Name: Ray Wong
Dateline: New York, New York
Weblog: reelreviews.blogspot.com [RSS]
Articles: 44
First Published: Friday, January 20, 2006
Last Published: Saturday, January 26, 2008
Ray Wong is the author the novel, The Pacific Between, which won a 2006 IPPY Book Award. He also writes movie reviews for Actors Ink and Talk Entertainment. Other credits include the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Writers Post Journal, the Deepening. As a professional actor, Ray has worked with Julianne Moore, Peter Falk, Sarah Jessica Parker and Rob Marshall in features as well as TV productions.Currently listing articles 44-1:
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On Film, Literature, and Politics— Are the Oscar nominated-films relevant to today's world?
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Movie Review: Dan in Real Life— A humorous look at family and love and self-worth.
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Movie Review: La Vie en Rose— A fascinating cautionary tale of love, dreams, excesses and tragedies.
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Movie Review: Ratatouille— You will be wowed by the quality of the animation and the lighthearted story about love, friendship, and food.
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Movie Review: Premonition— Probably should wait for this on Netflix.
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Movie Review: 300— A spectacle that will appeal to fans of graphic novels and fantasy.
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Ray Wong's Annual Oscar Predictions— I have to admit, I don't think 2006 was a stellar year for films.
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Movie Review: Dreamgirls— Entertaining and crowd-pleasing.
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Movie Review: Stranger Than Fiction— Cliches let us in on the inside jokes in this cautionary fairytale.
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Movie Review: Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan— You won't be disappointed with this hilarious, raunchy, rowdy comedy
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Movie Review: The Prestige— Enjoy the twists and turns and the ultimate prestige of this intriguing film about obsession, deceit, and revenge.
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Movie Review: Invincible— It maybe cliched, but it delivers with emotional punches.
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Movie Review: Little Miss Sunshine— Quirky and neurotic, it's a cross between Napoleon Dynamite and National Lampoon's Vacation.
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Movie Review: Scoop— One of Woody Allen's more juvenile undertakings.
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Movie Review: My Super Ex-Girlfriend— Despite all the flaws, the film works as a comedy.
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Superman is Christ...— The Christ allegory is rather astounding.
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Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada— What is fun about the film is the subject matter and Meryl Streep's character.
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Movie Review: Click— I wouldn't recommend anyone spending ten bucks on this.
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Movie Review: The Lake House— A love story with a unique twist and fully-drawn characters.
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Movie Review: A Prairie Home Companion— A perfectly fine companion to Robert Altman's other masterpieces.
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Movie Review: X-Men - The Last Stand— If this piece of popcorn extravaganza provokes discussions and thoughts on some of today's most-debated issues, it could only be a good thing.
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Movie Review: The Da Vinci Code— The film is a few bits short of being a complete code of success.
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Movie Review: Poseidon— Should have been an easy feat for director Petersen, but the result is rather underwhelming.
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DVD Review: The Promise (Wu Ji)— An improbable mess.
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Movie Review: Akeelah and the Bee— A tight, affecting film about family and self-esteem
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Movie Review: American Dreamz— A hodgepodge of good-natured ribbings.
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Movie Review: Lucky Number Slevin— The movie is clever, probably too clever for its own good.
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Movie Review: Thank You For Smoking— It’s a darn good satire.
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Movie Review: Find Me Guilty— It’s not really a movie that teaches anything profound, but the characters are very entertaining.
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Movie Review: Inside Man— A smart, effective film that keeps its audience entertained to the end.
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Movie Review: V for Vendetta— Overwrought dialogue, convoluted back stories: exactly the kinds of things that would make the film a cult classic.
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Movie Review: Failure to Launch— Beside a script that is paper-thin, the film fails to covince us of any romance at all.
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Movie Review: Transamerica— This little film deserves notice, and Felicity Huffman deserves her Oscar nomination.
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Movie Review: A Good Woman— With good performances and lavish production, it's a shame that this good film goes largely unnoticed.
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Movie Review: Freedomland— Films that explore volatile racial tension seem to be a rage now, but Freedomland is a self-indulgent mess.
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Movie Review: Firewall— With its predictable plot and two-dimensional characters, Firewall is so uninspiring as a thriller
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Movie Review: Mrs. Henderson Presents— A little gem about a woman who is not only larger than life, but is full of life herself.
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Movie Review: Match Point— A drama-thriller that is every bit as clever and loquacious as other Woody Allen’s films, but also decidedly different.
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Frustration: Being With a Small Publisher...— The frustration is not unlike what I felt when I was working with a small company.
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Movie Review: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World— Aside from a few genuine laughs, trying to look for comedy in this comedy can be a difficult task.
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How Private Are Our Lives?— Is there any cause for paranoia if the government gets its hands on Google's records?
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On Golden Globes— Yes, it's probably just a silly Hollywood dinner party where stars and filmmakers pat each other on the back for a job well done, while
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Movie Review: Casanova— Everyone seems to have had a grand time making this film. A light, fluffy fun film to be enjoyed.
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Movie Review: Brokeback Mountain— Ang Lee’s direction is masterful, the performances spellbinding. The ending will haunt you.
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