#REVIEW: “MOONLIGHT”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Moonlight, after garnering great critical reception in its Festival run, now is ready to embraced by the Filmgoing public. It is a depiction of what its like to be a human, regardless of race and gender.
The Film follows a man through three stages in his life. The first beginning when he’s a child, the second as a teenager, and the third as the man he’s become. It’s a story about the human connection and the search everyone has with trying to ...
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#REVIEW: “CHRISTINE”
On July 15, 1974, Sarasota news reporter Christine Chubbuck commit suicide live on-air. Forty two years later, people still are asking "why?".
After a successful run on the Festival circuit, Antonio Campos' Christine gets a theatrical release with those of us in Toronto getting a chance to see it first post-TIFF '16, where it received universal acclaim for Rebecca Hall's mesmerizing performance in its titular role. The darkly-humorous Drama chronicles Chubbuck's final days before her death, ...
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#REVIEW: “JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Few action stars guarantee box office revenue as consistently as Tom Cruise. His familiar presence on screen is a balm to audiences who believe that action and smart stories should go hand-in-hand. If in recent years, he seems reluctant to encourage fans to see past his million watt smile to the character he is portraying it is simply because wants to give the world what it wants: Tom Cruise the Commodity. With big opening weekends and even bigger ...
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#REVIEW: “OUJIA: ORIGIN OF EVIL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This is a rare Horror Film that works because it cares about its characters and story more than only scaring the audience. Ouija: Origin of Evil will also shock the Horror crowd being a Sequel that is actually better than its predecessor.
A widowed mother and her two daughters, in 1965 Los Angeles, add a Ouija board to bolster their séance scam business. When the youngest daughter uses it to contact her late father, she ends up inviting evil into ...
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#REVIEW: “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
When the world is a frightening place, one of the greatest cures is comedy. Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot deliver exactly that in Keeping Up with the Joneses, which is downright funny.
The Movie starts with married couple Karen and Jeff Gaffney (Isla Fisher and Zach Galifianakis) who live in suburbia and discover they're getting new neighbours. Things start to get suspicious for the couple when they realize the new ...
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#REVIEW: “THE ACCOUNTANT”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
This weekend I want you to go see a movie starring Ben Affleck as a brilliant, rich martial arts expert with a strong moral code. His character is handy with any weapon from a Gatling gun to a leather belt, has a secret identity, and despite always saying the wrong thing women still desire him. Before you don your cowl and utility belt I should probably mention that Affleck plays an autistic accountant in this Gavin O’Connor directed Film and not the ...
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#REVIEW: “THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN”
Review by David Baldwin or Mr. Will Wong
Rachel (Emily Blunt) is an alcoholic divorcée who commutes to work on the train every day. She likes to watch the houses and the people who live in them as she passes by a particular road. When a woman goes missing from one of the houses, Rachel inserts herself into the investigation – and it creates a devastating ripple effect for nearly everyone else around her.
Despite having ample time to read Paula Hawkins’ bestselling Novel, I literally ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BIRTH OF A NATION”
Winning both the U.S. Audience Award and Drama Award at Sundance, plus a standing ovation at TIFF '16, Nate Parker's THE BIRTH OF A NATION widely has been seen as a major player this coming awards season.
The story centers on Nat Turner (Parker), the trusted slave of Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), who is intent on helping his family business regain its former strength after losing his father. With his ability to read, Nat is enlisted to help preach obedience from the bible to other slaves, but ...
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#REVIEW: “MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a book by author Ransom Riggs with a rather substantial following. When looking at some of Director Tim Burton's more recent work, style debatably has been more a focus than substance and this also would be the biggest concern amongst Fans of the literary piece. Fears thankfully can be alleviated as this Film adaptation is done pleasingly.
Jake (Asa Butterfield) has a strong relationship with ...
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#REVIEW: “IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
In Canada we tend to hold our exalted heroes to a higher standard: their greatness must be maintained and never tainted with the mediocrity we accept from lesser mortals. In recent years Quebec’s Xavier Dolan has been hailed as a new archetype of Film Deity at whose altar Cinephiles worship and with offerings of praise and critical acclaim. Thus in May when word from Cannes suggested his latest Film, It’s Only the End of the World, was less than ...
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