Cate Marquis

– By Cate Marquis – Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups’ is beautiful but dull ramble through LA and Hollywood Terrence Malick is a legendary director, known for beautiful, contemplative films. His “Tree of Life” portrayed the remembered experience of growing up, through the eyes of a child from infancy up, while the grown man contemplated the…

– By Cate Marquis – ‘The Wave’ shows Hollywood has no monopoly on big effects disaster films “The Wave” is an eye-popping, nail-biting thriller about an avalanche that triggers a tsunami-like flood at threatens to wipe out a tourist filled town in the blink of an eye. The most surprising thing about this top-notch special…

– By Cate Marquis – Disney’s animated “Zootopia” pairs rabbit and fox in comedy-adventure in animal diversity utopia “Zootopia” is that perfect kind of kid’s movie, an animated comedy that works for both grown-ups and young audiences, while offering a message that parent can feel comfortable with for their children. It is also Disney’s best…

– 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…

– 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…

– 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…

– 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…

– 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…

– 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…

– By Cate Marquis – “Race” strives but falls short in telling tale of Jesse Owen’s Olympic glory Olympic great Jesse Owens is a worthy subject for big, splashy Hollywood movie. Owens, an African American had to overcome the hurdles of racial discrimination just to compete in track and field, not only earned a record-breaking…