#TJFF: “FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES” REVIEW
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Fiddler on the Roof premiered in 55 years ago in New York City. With his Documentary Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, Director Max Lewkowicz explores the impact the Musical and its Oscar-winning Film have had on audiences around the world then and in all those years since 1964.
I need to be upfront when I say that I have never watched Fiddler on the Roof. I know what it is and I can describe the packaging of my parents’ double VHS copy of the Film, ...
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#REVIEW: “LONG SHOT”
By Mr. Will Wong
Defying its title, LONG SHOT is a real fan-favourite! Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron deliver the sparks in this uplifting and daring Rom-Com of the now.
Opinionated Writer Fred Flarsky (Rogen) remains true to values, quitting his job at The Advocate after crooked media mogul Parker Wembley (Andy Serkis) buys out the publication. He has a chance meeting with childhood crush and babysitter, Charlotte Field (Theron), who now happens to be United States Secretary of States with ...
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#REVIEW: “THE INTRUDER”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
We love ourselves a good Home Invasion Thriller. We know it's messed-up, but The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Fatal Attraction, Obsessed and Unforgettable are classics to us and now comes The Intruder which hits some of the same scary and cathartic notes as those predecessors. If you aren't here for the bad choices characters make in these type of films, then you can see yourself out. But you can come back and help with Christmas decorations, Thanksgiving dinner and ...
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#REVIEW: “UGLYDOLLS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) has spent her entire doll life in Uglyville, which is the town that holds all of the dolls who were considered a defect. Her dream of escaping from Uglyville and pursuing her purpose of being the best doll companion to a human leads her and her UglyDolls friends to Perfection. Perfection is a town that holds the "perfect" dolls who will one day go off to be with a child. The town of Perfection strikes a chord with the UglyDolls ...
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#REVIEW: “AVENGERS: ENDGAME”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Eleven years, twenty-one movies and one final epic conclusion Marvel delivers yet again with not only the best Avengers movie to-date, but the best in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Avengers: Endgame delivers on all fronts and fulfills its promise as we conclude the epic Infinity Saga. What Endgame manages to do that the other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have not always done, is this final entry into the Saga tie-up loose ends, leaving no ...
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#REVIEW: “HIGH LIFE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
We first meet Monte (Robert Pattinson in an award-worthy performance) gently attending to his baby daughter. Shot in close-ups, it is heartwarming but we see a mixture of deep love and fear in Monte’s eyes and quickly learn that they are the last survivors on a mission in outer space. We see him dress the dead crew members in spacesuits and throw them one by one off the space craft. As the bodies float in the twinkling darkness, the credit HIGH ...
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#REVIEW: “STOCKHOLM”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
STOCKHOLM is based on a true story about a bank robbery and hostage situation that took place in in the late 70s. The actual event coined the phrase “Stockholm Syndrome” which is when hostages come to sympathize with their captors. And as the Movie plays out, we can understand this feeling.
We first meet Kaj (played superbly by Ethan Hawke) as we dons a disguise making him look like a member of the Rolling Stones circa the Sticky Fingers album ...
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#REVIEW: “BREAKTHROUGH”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
When 14-year-old John Smith (Marcel Ruiz) and his friends play on a frozen-over lake in their Missouri town, the ice breaks and John becomes trapped under. After being rushed to the hospital, his mother, Joyce Smith (Chrissy Metz), sees his lifeless body and begins to beg God to save him. Immediately after, John miraculously receives a weak heartbeat. However, even with this miracle the doctors continuously have no hope in a full recovery, but ...
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#REVIEW: “HELLBOY”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Comic Book Movies are 80 years young, and bigger than ever before. Shazam just struck a chord with fans, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe soon will hit its crescendo with Avengers: Endgame. Sandwiched in-between is Hellboy, the reboot of Mike Mignola’s occult icon.
Hellboy was first brought to screens in 2004 by Guillermo del Toro. He took the source material and made two magical movies. They were unique from the comics, far less inspired by ...
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#REVIEW: “MISSING LINK”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
MISSING LINK opens with 19th century British explorer/monster-hunter, Sir Lionel Frost, watching calculatingly bemused as his assistant is swallow genuinely-funny by the Loch Ness Monster. As voiced by Hugh Jackman, Frost may be brave, but we learn quickly he is also incredibly self-centered and an incorrigible snob as well. However, his pomposity is lessened when compared to Lord Pigott-Dunceby (Stephen Fry), the chairman of the Optimates Club, a ...
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