#REVIEW: “MISBEHAVIOUR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
This funny, bewitching Film follows the true story of the feminist protesters who disrupted the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
What makes this Film great is its meticulous Script, written by Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe. They examine two sides of the story with humour and heart. One side being the feminist protesters, the other the pageant contestants. Frayn and Chiappe put more focus on one character in each group, Londoner Sally ...
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#REVIEW: “THE NEST”
By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
For all intents and purposes, Rory and Allison O'Hara (Jude Law and Carrie Coon respectively) live a charmed life. Rory is a successful Financier working on Wall Street. Allison loves horses and runs a riding school near their suburban home, which looks like a spread in Architectural Digest. Their children, Samantha and Benjamin (Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell) are loving, bright and athletically-inclined. The family dynamics are enviable. Not only does Rory ...
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#REVIEW: “ANTEBELLUM”
By Mr. Will Wong
First-time Feature Directors and Writers Christopher Renz and Gerard Bush partner-up on Psychological-Horror ANTEBELLUM. The Film has been kept well under-wraps, its Trailer giving away just enough and nothing more to keep us intrigued this whole time. While she's been seen only in a a handful of roles, Janelle Monáe has dazzled consistently and she takes on her meatiest role to date, effectively carrying the weight of this Film on her own.
Monáe stars as acclaimed Author ...
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#REVIEW: “THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY”
By Mr. Will Wong
Filmed right here in Toronto, Natalie Krinsky-written and directed THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB shines some much-needed light on us right now on what has been a dark time. While they are a bit of a dying breed on the big screen, this smartly-written and well-acted Rom-Com has enough wit and edge to charm even those who might turn their nose up on the genre.
The Film centers on a young Art Gallery Assistant named Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan) who simultaneously gets dumped by her ...
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#REVIEW: “THE TAX COLLECTOR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Devoted father and husband David (Bobby Soto) and his best friend Creeper (Shia LaBeouf) are Tax Collectors for a Los Angeles Crime Lord named Wizard (Jimmy Smits). They spend their days driving around the city and aggressively collecting Wizard’s cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to LA, the two quickly realize the business is being upended. And when the old rival threatens David’s ...
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#REVIEW: “DISNEY’S MULAN”
By Mr. Will Wong
One of the worst things about this Pandemic was not being able to see Disney's Mulan in March when it originally was supposed to be released, yet one of the best things about it also is now being able to see it. We've waited patiently with bated breath and while it seemed like this day would never come, Niki Caro's live-action adaptation of Mulan now is here and is decidedly getting an at-home release on Disney+.
1998's commercially and critically-lauded animated ...
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#REVIEW: “BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC”
By Mr. Will Wong
It's been 29 years since we've heard from them, but they're back and still the world is in need of saving! BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC reunites beloved duo Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves), now middle-aged fathers with daughters to carry-out their legacies in Thea (Samara Weaving) and Billie (Brigette Lundy-Pane) respectively. They are advised by a visitor from the future that only a song by them can save them. The only problem is - what exactly is the song? ...
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#REVIEW: “TENET”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
It all starts with a word: Tenet. Once he hears it, The Protagonist (John David Washington) sets off on a globetrotting mission to learn more about time inversion and use it to stop a potential worldwide catastrophe.
Writer/Director Christopher Nolan has always had a fascination with time; how it can be manipulated, perverted and completely repurposed as his narrative sees fit. With the exception of his Dark Knight Trilogy, the rest of his output over ...
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#REVIEW: “UNHINGED”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is having a bad day. She woke-up late, she needs to sign her divorce papers, she lost her best client, and she is late for dropping her son Kyle (Gabriel Bateman) off at school. When she comes up to a traffic stop, she loudly honks her horn because the large truck in front of her is not moving. At the next intersection, the man in that truck (Russell Crowe) stops next to her, explains himself, apologizes and asks for an apology ...
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#REVIEW: “WORK IT”
What WORK IT doesn't explore in new territory in story arcs, it delivers on fun and fantastic dancing.
Alicia Keys produces and Laura Terruso directs this coming-of-age Dance Comedy which was made here in Toronto. The Film centers on overachiever Quinn (Sabrina Carpenter) who is bound for admission at Duke University but finds even after ticking all the boxes as a prime candidate, she realizes she lacks the pizzazz to stand-out to the admissions officer (Michelle Buteau). She lies that she's ...
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