#REVIEW: “PAPER TOWNS”

Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong Everything has changed and nothing has changed. One of the oldest stories ever written is about a boy who goes off to become a man. Nearly three thousand years later we are still charmed by it. This is the beauty of narrative, it can be threaded through time, time and time again. Paper Towns is the Story about a boy who goes off to become a man. His name is Quentin “Q” Jacobson, and he is played by Nat Wolff. Quentin acts as Narrator and ... Read more

#REVIEW: “PIXELS”

Let's be transparent. Adam Sandler's recent body of work has left much to be desired, but beneath the misfires remains an inkling of hope that he could regain that fine form that had us at his comedic mercy in a stretch that began in the '90s. People still love Adam Sandler and if a multi-film deal with a certain internet streaming service isn't proof enough, let Pixels be your evidence that Sandler perhaps has been forgiven for the universal panning of That's My Boy and Jack & Jill. Oh ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SOUTHPAW”

Training Day Director Antoine Fuqua has managed to make a Film about Boxing which somehow speaks eloquently both to Women and Men.  Make no mistake though -  this isn't exclusively about Sport, it's actually much, much more than that. SOUTHPAW has an incredible amount of buzz surrounding it and for a start Fuqua got the casting right.  Although the numbers don't reflect it, Jake Gyllenhaal appears to have hit a sweet spot in his career which has seen a remarkable depth and quality ... Read more

#REVIEW: “TRAINWRECK”

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong In 2005, Judd Apatow unspooled The 40-Year-Old Virgin and instantly became the go-to Comedy Mastermind. And while his Cast has had unparalleled success since, Apatow’s features as a Writer/Director have not. So for his fifth Feature, he decided to stay behind the camera and let someone else write the Story. And when that someone happens to be Comedic Goddess Amy Schumer, all bets are off. Amy (Schumer) is a writer for a low-brow men’s magazine, ... Read more

#REVIEW: “ANT-MAN”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong Last May when Edgar Wright announced he no longer would be directing the hotly-anticipated adaptation of Ant-Man, a cloud of uncertainty clouded the Project... despite production having not yet begun. However Peyton Reed manages to do what most people thought was impossible, and that is making this Film another successful entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As far as first installments go, Ant-Man is right up there with what started the Marvel ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SELF/LESS”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong From Director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, Mirror Mirror) comes his seventh Film Self/Less, which begins in promising form, but unfortunately finishes a bit too predictably. Screenwriting Brothers Alex & David Pastor have attempted to bring us an interesting supernatural Story, but it too often gets bogged-down in discussion of morality that make this intriguing body-swapping Thriller less compelling. Self/Less focuses on Damian (Ben Kingsley) ... Read more

#REVIEW: “BIG GAME”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong Writer/Director Jalmari Helander brings his latest, an Finnish/English Movie in BIG GAME, to the big screen and it translates to some big fun!  It is endlessly-entertaining from start to finish, with plenty of over-the-top action sequences which we can't get enough of. Big Game focuses on of-age Oskari (Onni Tommila) as he is tasked with the responsibility from his father and village to go into the woods and bring back a trophy kill. However, ... Read more

#REVIEW: “MINIONS”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin team-up to co-direct the newest animated feature from Illumination Studios, those adorable Twinkie-esque beings we love from Despicable Me, the Minions. Sometimes Spinoffs work with beloved characters, and other times they are disastrous. Both thankfully and fortunately, this Spinoff does not fall into either. It is hilarious, but panders to the youngest of children that leaves the Audience mostly, leaving us older ... Read more

#REVIEW: “MAGIC MIKE XXL”

Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong They’re back! The uber-hunks with the rock-hard, washboard abs so defined you could grate Parmesan cheese on reunite on screen in MAGIC MIKE XXL, the sequel to the wildly successful and entertaining 2012 hit about the lives, loves and dreams of a bunch of ridiculously handsome working class guys who make a living as male strippers. While the original Movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh, was loosely based on Channing Tatum’s experience as an exotic ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SUITE FRANÇAISE”

Inspired by the acclaimed, post-humously-released Novel by War Prisoner Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française is set in a Nazi-occupied France during WWII. Nazi soldiers are assigned to billets, hosted by reluctant French Villagers. We meet Lucille (Michelle Williams) and her Mother-in-Law Madame Angellier (Kristin Scott Thomas) as Husband and Son to both respectively, is sent-off to war. Tension grows thick as a Nazi Lieutenant named Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts) enters the picture, assigned ... Read more