#REVIEW: “SNOWPIERCER”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Joon-Ho Bong’s new Movie Snowpiercer is one of the best futuristic dystopian Science Fiction Films ranking alongside Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and The Wachowskis' The Matrix. It is a magnificent addition to cinema because it truly brings back the ideals of story-telling within an Action Film instead of having gratuitous violence with a subplot. The Film is in a way minimalist but carries itself as something so much larger that it truly ...
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#REVIEW: “DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The 2014 Summer Blockbuster season has been underwhelming to say the least. There have been a few enjoyable blips along the way, but even those better films have managed to be either deeply flawed or ultimately forgettable. But I had high hopes for another Blockbuster on the horizon: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
And apparently Director Matt Reeves heard my cries for help, because he may have delivered what is easily the best Film of the Summer thus ...
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#REVIEW: “BEGIN AGAIN”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director John Carney comes back to Audiences’ hearts with his newest Feature Begin Again. Similar to his previous instalment Once, the beloved Musical, Carney focuses on a struggling Record Label Executive. He is under the gun  to find hot new talent  with the imminent threat of losing his job. This touching Film will has that something special which  resonates, crossing-over between Musicians and  avid Filmgoers. The only thing that ...
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#REVIEW: “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
With the loss of their masked Avengers, some thought Paramount Studios would struggle as a result. But truth be told their success wore a different disguise, that of malleable aliens with an affection for General Motors, Transformers.
The triumvirate responsible for these Transformers are Paramount (as mentioned above), Hasbro (the Company that co-founded the Franchise), and the master of slow motion, Michael Bay. For the last seven years, laurels ...
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#REVIEW: “JERSEY BOYS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Jersey Boys began as an attempt to repurpose Bob Gaudio’s Music into a Broadway Musical. But what was originally imagined as an exciting new Narrative backed by Bob’s songs soon became something else entirely. Something based on a True Story, the Story of the Four Seasons.
Its arrival in Toronto marked the rise of the now-defunct Dancap Productions, Mirvish’s only contemporary Competitor. The City loved the Jersey import, and thanks to Clint ...
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#REVIEW: “THE ROVER”
After wowing the world of Cinema with 2010's Oscar-nominated Animal Kingdom, Australian Director/Writer David Michôd returns with confident Dystopian Drama, The Rover.  Once again exploring themes of Brotherhood and betrayal within the Family, he brings out the big guns  in a high-profile pair of Actors at the forefront, Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.  Michôd and Actor Joel Edgerton - who co-wrote the story - tell a grim post-Apocalyptic Tale of survival following an economic ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DOUBLE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
I have seen Richard Ayoade’s The Double twice now – once during TIFF last September, and now this week nine months later. And while it is technically outstanding, I still have no idea what the hell he is trying to say.
Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) is a bit of a Loser. He is outspoken and ignored at his job, his Mother barely recognizes him, and he can barely talk to his crush, Copy Girl Hannah (Mia Wasikowska). He lives across the street from ...
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#REVIEW: “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
I saw the original How to Train Your Dragon on a whim in spring 2010, going weeks after it opened strictly on word of mouth. The Trailers did not do much for me, so I had very little expectations going in. But instead of being yet another disappointing entry in the Dreamworks Animation canon, the Film actually turned out to be pretty spectacular. The story of a boy and his pet was everything you could want in a Film and the rare exception where 3D is ...
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#REVIEW: “THE IMMIGRANT”
Separated by misfortune and reunited by determination, The Immigrant is a remarkable Tale of two Catholic Polish Sisters, Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and Magda (Angela Sarafyan). Upon arriving in America seeking a new life with the help of their Family, we witness Ewa's impoverished and grueling journey which sees her forced into a life of prostitution, separated from her ailing Sister who is quarantined for Lung Disease. Along the way, Ewa is cared for by the volatile Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix). ...
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#REVIEW: “THE FAULT IN OUR STARS”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
When taking a beloved Young Adult Book, the Adaptation has to be pretty damn spot on to not create fan outcry and disappointment on a transition to screen. Thankfully with The Fault in Our Stars the two Writers, Scott Neustandter and Michael H. Weber brought John Green’s Book to life, well at least according to Green himself. This of course does help when they wrote the brilliant 500 Days of Summer and The Spectacular Now. The best way to ...
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