#REVIEW: “ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Anime adaptations seem to fluster fans and annoy outsiders. Alita: Battle Angel seeks to subvert this trend. James Cameron began working on Alita shortly after Titanic, but paused in his progress to focus on Avatar. In time, Robert Rodriguez picked it up and saw it through to the end.
The Film’s been built and billed as an IMAX experience, and this is not simply an allusion to the titular character’s oversized eyes. No, this is a visual feast ...
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#REVIEW: “EVERYBODY KNOWS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Laura (Penélope Cruz) travels from Argentina to Spain with her two children to attend a family wedding. While everyone is at the wedding reception Laura goes to check on her children and notices her teenage daughter is missing. The following day she receives a text message demanding a ransom for the return of her daughter. In the quest to get her daughter back a dark web of hidden family secrets come to light.
Director-Writer Asghar Farhadi has ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Five years ago, Phil Lord and Chris Miller brought us something AWESOME in The Lego Movie. In fact we find ourselves in disbelief there is a Sequel even with the door seemingly being shut the first time around. Well it is now five years later and Mike Mitchell takes the reins with Lord and Miller's Script and here we find before us, THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART.
The Movie focuses on our heroes again, Emmet (Chris Pratt), Wyldstyle (Elizabeth ...
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#REVIEW: “COLD PURSUIT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Based on Norwegian Action-Drama In Order of Disappearance, Director Hans Petter Moland returns again and teams with Writer Frank Baldwin to bring us an American adaptation, Cold Pursuit. King of the vengeance genre Liam Neeson, stars.
Cold Pursuit focuses on Nels Coxman (Neeson), who is after the men who sold a lethal dose of heroine to his son Kyle (Michael Richardson). His journey takes him through a plethora of characters such as Limbo ...
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#REVIEW: “ARCTIC”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
First-time Feature Writers Ryan Morrison and Joe Penna (who also directs) deliver a standout directorial debut which features a tour-de-force performance from the incomparable Mads Mikkelsen. Arctic is a riveting Thriller that focuses on the question, if you’re stranded somewhere in the Arctic, do you travel outside or inside your 'safety zone', praying help will eventually arrive?
Overgård (Mads Mikkelsen) is stranded somewhere in the Arctic. ...
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#REVIEW: “THE GRINCH” ON BLU-RAY
Much to his chagrin, THE GRINCH sees a February Home Entertainment release. Yes, the same month as Valentine's Day! You won't want to miss Benedict Cumberbatch's phenomenal performance in the titular role as he tries to steal Christmas from The Whos! While many of us already know this heartwarming story, this latest incarnation speaks to an audience of today with music by Tyler the Creator and amazing performances from its Supporting Cast including Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Pharrell ...
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#REVIEW: “THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD opens with a filmed introduction from its director, Oscar winner Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies) explaining the genesis of the Documentary we are about to see. He was approached by the Imperial War Museum to go through their vast archive (over 600 hours of clips and interviews) and make a movie honouring the British men and women that fought in World War I, plus make it accessible to a modern ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS” BLU-RAY
Review by Mr. Will Wong
With winter coming a tad late, it's certainly a perfect opportunity to re-witness the beauty of THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS on Blu-ray once again! Be delighted by Mackenzie Foy's breakthrough performance as Clara and marvel in Co-Directors Joe Johnston and Lasse Hallström's masterful vision set to CGI, right at home!
The Film follows Clara, who loses her mother, but is left behind an egg-shaped box of silver which is missing its key. She ventures to find the ...
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#REVIEW: “MISS BALA”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) is an American visiting her cousin in Tijuana. During a deadly nightclub shootout, the pair are separated. As she grows desperate to find her cousin, Gloria gets drawn into the inner workings of a local cartel led by Lino (Ismael Cruz Cordova) – and she learns quickly that she must do whatever it takes to survive.
Catherine Hardwicke, the acclaimed Director of Thirteen and Twilight, is not the first person I would think of to ...
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#REVIEW: “THE IMAGE BOOK”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Legendary Director, Jean-Luc Godard’s THE IMAGE BOOK won a special Palme d’Or from Cate Blanchett’s jury on the closing night at the Cannes Film Festival last year. It is, in essence, a hallucinatory visual scrapbook of disjointed images with much of the narration from the 87 year old Director himself. Using scenes from movies as diverse as Young Mr. Lincoln, Pasolini’s Salo, Vertigo, Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, Joan Crawford in Johnny ...
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