#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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#REVIEW: “INCREDIBLES 2”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Everyone’s favourite superhero family is back, but in a different way. For the past 15 years the family has been saving the day only when drastically needed, due to a law that rendered superheroes illegal. However, they are in luck thanks to Winston and Evelyn Deavor (Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener) who have hatch an elaborate plan to prove that superheroes are needed worldwide. The Deavor’s have chosen only Helen (Holly Hunter), aka ...
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#REVIEW: “HEREDITARY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
As I write this, it is late at night, my apartment is dark and I am haunted by Hereditary. I watched the Film over two weeks ago, and I am still feeling anxious and uneasy about it. In a decade that continues to redefine the limitless possibilities of the Horror genre, first-time Feature Writer/Director Ari Aster has crafted an unforgettable nightmare that quite simply, will scare the living shit out of you.
After the death of her overbearing mother, ...
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#REVIEW: “PRODIGALS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Escaping the confines of living in Sault Ste. Marie, Wesley (David Alpay) moved to Toronto five years ago to study Law. Now he reluctantly returns home, at the request of his friend Nina (Kaniehtiio Horn), to second chair at the murder trial of her brother Benny who pummeled a man to death. Reuniting with old friends, especially with the girlfriend he left behind without any warnings, makes Wesley re-evaluate his past, present and maybe his ...
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#REVIEW: “OCEAN’S 8”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
After spending five years, eight months, and 12 days incarcerated, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is now out on parole. For Ocean all those days behind bars has left her with a lot of time to work on the biggest heist of her life. And now that she’s out she shares her plan with her friend, Lou (Cate Blanchett), and the two get a group of five other women to join them. The women they get to join them are jeweller Amita (Mindy Kaling), con artist ...
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#REVIEW: “A KID LIKE JAKE” (2018 INSIDE OUT LGBT FILM FESTIVAL)
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
In A KID LIKE JAKE, Claire Danes and Jim Parsons play married couple Alex and Greg Wheeler, living a comfortable life in picturesque Brooklyn with their 4-year-old son Jake who attends a pre-kindergarten class. Greg is a therapist and Alex has given up her law career to be a fulltime stay at home mom. They are both devoted to their precocious son who has a penchant to wearing frilly skirts and relating more to Disney princesses than G.I. Joe. Realizing ...
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#REVIEW: “HEARTS BEAT LOUD” (2018 INSIDE OUT LGBT FILM FESTIVAL)
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Frank (Nick Offerman) is on the verge of closing the record store he has called home for seventeen years and is about to lose his daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) as she enters medical school in the fall. When he convinces Sam to participate in their weekly musical jam session, Frank is just intending to spend time with his daughter. But instead, they create a song together – a song that starts gaining traction after Frank uploads it to ...
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#REVIEW: “IN DARKNESS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Sofia (Natalie Dormer) is a gifted pianist despite being blind since she was five-years-old. She keeps to herself, but after her neighbour Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski) commits suicide under suspicious circumstances, Sofia is plunged into the unknown – and may be in more danger than she understands.
In Darkness is not a great title, but aptly describes the life Sofia leads throughout the Film. Dormer and Director Anthony Byrne have crafted a clever ...
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#REVIEW: “ADRIFT”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Adrift tells the true story of a 24-year-old Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) who left her life behind in San Diego, California to travel the world. When Oldman arrives in Tahiti she meets a British sailor, Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin). The two begin to fall in love and when an opportunity arises to make $10,000 to sail a boat from Tahiti to San Diego the two set sail. What they don’t know is that their journey is going to send them right into one of ...
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