#SUNDANCE18: “I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
I Think We’re Alone Now takes place after the apocalypse and follows recluse Del (Peter Dinklage) who believes he was the only survivor, until fiery Grace (Elle Fanning) bursts into his hometown.
Director Reed Morano crafts a captivating and character driven atmospheric survival tale. Morano’s use of setting to introduce her characters personality adds gives a special touch to this beautiful story. Dinklage is great as the man whose happier to be ...
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#SPOTTED: Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler + Alek Skarlatos in Toronto for “THE 15:17 TO PARIS”
Iconic Clint Eastwood has centered much of his work of late on Non-Fiction and things that have affected the American conscience including 2016's Sully and 2014's American Sniper.
The 15:17 to Paris is unique in that stars the actual heroes who in 2015 who confronted a terrorist boarding a train to Paris in the Thalys Train Attack in which four people died after a terrorist opened fire aboard a train before being subdued by passengers.
Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos, three ...
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#SPOTTED: ANDRÉ ACIMAN IN TORONTO FOR “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME”
Hot off its four Oscar nominations today including Best Picture, Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name continues to be a fan favourite for many including ours, and we were fortunate to have it Premiere here at TIFF '17. Right in time for that important announcement Author and Professor André Aciman who wrote the Novel on which the Film is based, is in Toronto.
Appearing last night at a Book signing preceded by an In-Conversation-With at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Aciman did the rounds earlier ...
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#OSCARS: 2018 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced at 8:22 AM ET in Los Angeles with Andy Serkis and Tiffany Haddish filling hosting duties. Leading the way with 13 nominations is Guillermo del Toro's Toronto-made Romance-Fantasy The Shape of Water with 13 nominations including Best Picture, Directing, Lead Actress (Sally Hawkins), Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer), Original Screenplay and more.
Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which like The Shape of Water ...
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#SUNDANCE18: SUNDANCE 2018 – JANUARY 22, 2018 DAY FIVE RECAP
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
On day five at the Sundance Film Festival the weather cleared up and people flocked to the cinemas.
There were two major Premieres tonight. One was for Ophelia and the other Beirut. Ophelia follows the same storyline as the play Hamlet but told through the Ophelia’s perspective. It has a huge Cast consisting of Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, Tom Felton and George McKay. Beirut is about a U.S diplomat who is called back to Beirut by ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “BURDEN” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Burden is the true life story of Mike Burden (Garrett Hedlund) who opens a KKK Museum in South Carolina with fellow Klan members. When he falls in love with Judy (Andrea Riseborough) he makes the choice to leave the KKK and gets taken in by an African-American Reverend (Forest Whitaker).
What makes Burden a standout is that its told through the perspective of a previous Klan member. Writer-Director Andrew Heckler is unforgiving in his depiction of ...
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#SUNDANCE18: “SORRY TO BOTHER YOU” REVIEW
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Sorry To Bother You follows Telemarketer Cassius Green (Keith Stanfield) in an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California. When he finds the key to success he gets thrusted into a macabre universe. This Film is out-of-this-world greatness. Writer-Director Boots Riley crafts an ambitiously bonkers satire.
Sorry To Bother You is the most unique Film is years. The entire Ensemble Cast makes this outrageous Comedy set in a realistic world no ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: THE CAST OF “INCREDIBLES 2” SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISONS
It seems like everyone's doing these celebrity or artistic figure comparison photos of late but what happens when you compare the actual voice actors of upcoming INCREDIBLES 2 with their animated characters?
You'll see! For fun, DISNEY•PIXAR did these side-by-sides of their talent.
HELEN PARR (voice of Holly Hunter), known in the Superworld as Elastigirl, hung up her Supersuit to raise the family with husband Bob, leaving their crime-fighting days behind them. But when she’s tapped to ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “EARLY MAN”
eOne Films x Mr. Will want to give our young Readers a chance to see EARLY MAN! Advance Screenings take place Saturday, February 10, 2018 in the followig cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax. Passes will be rewarded in packs of four only.
Synopsis:
This animated comedy is set during prehistoric times, when creatures such as woolly mammoths roamed the earth. Neanderthal Dug (Eddie Redmayne) and his sidekick Hognob unite his tribe against a mighty ...
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#SUNDANCE18: SUNDANCE 2018 – JANUARY 21, 2018 DAY FOUR RECAP
It's day four of the Sundance Film Festival and we are in full flight!
There were many Premieres once again tonight in Park City. I Think We're Alone Now takes place during an apocalypse where a recluse feels the threat of companionship when finding out there is a second survivor. It stars Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning. BLAZE is the reimagining of the life of Blaze Foley who was the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music Movement. It is written and directed by Ethan Hawke and ...
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