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Scott Marks
Articles by Scott Marks
Where to see Dunkirk in 70mm
Pick your battle station wisely
When a studio goes to the effort of setting up an IMAX screening for the press, consider me first in line. It’s a luxurious perk and one that generally comes back to reward its backers ...
The original Rotten Tomato
B.J. wouldn’t allow anyone to make it out the front door without asking, “How many stars?”
For every knowledgeably staffed Kensington Video, Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee, Facets Multimedia, or any number of cutting-edge video rental stores that once gave lonely cinephiles a place to go and someone to talk to, there ...
Damn hurty Apes
We now believe a motion-capture monkey thinks, feels, reasons, and eventually speaks
The 20th Century Fox fanfare (with CinemaScope addendum) that opened War for the Planet of the Apes was performed on jungle drums and didgeridoo. Sometimes a film earns points even before the opening credits hit ...
Director Nick Hamm on his Journey
The road less troubled?
The historical understructure of Nick Hamm’s The Journey came as news to me. Your humble correspondent Mr. Ugly American must have been at the movies the week Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) ...
No refund on free passes?
How about cash back if you don't like the picture?
The sun was shining, the climate genial, and a Terence Davies picture that deserved a fate better than a single-screen living room playing at the Digital Gym. Time to go to the movies. Talk about ...
A warm Kaiser role from Christopher Plummer
Knew more about Wilhelm II than the movie reveals
The last time San Diegans saw Christopher Plummer perform was as fictional Nazi hunter Zev Guttman in Atom Egoyan's Remember. This time around he plays an exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II in The Exception which opens ...
Beatriz at Dinner makes the history books
Salma Hayek’s Beatriz has the worst haircut of the actress’s career
I’m not alone in my observation that Beatriz at Dinner will make the history books as the first narrative feature released since Trump took office that takes direct aim at the billionaire-game-show-host-turned-POTUS. It also has ...
Beatriz at Dinner is served
Director Miguel Arteta feasts on Salma Hayek
Sometimes the first impression of an artist whose work one will later grow fond of drops anchor in the unlikeliest of places. Such was the case of Miguel Arteta, whose latest, Beatriz at Dinner, opens ...
Let’s get younger females to see a movie about war
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and producer Pete Shilaimon discuss Megan Leavey
Read the review and enjoy a few words about Megan Leavey (and Blackfish) from director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and producer Pete Shilaimon. Scott Marks: You got a lot of nerve, sister, showing your face in this ...
