#REVIEW: “COCO”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
This time of year, some people look forward to football games or shopping but animation addicts anticipate something entirely different: a new Movie from Disney. This year Pixar stepped-up to provide fans with an original story about Día de los Muertos and the trouble one little boy can get up to in a world populated by the dead. Named for the world’s most adorable great-grandmother, Coco features a star-studded cast of skeletons, sholo dogs, spirit ...
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#REVIEW: “MUDBOUND”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Dee Rees’ Mudbound is an authentic snapshot of rural Mississippi in the '40s post-World War II. After a Premiere at TIFF '17, this unmissable Film now is set to stream on Netflix for your enjoyment. The Film is an Adaptation of Hillary Jordan's 2008 Novel.
The Movie focuses on Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell). Early on, we discover that the Jackson family work for Laura and Henry McAllan (Carey Mulligan and ...
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#REVIEW: “JUSTICE LEAGUE”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
With Superman (Henry Cavill) dead, the exiled God Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) has returned to Earth. He plans to steal and unite the three mysterious “mother boxes” in order to destroy the world and remake it in his image. Inspired by Superman’s grave sacrifice, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) set-out to put together a team of meta-humans to vanquish the new enemy and avert catastrophe.
At long last, we ...
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#REVIEW: “WONDER”
Review by Siobhan Rich for Mr. Will Wong
One of the biggest literary hits of 2012 was a YA Novel. Written by RJ Palacio, Wonder sparked a revolution amongst its readers encouraging them “if you have a choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” This message is shared by Mr. Browne (Daveed Diggs) to his fifth-grade class on Auggie Pullman’s first day of school. The well-to-do kids at Beecher Prep have never seen someone like Auggie and most don’t know how to treat him but ...
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#REVIEW: “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) is angry. Her daughter was murdered and seven months later, the local police department still have no leads. Frustrated, Mildred pays for the space on three billboards outside of town and puts-up a message to remind Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). And while it coaxes the police into reopening the investigation, it also sets Mildred up to go to war with nearly everyone in town.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, ...
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#REVIEW: “THE STAR”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Star brings the story of Jesus’ birth to young audiences.
The Film follows a donkey (Steven Yeun), who while breaking free from his captivity, ends up in pregnant Mary’s barn. When the donkey finds out that the current king’s guard is going to harm Mary in order to prevent the new King’s birth, he vows to protect her and her unborn child. This leads to him and his animal friends joining Mary (Gina Rodriguez) and Joseph (Zachary Levi) on ...
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#REVIEW: “LADY BIRD”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is an ambitious high school senior living in Sacramento in the early 2000s. Christine is a bit of a rebel – she identifies and requests people call her Lady Bird – and like many teenagers, she longs to move away for college. But her grades, lack of extracurricular activities and strained relationship with her overworked mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) are just some of the obstacles standing in her way.
As an ...
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#REVIEW: “MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
One of Agatha Christie’s most enduring creations, the self-proclaimed “world’s greatest Detective,” Hercule Poirot, returns to the big screen in the star-studded mystery Murder on the Orient Express. This is hardly the first time the classic Whodunit has been made into a Movie, but Director Kenneth Branagh is hoping familiarity will spark Box Office dollars rather than contempt.
Due to a change of plans, Master Detective Hercule Poirot takes a ...
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#REVIEW: “THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Steven (Colin Farrell) is a heart surgeon who lives with his wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and gifted children Kim (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob (Sunny Suljic). He has also taken the troubled Martin (Barry Keoghan) under his wing, bringing him gifts and spending time at his home. But Martin’s behaviour becomes increasingly aggressive and delusional, as he connects to a troubling moment in Steven’s past that will lead to devastating consequences in his ...
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#REVIEW: “THOR: RAGNAROK”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has a formula for its movies and Thor as a Franchise thus far has been bogged-down in world-building (the first two pertained crucial infinity stones) and sone believe these films lacked the depth fun which other MCU movies had. Marvel enlists New Zealand Director Taika Waititi and Thor: Ragnarok arguably is the best Thor movie and perhaps one of the best MCU movies to date. The Film is fun, silly, entertaining, not ...
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