#SUNDANCE18: “LIZZIE” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Lizzie takes place six months leading up to the murder of Lizzie Borden’s father and step-mother. It follows the relationship between Borden (Chloë Sevigny) and the Irish housemaid Bridget Sullivan (Kristen Stewart), who lived in the Borden house during that time.
Writer Bryce Kass based the Film off a theory of what happened in the Borden house the day of the murders, August 4 1892. And Director Craig William Macneill creates the period and ...
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#SPOTTED: PAKHO CHAU IN TORONTO FOR THE CUA SPRING GALA
Hong Kong Singer/Actor/Model Pakho Chau is back in Toronto after having visited six years back when he was just an emerging name.
Considered now a megastar back in Asia where he is known equally as an Actor and a Recording Artist, Chau brings his One Step Closer Tour to Toronto as part of the annual CUA Spring Gala taking place Saturday at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Fashion Entrepreneur has the distinction of over 80 million Music Video views on YouTube, making him the ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “EVERY DAY”
Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to take Readers to see Toronto-made EVERY DAY! The Film screens Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in the following cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Halifax and Ottawa.
Synopsis:
Based on David Levithan’s acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Every Day tells the story of Rhiannon, a 16 year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious soul named “A” who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Miseducation of Cameron Post is set in 1993 and follows Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) who is caught on prom night in the back seat of a car kissing another girl. When her legal guardians find out they send her to a gay conversion therapy camp.
The Film is a beautiful Coming-of-Age story set in an ugly world. Writer-Director Desiree Akhavan crafts a heartbreaking and heartwarming story of accepting who you are no matter the odds stacked against ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “PIERCING” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Piercing is an unconventional love story that follows Reed (Christopher Abbott) who leaves his wife and newborn at home to kill a seemingly unsuspecting prostitute, Jackie (Mia Wasikowska). But she has plans of her own.
Writer-Director Nicolas Pesce creates an outrageously-stylish, twisted romance. Adapted from the Novel of the same name by Ryu Murakami, the characters have dozens of layer that peel away throughout. And the two leads relish in those ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “DAMSEL” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Damsel follows Samuel (Robert Pattinson) who goes on a journey to marry his love, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska). The pair are reunited after success in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars. But when their venture takes an unsuspected turn, lines become blurred between who the villain, hero and damsel are.
Writer-Director brother duo David and Nathan Zellner craft a beautifully-shot deadpan Comedy-Western. They divert from typical Western fare to create ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “LOVE, SIMON” TO PREMIERE AT TIFF’S NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL
Premiering at TIFF's NEXT WAVE Film Festival next month, LOVE, SIMON is setting Twitter on-fire we are told. Check out the Trailer for the Coming-of-Age story starring up-and-comer Nick Robinson. We're getting total The Edge of Seventeen vibes.
Synopsis:
Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR NETFLIX’S “SEVEN SECONDS”
How long does it take to bury the truth?
We love Regina King and this is exactly the type of role we've been waiting to see her in. SEVEN SECONDS looks absolutely gripping and you must see this new Trailer for the Netflix Original Series.
Synopsis:
In an instant, life is forever changed for Brenton Butler and his family. After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a northeastern city explodes with racial tensions, an attempted cover up and its aftermath, and ...
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#SUNDANCE: “NIGHT COMES ON” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Night Comes On follows Angel (Dominique Fishback) and her 10-year-old sister Abby (Tatum Marilyn Hall) who are apart of the foster care system. When Angel gets released from a juvenile detention centre on the eve of her 18th birthday, she goes on a journey with Abby that could ruin both of their futures.
In Writer-Director Jordana Spiro’s first Feature Film she crafts an honest depiction of the troubles children in foster care go through. Both when ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “THE HAPPY PRINCE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Happy Prince takes place in the final days of Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett) as he looks back on his failures.
Actor-Writer-Director Rupert Everett crafts an intriguing portrait of a dying man. He focuses on the years Wilde shared with his lover Bosie (Colin Morgan) and the events that circled around the relationship, creating the period in which Wilde lived but also the tragic events he lived through. Everett has devoted much of his craft to Wilde ...
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