Cate Marquis

– By Cate Marquis – STAR TREK BEYOND delivers on fan-pleasing banter but story is underwhelming Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars   “Star Trek: Beyond” offers fans a nice new adventure, with the same terrific cast as the last two. The new film continues Joss Wheedon’s well-crafted reboot of the Star Trek series…

– By Cate Marquis – Who ya gonna call? It’s still GHOSTBUSTERS   GHOSTBUSTERS is that rarest thing – a remake that is as much fun as the original (some would say more) that also honors the memorable original. Take that, internet grumblers! Fans who were worried about this remake can relax – the results…

– By Cate Marquis – Rating: 4 out of 5 stars   The French drama THE INNOCENTS takes place shortly after World War II in Poland, a story involving the war’s devastation and aftermath, the occupying Russian forces who drove out the Germans, and some cloistered Catholic nuns. As such, it will inevitably draw comparison…

– By Cate Marquis – THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS delivers less than trailer promises   The animated “The Secret Life of Pets” is one of those kids’ films that promises more than it delivers. The animated comedy from the studio that brought us “The Minions” is unlikely to knock “Zootopia” off its perch as…

– By Cate Marquis – WIENER-DOG is Todd Solondz’s typically dark, disturbing humor   WIENER-DOG is a four-part film that follows a little dachshund as she moves from owner to owner, from director/writer Todd Solondz. Solondz is a precise, gifted filmmaker with a taste for the distasteful and darkly humorous social commentary. For fans of…

– By Cate Marquis – THE LEGEND OF TARZAN brings back an old Hollywood hero for popcorn-munching adventure Rating: 3 out of 5 stars   THE LEGEND OF TARZAN brings back an old Hollywood hero for a summertime, popcorn-munching adventure in 19th century colonial Africa. The movie, which stars Alexander Skarsgard and a sterling supporting…

– By Cate Marquis – Spielberg-directed Disney ‘The BFG’ is long on visual beauty and quirky charm but short on brisk pace and story action   Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book “The BFG” gets the big screen treatment in the Steven Spielberg-directed 3D Disney film “The BFG.” Spielberg uses a mix of live-action, motion-capture animation…

– By Cate Marquis – ‘Weiner’ documents politician’s comeback brought down by sexting scandal   “Weiner” is an involving political documentary about former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who represented New York’s district for seven terms until his career was ended in 2011 by a scandal, in which he was caught sexting and posting of suggestive…

– By Cate Marquis – ‘Love & Friendship’ is hilarious, brilliant adaptation of lesser-known Austen work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars   Film comedies packed witty, biting humor and whip-smart dialog are pretty rare these days. So “Love & Friendship,” director Whit Stillman’s screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s lesser-known early short novel “Lady Susan,”…

– By Cate Marquis – ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ is more entertaining than first one but little Lewis Carroll remains   There is not much of Lewis Carroll’s classic book in the film that shares its name, but the fantasy adventure film “Alice Through the Looking Glass” is fun, and more entertaining than the…