#REVIEW: “THE DRAMA”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Is love truly unconditional? What if you learned the worst thing your partner ever did? Would you still love them? Writer-Director Kristoffer Borgli takes these questions and delivers a daring film that forces audiences to self-reflect. Those familiar with the Norwegian Filmmaker know Borgli enjoys tackling dark topics with pitch-black comedy. The Drama is no different.
Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) are a happily engaged ...
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#REVIEW: “THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
In 2023, The Super Mario Bros. Movie brought Nintendo's beloved world of pipes, plumbers, and random moving platforms into theatres. Illumination assembled an A-list celebrity Voice Cast, the finest CG render farms, and crammed in as much Nintendo imagery as 93 minutes could possibly allow. They built an army of classic Mario enemies, Mario Karts, power-ups, plumbing, parkour, parkour, parkour! The only thing missing from The Super Mario Bros. ...
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#REVIEW: “PROJECT HAIL MARY”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
The shaggiest Ryan Gosling of all time, wakes up on a giant spaceship, light years from home. The rest of his small crew is dead and he has amnesia, but it's not long before he remembers the premise of his mission--save all of humanity from a seemingly unstoppable alien bacteria that is gradually dimming the sun, and dooming Earth. How does one stop it exactly? No idea! But perhaps his new alien friend Rocky will have some suggestions. This is the ...
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#REVIEW: “READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
The duo of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, better known as Radio Silence are back with the sequel to their deadly game of cat and mouse with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come! The Film accomplishes a very rare and difficult feat – improves on the original and makes a sequel that surpasses on every level of entertainment. While Ready or Not didn’t need a sequel, audiences will be delighted that it exists, flourish in the bloody soaked ...
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#REVIEW: UNDERTONE
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Canadian Horror undertone discovers a new way to terrify.
Paranormal Podcast host Evy (Nina Kiri) has moved back home to care for her ailing Mother. To record the Podcast, she stays up until 3 am to be in the same time zone as her co-host, Justin (Adam DiMarco). The two get sent mysterious audio recordings of a pregnant couple’s paranormal encounter. With each tape, Evy discovers their story might parallel hers.
The Paranormal Horror ...
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#REVIEW: “REMINDERS OF HIM”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
If you’ve ever seen a Colleen Hoover adaptation (Regretting You, It Ends With Us) or a Nichoals Sparks adaptation, you have a general idea what to expect. This is not to discredit the movies in any way, or the source material, but they’re typically focused on some form of heartbreak between a couple that ends tragically. It’s a genre that you need to enjoy truly to get some form of enjoyment out of any of them. If this is your thing, then ...
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#REVIEW: “WAR MACHINE”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The latest from Patrick Hughes follows a group of US Army Rangers during the last stage of their selection. The elite team gets sent into the mountains of Colorado to complete their final training exercise. However, it turns into a fight for survival against a threat they could’ve never imagined.
War Machine begins as a standard story of war training. Soldier 81 (Alan Ritchson) goes into the Ranger program to finish the dream his ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BRIDE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Actor-turned-Filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal has shown great ability and promise as seen in The Lost Daughter. She is back at it again with The Bride. Let's start with the positives. Her direction and the quality of Cast are unmatched, and the Cinematography by Lawrence Sher is breathtaking. The Script however is a bit of a fever dream and that missing ingredient here. We can't help but feel this sublime Cast deserved so much more. The Bride is an ...
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#REVIEW: “HOPPERS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
In his directorial debut, Daniel Chong along with Screenwriter Jesse Andrews, help Pixar reclaim their glory as Hoppers is hilariously heartfelt, grounded, and damn near perfect.
Hoppers focuses on 19-year-old Mabel (Piper Curda) who is an activist and animal rights fighter, while she navigates her life in university, losing her grandma Tanaka (Karen Huie) a few years prior, and fighting ‘evil’ mayor Jerry Generazzo (Jon Hamm). Mabel and her ...
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#REVIEW: “SCREAM 7”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The seventh instalment of the Franchise follows Sidney, who now lives in a small town in Indiana. She lives with her husband Mark (Joel McHale) and daughter Tatum (Isabel May). Her darkest fears become realized when Ghostface begins targeting her daughter and her group of friends. Thus, forcing Sidney must once again face off with the masked killer to protect everything she holds dear. This character progression of survivor to protective and ...
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