#REVIEW: “PERSONAL SHOPPER”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Kristen Stewart shines once again in her second collaboration with Director Olivier Assayas.
The Film follows Maureen (Kristen Stewart) who is working in Paris as a personal shopper for a celebrity. She, and her late twin bother, have the ability to communicate with spirits. When they were young they promised each other that whoever dies first will send the other a sign to let them know their safe. And when Maureen begins receiving texts from an ...
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#REVIEW: “HELLO DESTROYER”
Hot off its run on the festival circuit and four Canadian Screen Award nominations, TIFF '16 selection HELLO DESTROYER makes its way to theatres with much acclaim. Make no mistake, this is not a sports drama nor is it a hockey Film, it is so much more.
Director Kevan Funk makes his debut as a feature Director here a memorable one. The Film centers on a junior hockey player in the minor leagues named Tyson Burr (Jared Abrahamson), an enforcer, whose job normally is to respond to a violent ...
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#REVIEW: “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”
How do you pay tribute to and recreate a tale as old as time? Disney was faced with the daunting task of not only doing it once with their 1991 animated classic, but doing it once again this time in live action for an audience of today with Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga) at the reins.
Beauty and the Beast centers on a young woman, Belle (Emma Watson) taken prisoner in a castle by a frightful and unpredictable Beast (Dan Stevens). She takes punishment for her eccentric father ...
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#REVIEW: “T2 TRAINSPOTTING”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
In 1996, Danny Boyle blessed the world with a Movie about Scottish Junkies called Trainspotting. It also introduced us to four young actors: Johnny Lee Miller (Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson); Robert Carlyle (Francis “Franco” Begbie); Ewen Bremner (Daniel “Spud” Murphy); and Ewan McGregor (Mark Renton). 20 years ago, we saw these four young men feed a heroin habit, and in the effort lose a child, a close friend, and ultimately, their ...
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#REVIEW: “THE SENSE OF AN ENDING”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
It is the great truth of life that we are all the heroes of our own stories. It is only natural that we assume we play an equally important part in the lives of the people around us. So, when a missing puzzle piece appears, we insert ourselves into that space and assume narrative will form around our preconceived notions. In The Sense of an Ending, Tony Webster is forced to reevaluate his life when a missing piece of his past reemerges and alters his ...
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#REVIEW: “GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
In September 2011, I attended the world premiere of Goon at TIFF. The excitement was electric, the characters were beaten bloody, and a Canadian cult classic was born. Six years later, the long-awaited sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers has finally arrived. But was it worth the wait, or is it another sequel delivered past its due date?
Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) is having a hard time adjusting to life without hockey. After getting badly injured ...
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#REVIEW: “WEIRDOS”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
Seeing Canada through the eyes of its Filmmakers has always been a mind opening experience. Indie darling Bruce McDonald offers such an experience with his latest Film, Weirdos. The Film is led by two rising stars, Dylan Authors (Kit) and Julia Sarah Stone (Alice). The young actors play an affectionate duo on an existential adventure in 1970s Nova Scotia.
Though shot in black and white, the simplicity of the grayscale imagery is balanced by its ...
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#REVIEW: “KONG: SKULL ISLAND”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
The year is 1973. The Vietnam War has just been abandoned and Watergate is heating up. Senior Monarch agent Bill Randa (John Goodman) uses this to his advantage and receives government approval to put together a team to explore a mythical island in the South Pacific. He has an idea of what he will find, but the team does not – until they get a look of the towering creature called Kong.
It is rare for any modern blockbuster to not feel bloated or ...
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#REVIEW: “THE LAST WORD”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
The Last Word follows Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine) who is cruel to anyone who comes in contact with her and takes control of everything around her. But now in the later years of her life, she begins to ponder death, what people will say when she's gone, and who will remember her. One night she stumbles on the Obituary Pages in her local newspaper and she comes up with an idea. She meets with the obituary writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), ...
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#REVIEW: “TABLE 19”
Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
Few actresses are as universally-adored as Anna Kendrick. Her awkward adorableness allows her to coast through roles that would otherwise leave audiences cringing. In Table 19, Kendrick revisits her adorkable niche as Eloise McGarry, a dumped, former maid of honour who attends the wedding of her oldest friend to prove she’s not still hung-up on the best man. Since this is a Rom-Com she is clearly not over her ex and instead decides to ruin the day ...
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