#REVIEW: “WELCOME TO MARWEN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Welcome To Marwen is based on the true story of Artist and Photographer Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell). After leaving a bar one night, a group of White Supremacists ferociously beat Hogancamp within an inch of his life, all because he said liked to wear high-heeled shoes. The beating was so violent it wiped away all his memories and left him with shaky hands which hindered his ability to draw. When he returned home he constructed an art installation ...
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#REVIEW: “BUMBLEBEE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Bumlebee is by far the best Transformers movie to date.
The newest entry into the Transformers franchise takes place in a small California town in 1987. The Autobots are under attack once again by the Decepticons and are trying to find a place to seek refuge. During a battle between Bumblebee and the Decepticons on Earth, he is left damaged severely and forced to transform into a broken down yellow beetle Volkswagen. When Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) ...
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#REVIEW: “SECOND ACT”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Maya Vargas (Jennifer Lopez) has been working at the same Queens Value Shop for the past 15 years. In that time she has only been raised to the title of Assistant Manager. On her birthday, she wishes for one thing: a promotion. She knows it's going to take a lot of work and convincing considering the highest level of education on her résumé is her GED, but her years of hard work should speak for itself. When she fails to get the promotion she ...
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#REVIEW: “VOX LUX”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Act One of VOX LUX, titled “Genesis”, opens with a horrific and violent act at a high school in Staten Island. After teenager Celeste, a deeply spiritual and talented musician, survives, she sings an original, moving tribute, co-written by her older sister, at a memorial service and her performance becomes viral. A new pop sensation is born due to her stunning voice and sensitive, intelligent songs and lyrics. With help from her sister and with her ...
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#REVIEW: “MARY POPPINS RETURNS”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
Picking-up some 54 years after the magic of its predecessor, Mary Poppins Returns and she comes as our saviour once again in our time of need! Emily Blunt is just perfect like the Film's titular heroine, proving some Sequels really are warranted!
The Story follows siblings Michael (Ben Whishaw) and Jane (Emily Mortimer) Banks who now are grown-up. Michael loses his wife and is left to care for his three young children Anabel (Pixie Davies), John (Nathanael Saleh), ...
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#REVIEW: “MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Each nominated last year for an Academy Award, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie team up together in one of this year’highly-anticipated movies, MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. And what a joy it is to see these talented actresses rip-up the screen, if you can wrap your brain around the history and relationships of the British monarchy of the 1500s!
Mary Stuart (Ronan) was the Queen of France at the age of 16 and was widowed at the age of 18. Instead of ...
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#REVIEW: “MORTAL ENGINES”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
The fantastical worlds of Action-Adventure Cinema are often inspired by Young Adult fiction, and Mortal Engines is no different. Based on the books of Philip Reeves, Mortal Engines takes place in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by weapons of mass destruction. Survivors are grouped into different factions: namely, the mysterious “League” who live behind the Shield Wall in the East, and the Traction cities who roam the West as massive ...
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#REVIEW: “BEN IS BACK”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Peter Hedges (About a Boy, Pieces of April) has both written and directed some classics, but Ben is Back may be the most affecting of his work yet.
Holly Burns (Julia Robert) and her children return home from an outing to see Ben (Lucas Hedges) back on Christmas Eve after a stint in rehab for the past eight months. Not everyone is excited about his return, namely Ben's stepfather Neal (Courtney B. Vance) as Christmas has not always been a ...
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#REVIEW: “SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse potentially takes the coveted title of the best Spider-Man movie to date. It is one of the most fun, genuinely brilliant Comic Book movies we’ve seen in some time. It’s no longer all about the giant budget, same formulaic superhero movies we still love.
The Movie focuses on Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as he is tasked with succeeding his world's Spider-Man (Chris Pine), stopping Wilson Fisk (Liev ...
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#REVIEW: “ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Once Upon A Deadpool is the same Film as Deadpool 2 and therefore tells the same story. That story is of Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) meeting young mutant Russell (Julian Dennison), who appropriately calls himself Firefist. Deadpool and Russell quickly find out that Cable (Josh Brolin), who is a soldier from the future, wants to kill Russell. After one encounter with the genetically enhanced Cable, Deadpool realizes he can’t save the boy on his own and ...
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