#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “DEATH WISH”

eOne Films x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Ottawa a chance to attend an Advance Screening of DEATH WISH on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.

 

Synopsis:
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER -until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts for his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel…or a grim reaper. Fury and fate collide in the intense action-thriller Death Wish.

 

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eOne Films release DEATH WISH Friday, March 2, 2018.

 

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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “DEATH WISH”

We love us some Eli Roth and it’s been a long time since we’ve heard from him. This new Trailer for DEATH WISH has just surfaced and believe us, you need to brace yourself for a thrill ride!

Synopsis:
In this modern retelling of the 1972 novel of the same name, surgeon Dr. Paul Kersey’s (Bruce Willis) wife Lucy (Elisabeth Shue) and daughter Jordan (Camila Morrone) are brutally attacked during a home invasion while he’s at work. Although Jordan survives, Lucy dies and Kersey feels like a failure due to his inability to protect them.

When the police don’t seem to be putting much effort into tracking down the killers, Kersey decides to find every single man involved and hunt them down. His vigilantism begins to make headlines as his efforts also help other people from getting hurt by the same men.

 

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eOne Films release DEATH WISH Friday, March 2, 2018.

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#TIFF17: “BATTLE OF THE SEXES”

Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, written by Academy Award-winning Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and co-produced by Academy Award-winning Filmmaker Danny Boyle, the Sports Drama based around 1973’s high-profile tennis match pitting former World No. 1s Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) and Billie Jean King (Emma Stone), recreates the paths each player took to the highly-touted match.

The event would on a grander scale be a significant moment in women’s liberation with doubts being cast by its male organizers about women’s place and worth in society. The Film also looks at Billie Jean King‘s personal struggle with her identity, then married to husband Larry (Austin Stowell) and falling in love with hairdresser Marilyn (Andrea Riseborough).

While many of us know already the outcome of the match, Dayton and Faris do some phenomenal work helping us arrive at it.

If you think you’ve seen Oscar-winning Stone at her best, she throws us a tour-de-force here, stepping-up to the physicality of her role convincingly. Carell plays up Bobby‘s overconfidence and chauvinism, having fun with it and still makes us feel for him, which is no easy feat. Fantastic supporting turns from Riseborough, Sarah Silverman and Natalie Morales complete a strong Ensemble.

Battle of the Sexes screens TIFF ’17:

Sunday, September 10, 2017 6:00 PM Ryerson Theatre

Monday, September 11, 2017 2:30 PM Princess of Wales Theatre

Friday, September 15, 2017 3:00 PM Princess of Wales Theatre

Saturday, September 16, 2017 5:00 PM Ryerson Theatre

#REVIEW: “HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET”

The difference between The House at the End of the Street and any other Haunted House-Horror is that this Mother and Daughter know exactly what they’re getting, versus finding out along the way when it’s already too late.   This effort from Director Mark Tonderai  has  Sarah (Elisabeth Shue) and Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) aware precisely of a Double Homicide which took place on the same street they  relocate to, all in the name of affordable housing.

Despite their genuine efforts to make reconnecting as Mother and Daughter a primary focus, things fall to the wayside quickly with Sarah‘s busy work schedule as a Doctor.  A headstrong Elissa befriends Ryan (Max Thieriot) against her Mother’s wishes as something isn’t quite right about Ryan. You guessed it –  the Victims of that said Double Homicide were his Parents and the Killer would be his brain-damaged younger sister, who is rumoured to live in the woods. Great.  On paper, the signs are all there to steer the heck clear of the Drama, but if weren’t for Drama, there wouldn’t be a Movie.

House at the End of the Street doesn’t tread any new territory in terms of the Genre, but what makes it entertaining is the honest and fully-committed performance given by now-Megastar Lawrence. Surely she couldn’t have known that back in the Summer of 2010 when she filmed this Movie in Ottawa, that she’d see her Star rise as quickly as it has.  Thieriot – whom I kept confusing for Cam Gigandet – more than ably fills the role of the Villain here and if you are patient enough to wait till the end, you’d better have your Baseball Bat ready for a sharp Curve Ball thrown your way. It’s always a pleasure to see Oscar-nominated Shue on the Big Screen, even if she isn’t fully challenged here.

This Horror may have Genre Enthusiasts turning-up their noses, however Lawrence’s younger Fans definitely will have a bit of fun with this. And did you know she could sing really well?  Alliance Films releases House at the End of the Street on Friday, September 21, 2012.