#REVIEW: “MISS BALA”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) is an American visiting her cousin in Tijuana. During a deadly nightclub shootout, the pair are separated. As she grows desperate to find her cousin, Gloria gets drawn into the inner workings of a local cartel led by Lino (Ismael Cruz Cordova) – and she learns quickly that she must do whatever it takes to survive.
Catherine Hardwicke, the acclaimed Director of Thirteen and Twilight, is not the first person I would think of to ...
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#REVIEW: “THE IMAGE BOOK”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Legendary Director, Jean-Luc Godard’s THE IMAGE BOOK won a special Palme d’Or from Cate Blanchett’s jury on the closing night at the Cannes Film Festival last year. It is, in essence, a hallucinatory visual scrapbook of disjointed images with much of the narration from the 87 year old Director himself. Using scenes from movies as diverse as Young Mr. Lincoln, Pasolini’s Salo, Vertigo, Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, Joan Crawford in Johnny ...
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#REVIEW: “SERENITY”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
In SERENITY, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey plays Baker Dill, a hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-loving, grizzled a fishing boat owner in Plymouth, off of the Florida Keys. With the assistance from Duke (two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou), they cater to tourists renting the boat to hook huge fish but mostly pass out drinking lots of beer. Back on dry land, Dill is in a mutually-satisfying, no- strings-attached relationship with Constance (Oscar ...
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#REVIEW: “HERE AND NOW”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
HERE AND NOW has Sarah Jessica Parker like you've never seen before. Who says straight-to-Home Entertainment releases have to be a cut below? The Fashion icon delivers some of her best work yet in a subdued and meditative performance which soon won't be forgotten.
The Drama which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, is by Director Fabien Constant. It centers on Vivienne (Parker), a successful singer based in New York who one day receives some unsettling news about ...
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#REVIEW: “GLASS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is a security guard who uses his superhero abilities when he moonlights as a vigilante. Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) is a man with 24 distinct personalities who is kidnapping and murdering young women. After a confrontation, the pair are arrested and brought to a psychiatric facility for testing – alongside Dunn’s old nemesis Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson).
With Glass, M. Night Shyamalan brings together and ...
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#REVIEW: “STAN & OLLIE”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
From Director Jon. S Baird and Writer Jeff Pope comes the story of one of the most famous Comedy duos that the world ever has seen, Laurel and Hardy. Stan & Ollie is magnificent and delightful and shows the brilliance behind Laurel and Hardy that is exemplified by the two lead actors who do some of their best work to bringing these icons to life.
Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) would change the face of Comedy with ...
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#REVIEW: “JONATHAN”
Review by Mr. Will Wong
After premieres at both the Tribeca and Los Angeles Film Festivals, JONATHAN is readied for a Home Entertainment release. It's been a while since we've heard from Ansel Elgort after a riveting performance in 2017's Baby Driver and here we get two of him.
The low-key Sci-Fi-Thriller from first-time Feature Director Bill Oliver has Elgort starring in a complex dual role as both Jonathan and Jon where two individuals, brothers, inhabit one body in what is called ...
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#REVIEW: “THE UPSIDE”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
We are first introduced to Dell (Kevin Hart) who is out on parole, being told that he must prove that he is actively looking for work by getting signatures from potential employers to whom he had applied for work. It is established quickly that he is more interested in getting signatures versus getting a job where he would be able to catch-up on support payments to his ex (Aja Naomi King, best known for How to Get Away With Murder) and his young, ...
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#REVIEW: “THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
When we first meet Sarah (Katherine Fogler) and Aaron (Douglas Nyback), they are alone at a train station late at night somewhere in Poland. Their conversation is contentious and sarcastic. We learn they are siblings and have been estranged for years. A car’s headlights beam into the darkness and the 2 travellers get into a car that may or may not be a taxi. Thus begins the charming, surreal Canadian Dramedy THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA.
Sarah and ...
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#REVIEW: “ON THE BASIS OF SEX”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
There is no larger judicial rock star currently out there than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Not only is she lampooned lovingly on Saturday Night Live, she also made Stephen Colbert sweat alongside her during her daily workout regime and was tough enough to go to work the next day after fracturing three ribs due to a fall in November. Currently, she is recuperating from lung cancer surgery and now the subject matter of one of this year’s best ...
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