#REVIEW: “THE NICE GUYS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The original Lethal Weapon starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover was released the year I was born. While this makes me feel ancient (especially with that new Fox series remake on the way this fall), it also strikes me as absolutely criminal that the Film’s writer, Shane Black, has only had middling success ever since. The once hot young talent rocked the 1990s, before blasting off again with his directorial debut Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang in 2005 – ...
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#REVIEW: “THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Directing duo Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly team-up with screenwriter Jon Vitti to bring to the big screen one of the most popular mobile games in recent memory, Angry Birds. When first announced that there was going to be an Angry Birds Movie, there was a mixed reaction because the fandom behind the birds and pigs has fizzled a bit since becoming a worldwide phenomenon and the idea behind a 90 minute Movie with a cohesive story behind it seemed ...
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#REVIEW: “MONEY MONSTER”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Lee Gates (George Clooney) is the egotistical host of Money Monster, a wildly-audacious financial news show (think Mad Money, but with more of a taste for the theatrical). As senior producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts) and the crew settle-in for the show, they are interrupted by a gunman named Kyle (Jack O’Connell). He takes Gates hostage on live television, forces him to wear a bomb vest and then begins demanding answers about an investment that ...
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#REVIEW: “A BIGGER SPLASH”
After making big waves in Venice last fall, A Bigger Splash is set to do exactly as its name suggests. Provocative, daring and sexy, it is impossible not to be swept away into the tangled web that is the world of our four central characters in this re-teaming of Director Luca Guadagnino and his muse Tilda Swinton. You might’ve been mesmerized by their pairing in 2009's I Am Love? Think - just as juicy and scandalous, with a dark twist of suspense.
Rock icon Marianne (Swinton) and her ...
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#REVIEW: “THE MEDDLER”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
When Lorene Scafaria’s The Meddler was set to premiere at TIFF I joked to anyone who would listen that it was a Biopic about my mother. Months later when I finally saw the Movie in preparation for this review, I told my mother I was seeing a Movie about her. Ten minutes after the lights went down I was shaking my head and laughing because I realized that The Meddler is less about my own sanity challenged mother and more about everybody’s crazy ...
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#REVIEW: “HOW TO PLAN AN ORGY IN A SMALL TOWN”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Big city sex columnist Cassie Cranston (Jewel Staite) was ostracized and labeled the town slut after embarrassing herself at a house party. Years later, she returns to her small town for her mother’s funeral much to the chagrin of the town’s citizens. But her reappearance helps the residents decide to really shake things up: by asking her to help plan an orgy.
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town might be a long title, but that only helps add ...
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#REVIEW: “CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After many innocent civilians are killed in a botched mission, the United Nations decide it is time to create a governing body for the Avengers. Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) sides with the government, while Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) believes the Avengers should remain interference free. And when the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) sets off an international incident, the consequences ripple throughout the entire ...
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#REVIEW: “KEANU”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Keegan & Peele are two of the funniest voices in contemporary comedy. Their off-beat brand of black humor is perfectly portrayed in their latest pet project, Keanu. Its story goes a little something like this: Rell (Jordan Peele) is broken-hearted and hopeless until a curious little kitty comes scratching at his door. He names the cat Keanu. Quickly thereafter a band of thugs take Keanu while Rell is out with his cousin Clarence, ...
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#REVIEW: “MOTHER’S DAY”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Mother’s Day is approaching us (May 8th) and what better way to celebrate mom this year than bringing her to a Movie directed by comedy icon Garry Marshall?
Mother’s Day however despite its star-studded appeal, lacks character development amidst the multitude of running story lines. If it weren't for some great performances from its Oscar caliber cast, the experience would be unsalvagable.
Mother’s Day focuses on six different characters ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BENEFACTOR”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Newly married and recently pregnant couple Olivia (Dakota Fanning) and Luke (Theo James of the Divergent series) are looking for help, and find it in her parents’ philanthropist friend Franny (Richard Gere). He does not ask anything for his assistance at first, but slowly begins meddling and weeding his way into their lives in the hope of reliving past glories while ignoring his current situation.
While it starts intriguingly enough, The Benefactor ...
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