#REVIEW: “A SIMPLE FAVOR”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Within the first five minutes of A SIMPLE FAVOR, when Emily tells Stephanie that “Secrets are like margarine. Easy to spread. Hard for the heart”, truer words have never been spoken. Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) is a widowed Mommy Vlogger, over-extending her already busy days with taking on volunteer duties at her young son’s school. When she seeks permission from the parent of her son’s new friend for a play date, she meets Emily (Blake Lively), ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NUN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
After the Vatican gets word that a nun has committed suicide at an abbey in Romania they want to know if that land is still holy. They enlist a priest, Father Burke (Demian Bichir), that has a haunted past and a noviciate, Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), who often has visions and has yet to take her vows to become a nun to the abbey to investigate. When they arrive they immediately know the land is no long holy, however, what they find there risks ...
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#REVIEW: “PEPPERMINT”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Jennifer Garner proved in Alias and Elektra that she could kick some serious butt. She also proved that she is a genuine bada$$ and can channel her inner Liam Neeson from Taken, as Peppermint arguably could be her own vehicle. The Movie has some definite hiccups, especially in its ludicrousness, but the action sequences certainly make it all worthwhile!
Riley North (Jennifer Garner) had everything taken from her when some gang members rolled up ...
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#REVIEW: “JULIET, NAKED”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Juliet, Naked is a heartwarming Film about life’s second chances.
Annie (Rose Byrne) has been stuck in a rapidly-sinking long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), who has been overly-obsessed with obscure rocker musician, Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), for years. When a demo CD arrives in the mail of Annie and Duncan’s English seaside house, the two have drastically different opinions about it. Duncan heads to his Tucker Crowe fansite to ...
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#REVIEW: “SEARCHING”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
First time Feature Writer/Director Aneesh Chaganty delivers a gritty, gut-wrenching experience in Searching. Like the Horror Unfriended, which is told through a computer screens, webcams and footage found on the computer, etc. Sometimes this method works, and other times it becomes a disaster, but it works incredibly well in building the tension here.
Searching starts off with a flashback into The Kims' lives, David (John Cho), Pam (Sara Sohn) ...
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#REVIEW: “LITTLE ITALY”
Toronto is overdue for a love story all its own, but surely it wouldn't be an accurate one without embodying its diversity and love for food. Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) may already have made a pizza restaurant-set love story in 1988's Mystic Pizza, but we get double the dilemmas in his latest, Little Italy. The Toronto-set Rom-Com is a Romeo & Juliet-esque love story about two lovers each with culinary aspirations of their own, whose parents are ...
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#REVIEW: “PAPILLON”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Henri ‘Papillon’ Charrière (Charlie Hunnam) is wrongfully convicted of murder in 1930s-era France and is sentenced to life imprisonment in a penal colony on Devil’s Island in French Guiana, South America. He strikes-up a friendship and an alliance with fellow convict Louis Dega (Rami Malek) soon after arriving, and the two begin planning their escape.
Director Michael Noer’s adaptation of the harrowing true story is visually-spectacular. The ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Warning: this Movie is not for the faint of heart nor the easily offended. All felt and no play make Melissa McCarthy go cray. The Happytime Murders, directed by Brian Henson (yes, that Henson) is like an R-rated Sesame Street that is essentially Avenue Q, if it were a take on a classic Film Noir, hold the music. The Movie veers on the derivative, but it is the way it is executed that makes The Happytime Murders a satisfying Comedy.
The Movie ...
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#REVIEW: “ALPHA”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Albert Hughes, one-half of the former directing twin Duo behind Dead Presidents, Book of Eli and more, finally returns to cinemas with his newest outing Alpha. The 20,000-year-old story behind how man befriends wolf is as old as time and Alpha takes us right there.
Keda (Kodi-Smit McPhee) is the son of to-be leader Tau (Johannes Johannesson) who looks to train his son, amongst others, how to survive and lead a tribe independently. Keda is attacked ...
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#REVIEW: “MILE 22”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Jimmy Silva (Mark Wahlberg) is an eccentric paramilitary operative leading the CIA’s most elite and highly classified unit. When informant Li Noor (Iko Uwais, of The Raid series) appears at an American embassy, he claims to have a disk of information that may avert multiple chemical attacks – but demands sanctuary in the U.S. before he gives the password to unlock it. The closest exit is an airfield 22 miles away, and an angry group of assassins ...
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