#REVIEW: “DARKEST HOUR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Darkest Hour showcases perhaps the greatest performance of the year delivered by Gary Oldman.
The Film follows Winston Churchill (Oldman) during his first month being Prime Minister. Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup) has been forced the resign as Prime Minister less then a year into World War Two. Churchill has been selected by his cabinet as the only viable option of leader of the party. The German forces have taken France and are closing in on ...
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#REVIEW: “SWEET VIRGINIA”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Three friends sit down in a bar called Chums and are interrupted by a man wielding a revolver. This is not the set-up for a bizarre joke but rather than opening scene of Director Jamie M. Dagg’s Sweet Virginia. Rather than a tired investigation story, Sweet Virginia looks at the desperation behind affairs, murders, and simple greed in this remote Alaskan town.
The Punisher’s Jon Bernthal plays against type as Sam, a former rodeo champion who now ...
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#REVIEW: “LAST FLAG FLYING”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Vietnam veteran Larry “Doc” Shepherd (Steve Carell) spent several years in military prison for an unspecified crime before becoming a family man. After the death of his son during the Iraq war he decides to seek out his two war buddies, Sal Nealon (Bryan Cranston) and Reverend Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne) to ask for their help in both setting the past and his son to rest. As Last Flag Flying unfurls, the men’s rocky friendship is put to ...
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#REVIEW: “THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Bharat Nalluri-directed The Man Who Invented Christmas gives audiences a look at how Charles Dickens created one of the most beloved Christmas stories of all time. At the core of the Dickens classic are pieces of Dickens himself in each of the characters, specifically the three ghosts and scrooge. The wonderful cast brings these characters to life in a new way we never have seen.
Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) is struggling to write his newest ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BREADWINNER”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Many Moviegoers tend to dismiss animation as a medium for children; filled with cartoon animals, celebrity voices, and saccharine endings. Based on the Children’s Novel by Canadian Author Deborah Ellis, Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner she dashes all these preconceived notions and delivers a stellar feature about a little girl forced to grow up too fast.
When the Taliban throw her father in jail, 12-year-old Parvana is forced to cut her hair and ...
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#REVIEW: “ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Roman J. Israel, Esq. has a brilliant performance by Denzel Washington.
The Film follows Los Angeles based criminal public defence lawyer Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington). Growing-up in Los Angeles, Israel has seen the injustice that happens to particular demographics in the legal system and has since devoted his life to defending the innocent. And he works for a firm that falls in line with his devotion. But when his boss dies suddenly, he ...
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#REVIEW: “COCO”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
This time of year, some people look forward to football games or shopping but animation addicts anticipate something entirely different: a new Movie from Disney. This year Pixar stepped-up to provide fans with an original story about Día de los Muertos and the trouble one little boy can get up to in a world populated by the dead. Named for the world’s most adorable great-grandmother, Coco features a star-studded cast of skeletons, sholo dogs, spirit ...
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#REVIEW: “MUDBOUND”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Dee Rees’ Mudbound is an authentic snapshot of rural Mississippi in the '40s post-World War II. After a Premiere at TIFF '17, this unmissable Film now is set to stream on Netflix for your enjoyment. The Film is an Adaptation of Hillary Jordan's 2008 Novel.
The Movie focuses on Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell). Early on, we discover that the Jackson family work for Laura and Henry McAllan (Carey Mulligan and ...
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#REVIEW: “JUSTICE LEAGUE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
With Superman (Henry Cavill) dead, the exiled God Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) has returned to Earth. He plans to steal and unite the three mysterious “mother boxes” in order to destroy the world and remake it in his image. Inspired by Superman’s grave sacrifice, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) set-out to put together a team of meta-humans to vanquish the new enemy and avert catastrophe.
At long last, we ...
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#REVIEW: “WONDER”
Review by Siobhan Rich for Mr. Will Wong
One of the biggest literary hits of 2012 was a YA Novel. Written by RJ Palacio, Wonder sparked a revolution amongst its readers encouraging them “if you have a choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” This message is shared by Mr. Browne (Daveed Diggs) to his fifth-grade class on Auggie Pullman’s first day of school. The well-to-do kids at Beecher Prep have never seen someone like Auggie and most don’t know how to treat him but ...
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