#REVIEW: “BOUNDARIES”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Boundaries follows eccentric single mother, Laura (Vera Farmiga), who’s trying to work through the current chaos in her life. That chaos includes her teenage son, Henry (Lewis MacDougall), who has recently been expelled from school due to his graphically inappropriate drawing of a school official, and going to therapy to work through the boundary problems she has with her estranged father, Jack (Christopher Plummer). However, these problems soon ...
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#REVIEW: “THE FIRST PURGE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The First Purge (but fourth Film in the series) takes us back to a time when “The Purge” was just a social experiment. The U.S. government sets Staten Island as the test site and then incentivizes the impoverished and low-income citizens with money to stay during the event – and offer even more if they actually participate.
As an idea alone, The First Purge is a thought-provoking, satirical analysis of a frightening notion that is no longer as ...
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#REVIEW: “SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the government calls in Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) when they discover it has direct ties with the Mexican drug cartels. Graver asks Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) to join his team and destroy the problem. But that is easier said than done – especially once the plan goes bad.
I was ambivalent before watching Sicario: Day of the Soldado. This is a Sequel no one was really begging for, and its title is both ...
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#REVIEW: “JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Time has passed since the disaster at Jurassic World, and the world’s eyes are turned towards a volcano threatening the surviving dinosaurs on Isla Nublar. But should these dinosaurs be saved? Returning heroes Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen (Chris Pratt) believe they should, but others who want to help may only be doing so for their own financial gain.
Twenty-five years after Steven Spielberg first unleashed Jurassic Park on audiences, ...
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#REVIEW: “TAG”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Tag is based on the true story of a group of five best friends who play the game during the month of May every year since they were kids. This isn’t any normal game of Tag that you see children play on the playground though. Hoagie (Ed Helms), Randy (Jake Johnson), Bob Callahan (Jon Hamm), Sable (Hannibal Buress) and Jerry (Jeremy Renner) - the latter who has never been 'tagged' before - play an outlandish version where they physically and even ...
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#REVIEW: “INCREDIBLES 2”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Everyone’s favourite superhero family is back, but in a different way. For the past 15 years the family has been saving the day only when drastically needed, due to a law that rendered superheroes illegal. However, they are in luck thanks to Winston and Evelyn Deavor (Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener) who have hatch an elaborate plan to prove that superheroes are needed worldwide. The Deavor’s have chosen only Helen (Holly Hunter), aka ...
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#REVIEW: “HEREDITARY”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
As I write this, it is late at night, my apartment is dark and I am haunted by Hereditary. I watched the Film over two weeks ago, and I am still feeling anxious and uneasy about it. In a decade that continues to redefine the limitless possibilities of the Horror genre, first-time Feature Writer/Director Ari Aster has crafted an unforgettable nightmare that quite simply, will scare the living shit out of you.
After the death of her overbearing mother, ...
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#REVIEW: “PRODIGALS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Escaping the confines of living in Sault Ste. Marie, Wesley (David Alpay) moved to Toronto five years ago to study Law. Now he reluctantly returns home, at the request of his friend Nina (Kaniehtiio Horn), to second chair at the murder trial of her brother Benny who pummeled a man to death. Reuniting with old friends, especially with the girlfriend he left behind without any warnings, makes Wesley re-evaluate his past, present and maybe his ...
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#REVIEW: “OCEAN’S 8”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
After spending five years, eight months, and 12 days incarcerated, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is now out on parole. For Ocean all those days behind bars has left her with a lot of time to work on the biggest heist of her life. And now that she’s out she shares her plan with her friend, Lou (Cate Blanchett), and the two get a group of five other women to join them. The women they get to join them are jeweller Amita (Mindy Kaling), con artist ...
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#REVIEW: “A KID LIKE JAKE” (2018 INSIDE OUT LGBT FILM FESTIVAL)
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
In A KID LIKE JAKE, Claire Danes and Jim Parsons play married couple Alex and Greg Wheeler, living a comfortable life in picturesque Brooklyn with their 4-year-old son Jake who attends a pre-kindergarten class. Greg is a therapist and Alex has given up her law career to be a fulltime stay at home mom. They are both devoted to their precocious son who has a penchant to wearing frilly skirts and relating more to Disney princesses than G.I. Joe. Realizing ...
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