Cate Marquis

– By Cate Marquis – ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’ looks great but fitful storytelling sinks seafaring tale Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was based in part on a real event, the sinking of the Essex by a whale, part of the whaling lore of Nantucket. That bit of real history was recounted in…

Inspiring ‘Trumbo’ exposes anti-Semitism of Hollywood blacklist – Film Review By Cate Marquis for the Jewish Light – The Hollywood blacklist marked a dark period in American history. Cold War fear of communists gripped the nation, and a Washington-based witch hunt sought to find anyone with even an imagined link to communism. Suspicion fell on…

Saoirse Ronan speaks on her new film ‘Brooklyn’  – By Cate Marquis, Staff Writer for The Current – Actress Saoirse Ronan was born in New York but her parents returned to their native Ireland with her when she was three. So “Brooklyn,” a film about a young Irish woman, Eilis, who moves to America in…

‘Suffragette’ star Carey Mulligan talks about film on women’s fight for vote – By Cate Marquis, Staff Writer for The Current –   The film “Suffragette” tells the story of the nearly-forgotten fight women fought for the vote in Britain in the early 20th century, just before World War I. While that fight was led…

Angelina Jolie Pitt directs herself and husband Brad in “By the Sea,” which is mostly eye-candy, especially for Angie fans – Film Review By Cate Marquis – “By The Sea” is a very pretty film – pretty people, pretty locations, pretty clothes, pretty sets full of pretty furniture – all prettily filmed by gifted cinematographer…

Jennifer Lawrence takes “Hunger Games” out in style – Film Review By Cate Marquis – The Hunger Games series goes out with a big satisfying bang in “Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.” It is the last in the series, and the ending makes clear that any remaining hunger for Katniss and her saga will have…

– Movie Review By Cate Marquis – The movie “Love the Coopers” opens with Diane Keaton as Charlotte Cooper signing Christmas cards with “Love, the Coopers.” The comma is missing in the movie’s title, which presumably means the filmmakers hope you love the Cooper family. To help with that goal, they have loaded this holiday…

– Film Review by Cate Marquis – “Spectre” wraps up Daniel Craig’s Bond in style – if he’s leaving Daniel Craig, who reportedly has said he is done playing James Bond, would be wrapping up his run as 007 with style in “Spectre.” While packed with eye-popping set pieces and typically globe-trotting 007 action, some…

– Film Review by Cate Marquis – ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ highlights political campaign hijinx Sandra Bullock stars as a political campaign consultant hired by a Bolivian candidate running for president. Under her mix of message massaging and Karl Rove-type dirty tricks, she does everything she can to get her candidate in office, regardless of…

– Film Review By Cate Marquis – ‘Room’ is taut tale of survival and a mother’s love in confined space and beyond “Room” takes viewers inside the cramped space where a young woman, held captive since she was kidnapped at age 17, lives with her 5-year-old son, the only world her son has ever known…