A ballet that (almost) nobody saw faded away, quietly and beautifully, as the curtain went down. Moira Macdonald writes about what its like to watch a Pacific Northwest Ballet performance in a nearly empty McCaw Hall. Here are a few ways you can help artists, musicians and other arts-and-culture w
Date: Mar 16, 2020
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DVDs include 'Boyhood,' 'Get on Up,' and 'Left Behind'
Get on Up (PG-13): Tate Taylors film biography of James Brown, aka the Godfather of Soul, is unexpectedly buoyant; it skims over a life as if tunefully improvising, touching just the right note here and there, says Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald. Chadwick Boseman plays Brown,
Date: Jan 06, 2015
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Chloe Grace Moretz drama 'If I Stay' is lifeless, reviews say
Most film critics, however, are in line with the Seattle Times' Moira Macdonald, who writes, "In a summer that brought us a very good movie about a dying teenage girl ('The Fault in Our Stars'), it seems statistically unlikely that we might get another and, indeed, we don't."
Date: Aug 21, 2014
Category: Entertainment
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Here's What Critics Are Saying About Clint Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys'
formance down a few notches his twitchy, sneery portrayal seemed pitched to the balcony seats. But they sing together beautifully, and you wish the movie would settle into the songs a bit; we hear a lot of excerpts but few complete musical numbers. Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times
Date: Jun 20, 2014
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'The Wolf of Wall Street,' 'The Great Beauty,' 'Punk Singer'
The Wolf of Wall Street (R): Martin Scorseses Oscar-nominated movie, set in the late 1980s and 90s, is wickedly watchable, says Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald. As Jordan Belfort, a New York stockbroker who spent years cheerfully defrauding investors, (Leonardo) DiCaprio is positi
Date: Mar 25, 2014
Category: Entertainment
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"Divergent" reviews: Critics say film isn't as good as the book
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: "Woodley has a scratchy little voice and a way of clamping her eyes on her scene partners as if they might catch fire if she looked away; she also has that rare quality of utter likability, and of making preposterous situations seem believable simply because she's the
Date: Mar 20, 2014
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Aaron Eckhart looks for the monster's humanity in 'I, Frankenstein'
could relate to. At 45, hes never broken out as a headliner, a box office attraction who can open a film based on his name alone. His screen presence is formidable, thanks to a deep voice, soulful eyes and a face Seattle Times critic Moira Macdonald once said looks as if a computer designed it ... Hi
Date: Jan 21, 2014
Category: Entertainment
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'Man of Steel,' 'Turbo,' 'The Guilt Trip,' 'Blackfish'
we dont see much of it; this is an origin story less interested in the Daily Planet than in the world of Krypton, whose denizens (led by a snarling and weirdly banged Michael Shannon as the ruthless General Zod) eventually invade Earth, writes Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald.