#REVIEW: “BOY KILLS WORLD”

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong Bill Skarsgård leads this entertaining non-stop action flick about revenge. It’s set in a totalitarian world led by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen). Hilda holds public executions of her enemies to keep her people in line. But it’s been a long time since she’s attended these killings herself. She's been in hiding for years. When Boy (Skarsgård) was young, his family was part of a public execution. However, his life was saved by a mysterious ... Read more

#REVIEW: “CIVIL WAR”

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong It is the near future – or at least an alternate universe present-day – and the US is at war with itself. Multiple multi-state rebel factions have emerged in the midst of a third term Presidential dictatorship, with untold numbers of citizens dead. Hearing that the President may surrender in just under a few days, a group of journalists set out to interview him and hope they reach him before the warring factions do. That is the dystopic ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SASQUATCH SUNSET”

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong The Zellner Brothers bring audiences on a year long journey with a Sasquatch family. We first meet this family consisting of a mother, father, and two children in Spring. We observe the dynamics of their group and The Zellner Brothers take no hesitation in introducing us to the natural lifestyle they live. This lifestyle includes but is not limited to grunting, humping, urinating and puking freely. For viewers unaware of The Zellner Brothers short ... Read more

#REVIEW: “FALLOUT”

By Nicholas Porteous The world as we know it has been nuked into oblivion and over 100 years later, various tribes have emerged from the ashes. There's the vault people--wholesome, organized, but.. let's say sheltered. There's the intimidating, soulless military, living above ground. And don't forget the clusterfuck of raiders, mutant cowboys and god knows what else, fighting for scraps in the wasteland. Welcome to the world of Fallout--Prime Video's entry into the prestige, ... Read more

#REVIEW: “MONKEY MAN”

By Mr. Will Wong All the buzz coming out of SXSW '24 is completely warranted for MONKEY MAN, the directorial debut of Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion).  But not only this, he also stars in and co-writes this magnum opus which he'll be remembered for as a career highlight. We meet Kid (Patel), who is struggling to make ends meet, fighting in the ring but always the losing bet.  As the story progresses, we learn he has experienced some great trauma in his childhood, resulting in the loss ... Read more

#REVIEW: “RIPLEY”

By Mr. Will Wong One of this year's most pleasant surprises is RIPLEY. Based both on the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel and 1999 film THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY of the same name, this eight-episode Limited Series is created, written and directed by Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List). We meet enigmatic con man Tom Ripley (played by Andrew Scott), who is hired by Dickie Greenleaf's (Johnny Flynn) father to comvince him to come home to America. Dickie is in Italy with his author girlfriend Margie ... Read more

#REVIEW: “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE”

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong The last time these beloved monsters shared the screen was in 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. That battle brought Kong to his limits and forced him to live in Hollow Earth, while Godzilla remains on Earth fighting the monsters humanity isn’t capable to beat. Just as the title suggests, the monsters are back, along with Director and Co-Writer Adam Wingard, but this time around the duo team up to fight a common enemy. The first signs on Earth that a ... Read more

#REVIEW: “THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS”

By Mr. Will Wong Toronto's Fawzia Mirza has crafted an accomplished debut feature in THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS, which premiered at TIFF '23 to raves. The semi-autobiographical film, which saw previous incarnations as a stage play and a short film, is based on fact and fantasy and told through a unique lens. The Comedy centers on Azra (one of two roles played by Amrit Kaur), a young gay Pakistani-Canadian woman who learns of her father's abrupt passing back home. She must travel home to send her ... Read more

#REVIEW: “ROAD HOUSE”

By Mr. Will Wong If you've seen the 1989 original cult classic on which Doug Liman's ROAD HOUSE is based upon, you will come to love the brute action and laughs in this remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal. It is pure, mindless fun. Dalton is an ex-UFC fighter who is trying to escape his past and finds himself in the Glass Keys at a rough and tumble bar. He takes on a job as bouncer they rather need the help. Ben Brandt (Billy Magnussen) is out to carry-out his criminal father's work, trying to ... Read more

#REVIEW: “IMMACULATE”

Sydney Sweeney's a nun on the run--or rather--a nun in training, fleeing her mysterious past, settling into a remote Italian convent. The longer she stays, the more apparent it becomes that most of the other nuns aren't particularly happy. It turns out this convent has a habit of torturing and killing its members, particularly the ones who want to escape, and thanks to some divine intervention--let's just say it involves a kind of conception that plays into the very apt title--she's on track to ... Read more