#REVIEW: “DON’T BREATHE 2”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Years after the events of 2016’s Don’t Breathe, we catch up with The Blind Man (Stephen Lang) hiding in an isolated cabin with young girl Phoenix (Madelyn Grace). He has been raising and training her as his own ever since finding her left for dead after a house fire. When a group of men comes to kidnap Phoenix, The Blind Man must do what he has to in order to save her.
Yes, you read that correctly – the villainous Blind Man has turned a new leaf ...
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#REVIEW: “ANTLERS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Director Scott Cooper teams-up with Producer Guillermo del Toro to make a strong entry to the Monster genre.
Julia (Keri Russell) returns to her small Oregon town moving into her childhood home with her brother, local sheriff Paul (Jesse Plemons). While teaching at the local school she notices young student Lucas (Jeremy T. Thomas) is showing signs of abuse. As a prior child of abuse herself, she watches out for Lucas. However, she soon finds out ...
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#REVIEW: “THE HARDER THEY FALL”
By Mr. Will Wong
Jeymes Samuel (who happens to be Singer-Songwriter Seal's brother), makes his a stunning directorial debut in THE HARDER THEY FALL, a slickly-stylized Western Action-Character Drama full of swagger and confidence.
The Film centers on Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) whom as a young boy sees his parents killed and his face disfigured after his father's rival gang arrive at their home with an agenda to kill. He devotes his life to exacting revenge against this gang, led by Rufus ...
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#REVIEW: “DUNE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is heir to the throne of House Atreides, currently led by his father Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), who has just been given control of the planet Arrakis and its valuable spice operations. While Paul continues to have prophetic visions involving a young woman named Chani (Zendaya) and her Indigenous Fremen people, the competing House Harkonnen sets out to destroy House Atreides and gain control of spice for ...
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#REVIEW: “THE FRENCH DISPATCH”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
With The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson proves once again: it IS in fact possible to be even more Wes Andersony. Even more absurdly dry, niche, visually exacting, you name it! He's got MORE of it. The Anthology film is composed of three medium-sized helpings bookended by a smaller entrée and a tiny dessert. Like most latter Wes Andersons, for better and worse, it is a labyrinth of whimsy more intricate and insane than any cuckoo clock.
Inevitably, ...
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#REVIEW: “HALLOWEEN KILLS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) believes she has burned Michael Myers (Nick Castle/James Jude Courtney) alive, effectively ending his decades-long reign of terror. She is taken to hospital to have her battle wounds treated, while the fire department attempts to put out the fire at her compound. Unbeknownst to them however, Myers is alive and ready to kill anything that stands in his way.
I absolutely adored Co-Writer/Director David Gordon Green’s ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LAST DUEL”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Last Duel is an energized medieval battle and a thought-provoking drama about the true story of Lady Marguerite (Jodie Comer), who was married off to knight Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon). One day, her husband’s friend Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), a squire in court, viciously rapes her. When she accuses her attacker, Carrouges brings it to the attention of King Henry VI (Alex Lawther). The King calls for a trial by combat. The duel to the ...
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#REVIEW: “MASS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Whereas I don’t have a favourite movie genre, those who read my reviews can ascertain that I tend to gravitate towards films that are adaptations of works that were originally created for live theatre. Due to stage limitations, every word used must be crafted in such a way to provide exposition, convey emotions, and advance the storyline with precision. Anyone adapting something with theatrical roots for the silver screen has the additional pressure ...
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#REVIEW: “LAMB”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Valdimar Jóhannsson’s unique first Feature is a disquieting Supernatural Horror and harrowing Domestic Drama. Childless couple, María (Noomi Rapace) and Pétur (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) spend their days tending to their rural farm in Iceland. One day, the couple witness the birth of a mysterious newborn in their sheep barn and decide to raise it as their own. It marks a new era of hope for the couple, but sinister forces threaten to take the ...
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#REVIEW: “THE RESCUE”
Review by Nicholas Porteous for Mr. Will Wong
The Rescue, which just premiered at TIFF '21, cuts deep. It's the stunning Documentary account of a Thai soccer team trapped in an underwater cave, and the group of over 5,000 workers who endeavoured to bring them out of the depths in a life-or-death, one-of-a-kind mission that most experts considered impossible right up to its final seconds. Directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi--fresh off Free Solo, their previous Documentary about ...
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