#REVIEW: “SORRY TO BOTHER YOU”
After winning all the raves at Sundance, Writer/Director Boots Riley (formerly of Hip-Hop group The Coup), is ready to unveil his heralded debut, Sorry to Bother You. Hot on the success of films like Get Out, this Film is high on relevance, exploring at what cost one is willing to compromise their values to succeed in life. One-part Sci-Fi, Dark "Stoner" Comedy and one-part political statement, we've never seen anything quite like it. High on innovation, it may find itself polarizing among ...
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#REVIEW: “SKYSCRAPER”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is back and this time around, he means business! Writer/Director Rawson Marshall Thurber does his best 80s homage as he channels Die Hard for the modern viewer, minus some of its comedic elements. Throw in The Rock and no matter what, you have a sure-fire hit on your hands.
Terrorist and drug cartel trafficker Kores Botha (Rolland Moller) has a bone to pick with billionaire tycoon Zhao Long Ji (Chin Han) and will do anything ...
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#REVIEW: “HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Drac, Frank, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the crew are back for Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and this time things get personal. The Movie which sees Writer/Director/Voice Actor Genndy Taratovsky return also, is a total blast. Even if you don't have the privilege of taking a vacation this summer, this is a perfect escape for the day!
The Movie starts approximately a century in the past where we meet Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) in his ...
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#REVIEW: “ALWAYS AT THE CARLYLE”
Review by Justin Waldman and Mr. Will Wong
Matthew Miele’s Documentary Always at the Carlyle is a look inside one of the most discrete and expensive hotels in New York City. We get to meet the characters who define the hotel, learn a bit of its storied history and also learn first-hand about some of its star-studded clientele. While big on vanity and gloss, the Film doesn't deliver some of the shocking scoop that some would hope for, although it is big on interesting anecdotes and ...
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#REVIEW: “ANT-MAN AND THE WASP”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Ant-Man surfaced three years ago in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a breath of fresh air and truly a fantastic Film. Its followup thankfully can hold its own as a standalone feature for the most part, but the stakes aren't quite high enough which makes it underwhelming. It is without the presence of a strong villain, while the enjoyable comedy of the first installment carries over to this second Film.
The Film starts off by explaining to the ...
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#REVIEW: “BOUNDARIES”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Boundaries follows eccentric single mother, Laura (Vera Farmiga), who’s trying to work through the current chaos in her life. That chaos includes her teenage son, Henry (Lewis MacDougall), who has recently been expelled from school due to his graphically inappropriate drawing of a school official, and going to therapy to work through the boundary problems she has with her estranged father, Jack (Christopher Plummer). However, these problems soon ...
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#REVIEW: “THE FIRST PURGE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The First Purge (but fourth Film in the series) takes us back to a time when “The Purge” was just a social experiment. The U.S. government sets Staten Island as the test site and then incentivizes the impoverished and low-income citizens with money to stay during the event – and offer even more if they actually participate.
As an idea alone, The First Purge is a thought-provoking, satirical analysis of a frightening notion that is no longer as ...
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#REVIEW: “SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the government calls in Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) when they discover it has direct ties with the Mexican drug cartels. Graver asks Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) to join his team and destroy the problem. But that is easier said than done – especially once the plan goes bad.
I was ambivalent before watching Sicario: Day of the Soldado. This is a Sequel no one was really begging for, and its title is both ...
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#REVIEW: “JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Time has passed since the disaster at Jurassic World, and the world’s eyes are turned towards a volcano threatening the surviving dinosaurs on Isla Nublar. But should these dinosaurs be saved? Returning heroes Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen (Chris Pratt) believe they should, but others who want to help may only be doing so for their own financial gain.
Twenty-five years after Steven Spielberg first unleashed Jurassic Park on audiences, ...
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#REVIEW: “TAG”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Tag is based on the true story of a group of five best friends who play the game during the month of May every year since they were kids. This isn’t any normal game of Tag that you see children play on the playground though. Hoagie (Ed Helms), Randy (Jake Johnson), Bob Callahan (Jon Hamm), Sable (Hannibal Buress) and Jerry (Jeremy Renner) - the latter who has never been 'tagged' before - play an outlandish version where they physically and even ...
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