#REVIEW: “MAY DECEMBER”
By Mr. Will Wong
Director Todd Haynes has a knack for telling stories about complex women. After winning raves at Cannes with his latest, MAY DECEMBER takes a complicated love and examines a vast gray area. With small doses of humour and enthralling performances, it succeeds as an uncomfortable watch, which has us thinking endlessly about these characters and their choices.
The Film which very loosely is based on the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal that rocked the nation in the '90s, centers on ...
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#REVIEW: “THE MARVELS”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
"Where are we going and why are we going there?" blurts out a tertiary character in an early scene from the latest Marvel offering--The Marvels. As the Movie unfolds, it becomes agonizingly clear that this line isn't simply a classic, disposable Marvel quip. It's a warning. And a perfect summary of the entire, highly-questionable experience.
Attempting to outline the story of The Marvels would be misleading, because it might give you, the ...
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#REVIEW: “TESTAMENT”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Quebecois Director Denys Arcand, renowned for winning Canada's only Oscar-winning Best International Film with The Barbarian Invasion, delivers a scathing Satire with his sharp latest effort, TESTAMENT.
Tackling Quebec politics alongside political correctness, activism and media manipulation, this is Arcand's most accomplished film in decades and, as a lifelong-fan of the Director's body of work, I could not help channeling "Hello Dolly" and kept ...
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#REVIEW: “PRISCILLA”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Adapted from Priscilla Presley’s Memoir Elvis and Me, Priscilla documents our subject’s relationship start to finish with the King of Rock ’n' Roll. For those not familiar with the source material, the Film has many revelations that will shock audience members.
Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) was only 15 years old when she was first invited by Rock 'n' Roll superstar Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) in the ‘60s. From the moment she meets him, ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HOLDOVERS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) is a professor at the prestigious all-boys Barton Academy in the '70s. Equally disliked by the students and staff, Hunham passes out failing grades with a glee that is borderline sadistic and comes across as having absolutely no social skills nor graces.
Forced to remain on campus over the Christmas holidays to babysit a small handful of students who, for some reasons, have nowhere else to go and are forced by Hunham to do ...
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#REVIEW: “FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Video Game adaptations have always been met with anticipation and trepidation by their loyal game fanbase. And there has never been a more loyal and frenzied fanbase than those of the indie horror game Five Nights at Freddy’s. To give some backstory to those who haven’t played the game, it’s set in a Chuck E. Cheese-style Pizzeria (here titled Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria) where the animatronic attractions come alive at night. It’s deemed ...
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#REVIEW: “THE KILLER”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
In David Fincher's The Killer, Michael Fassbender is a nihilistic hitman trying his best to be a cold, calculating, indifferent terminator. Unfortunately, one mental lapse and a poorly-delivered bullet threatens to undo his entire world, and he needs to shoot his way through the hitman hierarchy to stay alive. As a response to Fincher's last movie--the slow-paced, heady biopic Mank, The Killer feels like a hearty reminder that--don't you ...
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#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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