#REVIEW: “ABOUT SCOUT”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
I had some trepidations before seeing ABOUT SCOUT, thinking “here we go again. Another road trip indie feature” a plot contrivance that I’ve seen just once too often. By the end of the Movie, I was happy to be invited for the ride.
Scout (played by India Ennenga, the daughter of the Movie’s writer and director Laurie Weltz) and Lulu (Onata Aprile) are sisters that live with their invalid great-great grandmother (Ellen Burstyn) after being ...
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#REVIEW: “BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
For years, Fans of superhero franchises have been awaiting a showdown between two of the Comicverse's greatest forces. That day finally has come with the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice under the direction of Zack Snyder. What the Fans get here however, is a pastiche of action sequences - albeit incredible - perhaps over-enhanced with CGI, versus a truly cohesive piece.
The Movie begins where off with 2013's Man of Steel ...
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#REVIEW: “MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” SEASON 2 PREVIEW BY NETFLIX CANADA
By Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Last year Netflix graced us with Drew Goddard’s Daredevil and fans everywhere cried tears of joy when we finally received an incredible Daredevil. After an exhilarating first season with numerous amazing sequences and intensity we all had to wait until March 2016 to see more of the devil of Hell’s Kitchen. However after watching the first episode of season 2 of Daredevil, the Show certainly picks-up from where it left and hits the ground running at an ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
When a disembodied voice welcomes you to the future and tells you “there’s nothing to worry about” most people would start to get suspicious. Tris Prior, however, is not most people. The Divergent Series: Allegiant marks Shailene Woodley’s penultimate return as Chicago’s dauntless heroine who, despite everything she has undergone over the course of two Movies, is just an average teenager who really wants a day off from all the ...
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#REVIEW: “KNIGHT OF CUPS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Picasso once said, “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” Such insight is revelatory when considering the work of Terrence Malick. You see, Malick’s work has always been fodder for misunderstanding, and his latest Film is no exception.
Similar to his previous pictures, Knight of Cups is a visually-driven adventure, a maze of imagery easy to get lost in. It’s led ...
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#REVIEW: “THE PROGRAM”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
I first took notice of Ben Foster when he was part of the ensemble on TV’s SIX FEET UNDER. Parlaying that initial positive audience exposure onto the big screen in memorable supporting roles in movies as 3:10 TO YUMA, THE MESSENGER and LONE SURVIVOR, his brooding good looks and electrifying intensity has always been magnetic. Oscar nominated director, Stephen Frears (PHILOMENA, THE QUEEN), has an amazing track record of bringing out the best in his ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BRONZE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
I make no excuses for my love of bawdy comedies as my own personal sense of humour tends to veer in that direction. I also confess to being a huge fan of THE BIG BANG THEORY. One particular episode, which revolved around a scavenger hunt, had Bernadette so riled up that despite the confines of commercial television which had her character mouth off in a PG fashion, you could see the f-bombs explode in her brain and etch themselves on her face. Melissa ...
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#REVIEW: “10 CLOVERFIELD LANE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
If you managed to see Transformers when it was released in the summer of 2007, chances are you saw the trailer for a movie where the Statue of Liberty gets decapitated by…something. There was no title; just a January release date and the seal of approval from TV wonder producer J.J. Abrams (back before he was decimating box office records). The Movie would eventually become known as Cloverfield, and the Found-Footage Thriller remains an enigmatic ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LITTLE PRINCE”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Children are born with an innocence and unending imagination that allows them to believe the world is theirs for the taking. It allows them to see a picture of a boa constrictor with an elephant in its stomach rather than a misshapen hat; and gives them the ability to dream of worlds bigger than themselves. It is adults, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry teaches us in The Little Prince, that take that imagination and destroy it in favour of pragmatism, ...
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#REVIEW: “LONDON HAS FALLEN”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
“Vengeance must always be profound and absolute.” This is the lesson that opens Babak Najafi’s Thriller, London Has Fallen, and sets the tone for the next 99 minutes of non-stop action. Set in a world where the bad guys could be anyone from a guard at Buckingham Palace to a first responder; and the threat of double agents taint every possible ally, London Has Fallen marks an unapologetic return to ‘80s-syle Action Movies.
The follow-up to ...
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