Author: catemarquis
New DORY Trailer
A brand new trailer for DISNEY•PIXAR’s FINDING DORY is now available on Ellentube and YouTube. FINDING DORY opens in theatres June 17, 2016.
Best Oscar winner SPOTLIGHT expands theaters nationwide
Representatives for Open Roads Films, the distributor of Best Picture Oscar winner “Spotlight,” announced that the film is expanding to additional screens, after a limited run that started in November. “Spotlight” is already playing in the St. Louis area at three theaters (Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema, AMC Dine-In Theaters West Olive 16, and Wehrenberg St….
Michael Uthoff Retires from Dance St. Louis
Michael Uthoff Retires from Dance St. Louis The dance presenting organization Dance St. Louis announced on February 27, 2016, that Executive and Artistic Director Michael Uthoff has retired. Uthoff retired immediately as Executive Director but will continue as Artistic Director through the rest of the 2015-2016 season. After that, he will continue in an advisory…
2016 Oscars: Spotlight wins Best Picture, DiCaprio takes Best Actor
– By Cate Marquis – Leonard DiCaprio took home his long-awaited Oscar for Best Actor in The Revenant, and Alejandro Iñárritu took home his second in a row Best Director Oscar for the same film, but Spotlight won the top spot as Best Picture. Host Chris Rock hit all the right notes with pointed comedy,…
NEW DANCE HORIZONS dance review
– By Cate Marquis – Dance St. Louis’ New Dance Horizons at Touhill honors Black History Month Every year for the past four, Dance St. Louis, the dance presenting organization, has brought an innovative dance concept to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. New Dance Horizons commissions new works from renowned choreographers which are…
EDDIE THE EAGLE film review
– By Cate Marquis – Funny, inspiring “Eddie The Eagle” soars with unlikely true story of Olympic dream Do you remember the story about the Jamaican bobsled team? They weren’t the only ones with unlikely dreams for the 1988 Winter Olympics. “Eddie the Eagle” is the kind of story that no one would believe as…
BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL theater review
– By Cate Marquis – ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ delights fans of singer/songwriter at Fox “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” made its St. Louis debut February 23, for a run through March 6. The Broadway musical tells the story of singer/songwriter Carole King’s early years, starting as a 16-year-old songwriter cranking out hit tunes…
DISGRACED theater review
– By Cate Marquis – Rep’s drama ‘Disgraced’ raises troubling questions but offers no answers The Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced” focuses on being Muslim in America, but perhaps not in the way one might expect. The drama, written by playwright Ayad Akhtar and directed by Seth Gordon, is currently playing at the Repertory Theater of…
DEADPOOL film review
– By Cate Marquis – Hilarious ‘Deadpool’ wreaks bloody havoc on comic book movie genre “Deadpool” opens with a violent action sequence that features a guy in a superhero costume making hamburger out of a host of adversaries while spouting a non-stop string of wisecracks. But this wisecracking, profane, and even silly character is not…
TOUCHED WITH FIRE film review
– By Cate Marquis – “Touched With Fire” paints pretty pictures but sometimes inaccurate portrait of mental illness Katie Holmes stars as a poet with bi-polar disorder who falls for another poet,who is also bi-polar, during a hospitalization in director Paul Dalio’s romance “Touched With Fire.” While “Touched With Fire” is a lushly pretty, romantic…