boom, boom, BOOM! The circumstances became explosive. A New Age had dawned in the recesses of a nuclear facility, an age of Monsters. This was not a nightmare, it was waking reality. Humanity had been eclipsed…
It’s Blockbuster season. Eye Candy abounds, ...
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#REVIEW: “MILLION DOLLAR ARM”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Movies and Baseball go together like peanuts and Cracker Jacks. This all began nearly seventy years ago when Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees. Thereafter the genre developed and eventually solidified itself in the 1980s. Since then it has picked up steam with each passing decade. In the 2010’s this increasing momentum has helped to expand the Genre’s scope, and Disney’s Million Dollar Arm is perfect evidence of this ...
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#REVIEW: “NEIGHBORS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Hype can make or break a film. Marketing and PR teams work tirelessly deciding just how much excitement they want to drum up for their Films. And ever since an incomplete version was screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March, the hype for Neighbors has just increased by the week. And for a Comedy, that could be especially intimidating.
But this is one of those times where you should believe the hype.
Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose ...
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#REVIEW: “LOCKE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
I went with my gut and skipped the previews going into Locke. Tom Hardy plays the Titular Character Ivan Locke, a dedicated Construction Manager and all-around family man. On the evening before the biggest moment of his career, he gets a phone call that changes everything.
While it may not sound like much, what follows is a rather intriguing and downright compelling 85-minutes of cinematic creativity. The entire movie takes place inside Ivan’s ...
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#REVIEW: “BIOPHILIA” (TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE)
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
With the One World Trade Center nearly complete TriBeCa is again the artistic haven it was in the 90’s. There is no greater evidence of this than the Neighbourhood’s 12th annual Film Festival that wrapped this past Sunday.
Though focused on narrative Films and Documentary features an Icelandic Girl nevertheless entered her cinematic concert into the contest. Björk’s Biophilia Live follows in the footsteps of a series she began twenty years ...
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#REVIEW: “TRANSCENDENCE”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Transcendence: essentially, life after death. Religions promise it will come, and technology promises it will come quicker. And that’s the premise of a celebrated Cinematographer’s Directorial Debut: Transcendence.
Starring Johnny Depp and Rebecca Hall it is directed by Wally Pfister. The masses are familiar the latter’s eye; it is the same we all watched The Dark Knight Saga through. And now as the head-in-charge he’s helmed an ambitious ...
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#REVIEW: “OCULUS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
The Horror genre encapsulates a wide-array of sub-genres, from Teen Slashers to Monster Movies all wave their banners proudly beneath the horrific flag. Thrillers do as well, and have done so since the days of Film Noir. Nail-biting suspense and paranormal delusions help fuel the Thriller medium, and the new Film Oculus combines both of these elements to make for one of the most terrifying experiences in recent years.
Written and directed by Mike ...
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#REVIEW: “DOM HEMINGWAY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
I first saw Richard Shepherd’s Dom Hemingway last year at TIFF, and thought it was a wildly enjoyable but convoluted romp. The Film tells the tale of Dom (Jude Law), who is released from prison twelve years after a heist-gone-bad. He wants his time back, and he wants to get the money he so rightfully deserves. Of course, the Movie is about much more than that. But after watching it for a second time nearly a year later, I’m not quite sure even ...
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#REVIEW: “BAD WORDS”
Several great Films have been made about child-adult role reversals. We had a hankering for Tom Hanks who touched our hearts in Big. Jennifer Garner garnered our affections in 13 Going on 30. Zac Efron had us going fronatic, making our eyes misty in Seventeen Again. Bad Words, directed/produced by and starring Jason Bateman, possesses a similar sweet, fantastical quality about it which has us suspending our disbelief for a good 90 minutes in what otherwise is a pretty ridiculous ...
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#REVIEW: “MUPPETS MOST WANTED”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
It is without question that Jim Henson was a Visionary; a revolutionary Artist whose work was as unique as it was inspiring. And thanks to Disney his work, The Muppets, continue to inspire us. Since purchasing The Muppets in 2004, Disney have produced four Films, the most recent of which is the first traditional Sequel starring the felt-skinned Squad.
Subtitled Most Wanted, it begins immediately after its self-titled Predecessor. Whilst in the ...
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