#REVIEW: “MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
On the mythical planet of Eternia, Adam–a young prince–struggles to become a warrior just as his kingdom is crushed by Skeletor (Jared Leto)–an angry guy with a skull for a face. Teleported to Earth–his magical sword lost–Adam grows into a huge man (Nicholas Galitzine) and tries to make it in corporate America before he’s summoned back to undo the cackling skeleton man. The premise sounds pretty stupid (and it is!) but Masters of ...
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#REVIEW: “SPIDER-NOIR”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
New York City, circa 1930s. The Great Depression is taking its toll, Prohibition rages on and Ben Reilly (the immortal Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage) is a down-on-his-luck private detective scraping by as best as he can. He was once the city’s superhero, The Spider; sadly, those days are long behind him. But after an arsonist botches an assassination attempt on local mob kingpin Silvermane (Brendan Gleeson), Reilly just might have to dust off his old ...
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#REVIEW: “STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Remember in 2019 all the way to 2023? When if you were online when you woke-up on Fridays, you’d get up at 3AM ET, turn-on Disney+ and watch the newest episode of the Bounty Hunter and little green dude you just couldn’t help but love?
It was called The Mandalorian and the green Yoda-like creature is Grogu, and somehow they stole our hearts and even when it overstayed its welcome, we watched it anyways religiously. Regardless though, in what ...
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#REVIEW: “I LOVE BOOSTERS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Boots Riley continues to make impactful conversation pieces. His 2018 film Sorry to Bother You and series I’m A Virgo (2023) are the work of a master. His newest feature, as Riley himself has said, is his best work. And it is hard to argue with him. The story he tells here in I LOVE BOOSTERS with the Ensemble he’s assembled along with his signature style in direction, truly takes the audience on a thrilling ride with fearless The Velvet Gang.
I ...
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#REVIEW: “OBSESSION”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Be careful what you wish for.
That’s the blaring warning of Filmmaker Curry Barker’s exceptional horror feature Obsession. It follows timid Bear (Michael Johnson), a lovesick introvert, who’s silently pining after his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette). Bear’s shyness get’s the best of him, leaving him paralyzed to confess his true feelings. Instead, he makes an irreversible wish and breaks the mysterious “One Wish Willow” toy ...
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#REVIEW: “MORTAL KOMBAT II”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Most of the Earthrealm champions have been chosen and are prepared to fight the champions of Outworld in the tournament called Mortal Kombat. The only holdout is Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), a washed up action star from the 90s who would rather be anything than a potential saviour of Earth. But they are going to need him if they want any chance of defeating the tyrannical Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), who will do anything to win.
If any of the words in that ...
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#REVIEW: “BILLIE EILISH – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D)”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
I want to start this review by saying I am a fan of Billie Eilish, I had tickets to Happier than Ever before Covid cancelled the show, then I finally got to see her on the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour – and it was incredible. The performance she puts on is nothing short of remarkable, and the energy she outputs is infectious. So, to say I was looking forward to her working along side visionary James Cameron in a Co-Director capacity for the concert ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA”
By Mr. Will Wong
A lot has changed in 20 years. The grandeur of print media is an era of the past and the focus has become metrics and views, while budgets continue to diminish and the values of integrity and artistry fade more and more into the background. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is a reminder how far we've come since 2006, yet also how the grind continues as the landscape continues to change in how we access information.
We reunite with Andy (Anne Hathaway), who is in the market for a job ...
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#REVIEW: “MICHAEL”
By Mr. Will Wong
We know what we know about King of Pop, Michael Jackson, in the public eye. What Director Antoine Fuqua does well in MICHAEL, thanks to an astounding breakthrough performance from our lead Jaafar Jackson, is humanize this legend, really getting to the heart of the story at a very exciting turning point in his life.
We meet Michael Jackson at the start of this Biopic just as he's embarking on his BAD Tour, but getting there was the perhaps the icon's biggest challenge to ...
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#REVIEW: “MOTHER MARY”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
David Lowery, the mind behind a remarkably diverse body of work that includes The Green Knight, Pete's Dragon, Peter Pan & Wendy, and A Ghost Story proclaims his latest, Mother Mary, "...is not a ghost story" right there in the tagline. I'm genuinely unsure if he's in denial. But let's back up. Mother Mary is the tale of the titular pop star (Anne Hathaway), Sam (Michaela Coel)--her former collaborator? Friend? Lover? All of the ...
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