All posts by Cate Marquis
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DESTROYER – Review
This is not how we are used to seeing Nicole Kidman. Kidman plays snarling, violent, even grizzled...
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WAMG speaks to DESTROYER director Karyn Kusama and co-writer Phil Hay – Interview
The crime drama DESTROYER stars Nicole Kidman as a hardened L.A. policewoman bent on vengeance, in a gritty...
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THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – Review
When director Peter Jackson was asked if he could do something with old archival footage of World War...
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VICE – Review
Adam McKay, who brought us THE BIG SHORT, takes on Dick Chaney in the hilariously satiric biopic VICE....
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SECOND ACT – Review
While the holiday season packs theaters with awards-hopeful films, J-Lo offers her fans a lighter option with SECOND...
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ROMA – Review
Oscar-winning writer/director Alfonso Cuaron (GRAVITY, CHILDREN OF MEN) crafts his most personal film, a realist drama set in...
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS – Review
Of the two historical films opening this week, this is the one with grand, epic drama. Saoirse...
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THE FAVOURITE – Review
Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone face off as rivals for the queen’s favor, in the hilarious dark historic...
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MARIA BY CALLAS – Review
In many ways, American-born soprano Maria Callas’ life was operatic, with plenty of triumph and tragedy. Early in...
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Director Jason Reitman on THE FRONT RUNNER and SLIFF award – Interview
Director Jason Reitman, whose new film, THE FRONT RUNNER, about Gary Hart’s 1987 presidential run, was recently...
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AT ETERNITY’S GATE – Review
Willem Dafoe gives an amazing performance as Vincent Van Gogh is Julian Schnabel’s impressionistic biopic AT ETERNITY’S GATE....
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THE FRONT RUNNER – Review
Hugh Jackman gives a powerful, complex performance as Gary Hart, an idealistic and charismatic presidential candidate who seemed...
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WIDOWS – Review
The complete delight of seeing Viola Davis in the role of an elegantly-dressed, wealthy wife whose sheltered life...
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THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS – Review
Joel and Ethan Coen spin not one but six Western tales in their excellent anthology THE BALLAD OF...
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VIPER CLUB – Review
VIPER CLUB is a drama about a heart-wrenching subject, the plight of families of journalists and others kidnapped...
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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS – Review
Tchaikovsky’s classic The Nutcracker Ballet is a perennial holiday favorite, particularly for little girls for whom visions of...
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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? – Review
In CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, Melissa McCarthy gives a stunning dramatic performance in the strange but true...
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BEAUTIFUL BOY – Review
Addiction is an issue that seems to touch everyone in some way, directly or in directly, through family...
