#REVIEW: “IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
In Canada we tend to hold our exalted heroes to a higher standard: their greatness must be maintained and never tainted with the mediocrity we accept from lesser mortals. In recent years Quebec’s Xavier Dolan has been hailed as a new archetype of Film Deity at whose altar Cinephiles worship and with offerings of praise and critical acclaim. Thus in May when word from Cannes suggested his latest Film, It’s Only the End of the World, was less than ...
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#REVIEW: “STORKS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Despite coming into this with few expectations, I for one think Storks is a ton of fun with some great voice work, hitting the mark precisely for its target family audience in time to beat those back-to-school blues.
The Movie starts off with an introduction to storks and what they do, or in this case used to do. They were a baby delivering system until one day something went terribly wrong and a stork fell in love with a baby, Tulip (Katie ...
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#REVIEW: “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The Magnificent Seven rides into theatres this weekend just a few short weeks after its World Premiere in the Opening Night slot of TIFF. The remake of a remake follows seven outlaws in the latter-half of the 1800s aiming to protect a small town from encroaching thieves, led by the villainous Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), hell-bent on taking over the town and the local coal mine for themselves.
Much like the original incarnations of this story, ...
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#REVIEW: “BRIDGET JONES’S BABY”
In one of those rare occasions, the Sequel outdoes even its predecessor in BRIDGET JONES'S BABY! And to think, some of us didn't think a third Film was necessary! V. early into this third instalment, you'll remember right away how much we've missed our favourite fumbling heroine, reprised with great tenacity by a long-absent Renée Zellweger.
Although we are led to believe after second instalment The Edge of Reason, that Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and Bridget Jones were to walk into the sunset ...
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#REVIEW: “SNOWDEN”
Translating any story about the internet comes at a great handicap as what normally would be communicated through action, must be compensated through careful storytelling and the describing of process. How do you make a story about the process behind the leaking of documents one that engages and rivets? Oliver Stone does just this, delivering perhaps his greatest work in quite some time in Snowden.
The story still fresh on our minds, he gets deep into the psyche of whistleblower/traitor ...
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#REVIEW: “SULLY”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Both Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks are masters of their crafts, but there is something about new Feature Sully that just felt like it didn’t need to be told or perhaps not so soon. Seven years ago United Airlines Flight 1549 had to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River and miraculously all 155 souls survived. That makes for a pretty riveting story, but when that is the entire story, a full-length Feature almost seems redundant. The Film ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
A prevalent theme with many Films this summer is the risks and heartbreaking choices people make in the name of love. Based on the book by M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans demands its characters learn the expansive power of love even at the cost of their own happiness.
When Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) returns home after the Great War, he is shattered after four long years of service. He decides to become the lighthouse keeper on Janus ...
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#REVIEW: “THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
If Louis Drax was a cat, he would have used up his nine lives. A self-described “amazing, accident prone boy” he has survived poisoning, electrocution, and enough broken bones to raise eyebrows at any good Emergency Room. Concerned people finally rally when he ends up in a coma after falling from a cliff on the afternoon of ninth birthday. Trapped in a world just beyond wakefulness, the young narrator draws the audience into The 9th Life of Louis ...
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#REVIEW: “A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Whereas there are moments to admire in Natalie Portman’s directorial and screenwriting feature Film debut with A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, the Oscar-winning actress may have bitten off more than she can chew. Every now and again, a Movie’s title encapsulates everything on screen succinctly. Adapted from an acclaimed Israeli autobiographical novel and set in British occupied Jerusalem 1945, the Movie opens with an abundance of love; especially that ...
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#REVIEW: “DON’T BREATHE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Three small time thieves in urban Detroit steal from the rich for quick cash. They only take small items and never take money. But when the group stumble on news that there is a wealthy Blind Man (played by Avatar’s dastardly Stephen Lang) living in an otherwise abandoned neighbourhood, they decide to make an exception. But what should be an easy heist turns into a much deadlier situation when the Blind Man fights back.
No word of a lie, Don’t ...
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