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Movie Review: NOMADLAND
Frances McDormand is an interesting character actress to watch, one that uses her character actress looks to disguise the fact that she...
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Mar 2, 20212 min read


Movie Review: JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Ever since Daniel Kaluuya burst onto the scene in 2017’s GET OUT, he has been an actor to watch - one who’s brilliance bursts off the...
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Feb 23, 20212 min read


Movie Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright August Wilson wrote 10 plays that he labeled his “Century Cycle” - one placed in each decade of the...
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Feb 12, 20212 min read


BankofMarquis Movie Review: SOUL
The creators at PIXAR have done it again. They have crafted a beautifully drawn, incredibly imaginative, wonderfully performed,...
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Feb 5, 20212 min read


Movie Review: THE LITTLE THINGS
Generally, when a movie is “dumped” in January, it is a sure sign of a bad film, filled with Liam Neeson kicking butt or CGI monsters...
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Feb 1, 20212 min read


Movie Review: NEWS OF THE WORLD
Pound for pound, Tom Hanks is the best actor of this generation. From his big screen debut in SPLASH to his Oscar Nominated turn in BIG...
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Jan 17, 20213 min read


Movie Review: MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (2019)
There is no denying that Edward Norton is a talented performer. Ever since he burst onto the scene with his Oscar nominated performance...
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Jan 15, 20213 min read


Movie Review: WONDER WOMAN 1984
The first Gal Gadot-led WONDER WOMAN film (2017) is generally regarded by most (myself included) as the finest film in the DCEU and Gal...
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Jan 10, 20213 min read


Movie Review: MANK
Movie Review: MANK Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece CITIZEN KANE is truly a remarkable work of art (especially for the time it was...
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Jan 7, 20213 min read


Movie Review: TENET
And…on the first day of 2021…the BankofMarquis viewed the best film of 2020. Christopher Nolan’s TENET is dense, beautifully shot,...
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Jan 2, 20214 min read


Movie Review: THE MIDNIGHT SKY
Ever since his stint on ER, I have been a fan of George Clooney’s - and not just because he is charming and charismatic on film - but...
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Dec 26, 20203 min read


Movie Review - KLAUS
We have seen the Origin story of Santa Claus many times and in many ways over the years, so it was with some trepidation that the...
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Dec 24, 20202 min read


Animation Series: SPIES IN DISGUISE (2019)
Blue Sky Animation Studios has often been seen as the "poor little sister" in the animation game - behind Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks -...
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Dec 7, 20202 min read


Movie Review: CATS
I had heard that the movie version of the mega-Broadway hit musical CATS was a "total trainwreck" with bizarre performances and CGI that...
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Nov 20, 20202 min read


Classic Film Review: CHARADE (1963)
What do you get when you cross Cary Grant (NORTH BY NORTHWEST) with Audrey Hepburn (BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S) and a cavalcade of...
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Nov 15, 20202 min read


Director's Series: Alfred Hitchock's MARNIE (1964)
Heading into 1964, Alfred Hitchcock was on quite a roll. He had just rolled out - in order, VERTIGO (1958), NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959),...
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Nov 6, 20202 min read


Streaming Recommendation: NOW YOU SEE ME (2013)
NOW YOU SEE ME is the best "Magicians robbing banks" movie I have ever seen (and I've seen NOW YOU SEE ME 2). Directed by Louis Leterrier...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read


Classic Movie Review: GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
My daughter was flipping channels the other day and ran across the great 1984 Supernatural comedy GHOSTBUSTERS and stopped to watch for...
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Oct 30, 20203 min read


Director's Series: Alfred Hitchock's THE BIRDS (1963)
THE BIRDS is often listed amongst the great works of Alfred Hitchcock and I could never really understand the attraction. I thought it...
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Oct 28, 20203 min read


Movie Review: ENOLA HOLMES
I'm a sucker for Sherlock Holmes. I grew up watching the fantastic black and white Holmes films from the 1940's starring Basil Rathbone...
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Oct 18, 20202 min read
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