#REVIEW: “CHUCK”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong When making a Biopic there are always a few challenges, most of which is to focus on the important parts of the subject's life and doing it concisely. With Philippe Falardeau’s Chuck, the Film manages to tread cautiously while also telling a very interesting story. The story focuses on Chuck Wepner, the Boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey who went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali, the inspiration for Rocky, and then unfortunately fell off the deep end. The ... Read more

#REVIEW: “KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD”

Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong The legend of King Arthur has been around for over a thousand years. It grew from humble origins to include an immortal wizard, a holy grail… and endless cinematic interpretations. Guy Ritchie offers up the latest, one that is delightfully experimental and incredibly well cast. Its story starts in the latter days of Romano-Britain, in Londinium to be exact. Where the great Uther Pendragon (Eric Bana) has been usurped by his brother Vortigern (Jude ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SNATCHED”

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong Emily (Amy Schumer) loses her job and boyfriend in the same day, and cannot find a friend to accompany her on a non-refundable vacation to Ecuador. After some persuading, she convinces her paranoid, overly-cautious mother Linda (Goldie Hawn) to join her. Linda is reluctant to partake in the same kind of debauchery as her daughter, but does accompany Emily on a day trip with a local young man – where the pair find themselves kidnapped and eventually ... Read more

#REVIEW: “THE WALL”

Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong In the latest feature from Amazon Studios, the psychology of war is as much a weapon as the bullets in a sniper’s gun. The Wall is a deceptively simple Movie with only one major set – a crumbling wall surrounded by junk piles and abandoned vehicles. One of the three leads has zero screen time and is recognizable only by his voice as he toys with his opponent over a two-way radio. Another is face down in the sand or off-screen for most of the Movie, ... Read more

#REVIEW: “BON COP BAD COP 2”

Review by Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong Some movies are so Canadian you half expect to see a tiny, spinning maple leaf in the bottom corner declaring their patriotism to the world. If jokes about separatism, Céline Dion, and the rivalry between the Habs and the Leafs are your thing then you will definitely like Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2. Writer and star Patrick Huard returns as David Bouchard a tough Sûreté du Québec officer who reunites with his old buddy Martin Ward (Colm Feore) to crack a ... Read more

#REVIEW: “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong The second installment also the Guardians of The Galaxy franchise is everything fans could hope for and so much more. This sequel while great on its own, certainly adds something new and exciting to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For starters, the Film itself is world-building without being blatant and always focused on the story itself. The Film starts off with our heroes, the guardians, consisting of Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora ... Read more

#REVIEW: “SPARK”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong Aaron Woodley is at the helm of the beautifully-animated Movie Spark which is one of the Films that premiered at TAAFI last year. The Film centers around a teenage monkey named Spark (Jace Norman) as he tries to take down the evil Zhong (A.C. Peterson) after he overtakes planet Bana. Zhong was able to do this by harnessing the power of the kraken, a creature that creates blackholes and destroys planets. Spark is one of the remaining people left after ... Read more

#REVIEW: “COLOSSAL”

Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is struggling with alcoholism and depression. She is back in her small town, and works at a bar with her childhood friend Oscar (Jason Sudeikis). Gloria wakes up hungover one morning and discovers that a monstrous kaiju has been destroying buildings in Seoul, millions of miles away from her. She does not think much of it, but as her drunken nights continue alongside the kaiju attacks, Gloria quickly realizes the two may be ... Read more

#REVIEW: “UNFORGETTABLE”

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong The highlight of this Film is the two lead performances. Unforgettable follows Julia (Rosario Dawson) who recently got out of a mentally and physically-abusive relationship. Now engaged to a new man, Julia is looking forward to starting her life over. Settling into this new life means becoming a stepmother and dealing with her fiancé’s ex, Tessa (Katherine Heigl). It seems like a small feat compared to Julia’s previous relationship. But ... Read more

#REVIEW: “THE LOST CITY OF Z”

Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong James Gray delivers another incredible entry into his Filmography in The Lost City of Z (Two Lovers, We Own the Night). The Lost City of Z, based on a New York Times Article expanded into a Novel by David Grann, takes place over several years. We follow Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) and his team co-led by Henry Costin (Robert Pattinson) throughout the Amazonian jungle in the 1920s on a discovery mission to find the ‘lost city’, an indigenous ... Read more