#REVIEW: “FREE STATE OF JONES”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From writer/director Gary Ross (Pleasantville and The Hunger Games) and writer Leonard Hartman comes the latest Movie about slavery and confederation. Free State of Jones focuses on a rebel nurse/blacksmith/fighter as he bands together with new-found friends to take down the Confederation Army.
Free State of Jones' script is a bit problematic as in an era of political correctness and increased sensitivity to issues of race, perhaps some may walk ...
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#REVIEW: “THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Screenwriter and director Rob Burnett graces Netflix with one of the most heartfelt and passionate, yet funny Movies I have seen all year, The Fundamentals of Caring. From start to finish, the Movie takes our two protagonists and essentially throws them through a wood chipper and lets them sort through the mess and rebuild themselves. The Movie takes such an approach to this task that there will be tears at points and also laughter and joy. The ...
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#REVIEW: “CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Central Intelligence is a PG-13 amusement ride for that summertime crowd at the Movies. It stars Kevin Hart as Calvin “The Golden Jet” Joyner. With special effects make-up Hart is turned into a high school hero destined for greatness. While accepting an award his senior year Calvin takes time out to save a fellow classmate from humiliation.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays the classmate, a socially inept obese kid with a big heart and ...
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#REVIEW: “RAIDERS! THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In the summer of 1982, 12-year-olds Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, Jayson Lamb and a group of their friends took on the herculean task of creating a shot-for-shot remake of Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. They filmed each summer for seven years, and filmed every scene except for the complicated action sequence involving a German war plane. Nearly two decades later, the group reunite as adults to Film the epic scene – but it will not be ...
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#REVIEW: “GENIUS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Writers are some of the most interesting people on the planet. But before a novel gets published it goes through the book editor. Those book editors are often forgot about when devouring a novel. But in the Film Genius it’s the book editor and his relationship with an author that’s centre stage.
The Film follows book editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, and his complex personal and ...
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#REVIEW: “FINDING DORY”
Some 13 years after its record-breaking success, FINDING DORY rises to the surface as the long-awaited followup to Finding Nemo. This time around the story centers on our beloved Tang fish Dory, whom after being separted from her parents in her youth, is on a mission to reunite with them. With the help of her father-son duo of pals Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence), they forge ahead on their journey, only to find themselves separted. Battling with her own forgetfulnes, time and ...
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#REVIEW: “THE CONJURING 2”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
No genre of Film is as beloved by its fans as Horror is. So its little wonder that following Furious 7, James Wan returns with The Conjuring 2. This Followup to the 2013 original reunites Wan with twin writers Chad & Carey Hayes (The Reaping). It also brings David Leslie Johnson (Orphan) nto the pack of penmen. Suffice it to say, this is a thrill ride that knows how to twist and turn.
As the story goes, in 1978 American spook sleuths Ed ...
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#REVIEW: “NOW YOU SEE ME 2”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Screenwriter Ed Solomon returns to the Now You See Me Sequel along with director Jon M. Chu to bring the audience a Movie that is incredibly-entertaining and filled with as much fun and excitement as its first installment. Now You See Me 2 has a similar plot point to the first Movie, except this time they’re a little more clear about who The Eye is and have to pull off an even more elaborate heist this time and welcome some new players to the ...
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#REVIEW: “WARCRAFT”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
If you have not had the opportunity to watch Moon or Source Code, stop reading and watch them immediately. Still here? Then you already know what an incredible talent Writer/Director Duncan Jones is and are excited to see whatever the son of the late David Bowie cooks up next. I never imagined it would be Warcraft, an adaptation of a once immensely popular PC game series. And having only a passing knowledge of the series, I was skeptical to say the ...
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#REVIEW: “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
When the Shredder (Brian Tee) is broken out of protective custody, it is up to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, journalist April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and their new ally Casey Jones (Stephen Amell) to thwart his evil plans. But what they do not know is that Shredder is working for an even greater threat: Krang (Brad Garrett), an inter-dimensional being hell-bent on world domination.
Where the 2014 reboot played out as semi-serious and dark, Teenage ...
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