#REVIEW: “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
“Can you find the wolves in this picture?”
Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) reads that question aloud from his book on Osage culture his Uncle William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) asked him to study up on. Ernest is not the brightest and has come to the Osage Nation in Oklahoma after WWI to ask King’s help in finding work. Oil has made the Osage people some of the richest in the world practically overnight, and a number of White Americans ...
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#REVIEW: “THE PERSIAN VERSION”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Inspired by events in her personal life, Writer/Director Maryam Keshavarz's THE PERSIAN VERSION finally arrives on the big screen after its award-winning festival run, including a stop at the Sundance Film Festival. This Movie straddles the Dramedy genre with aplomb, finesse and with intelligence and humour that, by the end, I was elated.
Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is a modern, free-willed Iranian-American woman. Recently divorced from her wife and ...
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#REVIEW: “TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR”
By Mr. Will Wong
Already having grossed over $1 billion in ticket sales as a tour, TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR in its film form, is ready to catapult even further, these monstrous numbers. Directed by Sam Wrench (Billie Eilish Live at the O2, BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA), this spectacular experience often makes you forget that you are watching a film, but front row in the fan pit!
Taped at SoFi Stadium in California, we travel through this Megastar's catalog of smash hits. ...
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#REVIEW: “THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER”
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Director and Co-Writer David Gordon Green and Producer Jason Blum take another stab at revitalizing another beloved Horror classic. This time taking on the daunting task of making a continuation to a Film deemed the scariest of all time, The Exorcist.
13-years-ago, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) was forced to choose between the life of his wife or his unborn daughter. Now present day, he’s a single father to Angela (Lidya Jewett). When Angela and her friend ...
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#REVIEW: “JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
There is always a twinge of nostalgia when approaching a Documentary about anyone in the music industry especially to a generation where social media was only a Science Fiction fantasy. We’d have to go to an outdoor newsstand to get the latest edition of the music lover’s bible…Rolling Stone magazine…and catch up on album reviews and bios. Folk music was never a genre I gravitated towards, hence prior to watching JOAN BAEZ: I AM A NOISE, there ...
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#REVIEW: “SHE CAME TO ME”
By Mr. Will Wong
Though ultimately a Romantic Comedy, Rebecca Miller's SHE CAME TO ME takes some time and patience to find itself.
Steven (Peter Dinklage) is a Composer dealing with Writers' Block and after a breakdown with the failure of his last Opera, he is trying to pick up the pieces again. Though supportive, his wife Patricia (Anne Hathaway) thrives in order - no shoes in the house, everything must be squeaky clean. Peter by chance meets a Tugboat Captain named Katrina (Marisa ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CREATOR”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
On an alternate timeline in the not-too-distant-future, robots powered by artificial intelligence have become nearly indistinguishable from humans--aside from large hollow motors constantly whirring in the middle of their heads. Humankind attempts to destroy any and all AI they no longer control, and Joshua (John David Washington) is sent on a mission to recover AI's ultimate weapon--a little girl robot, Alphie (Madeleine Yuna Voyles), that ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NUN II”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This Sequel, which comes five years after its predecessor, sees Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) and the Demon Nun (Bonnie Aarons) come face to face once again.
Now living in France, Sister Irene feels at peace knowing she defeated the powerful evil. However, when a Priest is murdered in another town in France the Vatican gets involved. They inform Sister Irene that the demon she claims is defeated appears to be back. And worse yet, it’s been ...
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#REVIEW: “THE EQUALIZER 3”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Denzel Washington eliminates the mafia in this third instalment as government assassin Robert McCall.
When Robert takes down an entire drug trafficking ring in Sicily, he gets seriously wounded. As he bleeds out on the side of the road, police officer Gio (Eugenio Mastrandrea) finds him. Rather than bringing him in he takes him to the residence of his small Southern Italy seaside village Doctor Enzo (Remo Girone). Enzo heals Robert without asking ...
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#REVIEW: “ROTTING IN THE SUN”
By Mr. Will Wong
Co-Writer and Director Sebastián Silva crafts a quirky Comedy-Mystery in ROTTING IN THE SUN, which debuted to praise at Sundance '23 earlier this year.
The Film centers on Social Media star Jordan Firstman, playing a fictionalized version of himself. While vacationing in Mexico City, he by chance, crosses paths with Filmmaker Sebastián Silva, also playing a ficionalized version of himself. They're polar opposities. Firstman is wild, there to be party and be promiscuous, ...
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