#FIRSTLOOK: “LOVE SARAH”
By Mr. Will Wong
Eliza Schroeder makes her feature directorial debut in LOVE SARAH and if you love sweets and light-hearted Romance, this is for you.
The Film centers a young woman named Clarissa (Shannon Tarbet) who loses her mother Sarah prematurely. Just before her death, her mother was just about to launch a bakery in Notting Hill with her best friend Isabella (Shelley Conn). Clarissa convinces her grandmother Mimi (Celia Imrie) to join together with Isabella in hopes of continuing her ...
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#REVIEW: “PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN”
By Mr. Will Wong
Actress Emerald Fennell makes her directorial debut in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, which made a huge splash at Sundance. While the Pandemic has continued to delay its release, it proves well worth the wait as it arrives on-demand just as we get into the thick of awards season. And a contender this is.
The twisty Black Comedy centers on Cassie (Carey Mulligan), a young woman whom after some time in med school, drops-out after experiencing some trauma, resulting in the loss of her ...
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#REVIEW: “WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
During his senior year, Adam (Charlie Plummer) has an incident at school which leads to him be expelled and diagnosed with Schizophrenia. With limited school choices, his mother Beth (Molly Parker) enrols her faith-questioning son into a Catholic school. It’s there that Adam makes the choice to keep his illness a secret. However, his walls begin coming down when he falls for Maya (Taylor Russell).
Depicting any mental illness on screen is a ...
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#REVIEW: “NEWS OF THE WORLD”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Civil War veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) spends his days going to towns across the southern US reading the world’s news to residents. Along his travels, he encounters Johanna (Helena Zengel), a young girl who was taken and raised by the native Kiowa people. She has no caregiver, so the law says she needs to be brought to her biological aunt and uncle. With no one available to take her, Kidd volunteers for the journey – but it will ...
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#REVIEW: “THE WITCHES”
By Mr. Will Wong
While Nicolas Roeg's 1990 take on Roald Dahl's The Witches remains a Classic loved dearly by many, that is not to say that Robert Zemeckis' update penned with the help of Guillermo del Toro and Kenya Barris, isn't without its own merits. Did we mention also that Alfonso Cuarón had a had in producing as well? We for one found it actually delightful in spots.
The Film centers on a boy named Hero (voiced by Chris Rock as an adult and Jahzir Kadeem Bruno as a child), who is ...
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#REVIEW: “WILD MOUNTAIN THYME”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Years ago, on a flight heading to Central Europe, my plane had to refuel in Cork, Ireland. I was overwhelmed by the beauty and lushness of the countryside from miles above and I was thrilled to relive those feelings of awe when WILD MOUNTAIN THYME opens with scenes from what has to be one of this planet’s most stunning vistas. When you add the pulchritude of Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan to this equation and its pedigree of Oscar and Emmy recipients, ...
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#REVIEW: “SOUL”
By Mr. Will Wong
Disney•Pixar have done it AGAIN. Peter Docter who directed classics Up, Inside Out and Monsters, Inc. returns with SOUL which wholeheartedly lives up to its succinct name.
This heartfelt story centers on a music teacher Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who finally gets his big break playing in a Quartet at famed Half Note Club. After an accident, his soul gets separated from his body and he finds himself fighting to escape the Great Beyond, and lands in the Great Before, where ...
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#REVIEW: “WONDER WOMAN 1984”
By Mr. Will Wong
Director/Writer Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot reunite in WONDER WOMAN 1984 after major success with its 2017 predecessor. This latest installment borrows the elements which made that Film such a big success: the virtue, the emotions and of course, the action. Though the previous Film proves a tough act to follow, on the whole fans should find this follow-up gratifying after an extended wait for it.
While working as an Anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute, Diana (Gadot) ...
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#REVIEW: “ANOTHER ROUND”
By Mr. Will Wong
After receiving wide acclaim at TIFF '20, Thomas Vintenberg's (Far From the Madding Crowd) ANOTHER ROUND nears its release. The Danish-language Drama is a daring exploration of mid-life crisis with some outstanding work from lead Mads Mikkelsen as its centerpiece.
The Film centers on a teacher named Martin (Mikkelsen), whom is experiencing some trouble in his marriage, feeling disconnected from his family. He and his colleagues at the school, Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen), Peter ...
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#REVIEW: “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM”
By Mr. Will Wong
Based on the Play of the same name by August C. Wilson, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM strikes while the iron's hot. The Adaptation directed by George C. Wolfe is music to our ears arriving right as a fury of Awards buzz surrounds it. Everything wonderful you've heard about its performances is true.
Set in 1920s Chicago, the Film centers on singing legend Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band one afternoon as she's scheduled to record the Film's namesake tune. Arriving late for ...
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