Marina Coates

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Marina is a Seattle based film critic and writer. Her favorite films, in no particular order include Psycho (1960), The Breakfast Club (1985), Jaws (1975), and The Lego Movie (2014). You can see more of her work at https://www.marinasmovieclub.com/

Beauty is in the Simplicity for ‘Project Hail Mary’

Marina Coates - March 10, 2026

I wasn’t expecting my favorite film of 2026 to be released in the first quarter of the year, but I’m almost positive that’s what...

Review: ‘The Bride!’ is Confused and Poorly-Constructed

Marina Coates - March 9, 2026

Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride! promised to be a fun, feminist thriller highlighting the less-explored character of The Bride of Frankenstein’s Monster, but what we...

Review: ‘Man on the Run’ Will Leave Long-Time Fans Wanting More

Marina Coates - February 27, 2026

You’d be hard-pressed today to find someone who doesn’t know who the Beatles are, but what happened after the Beatles is far less remembered...

‘Train Dreams’ is a Thoughtful and Moving Tale of the West

Marina Coates - December 22, 2025

Train Dreams follows the life of logger Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton) through eight decades of loss, love, and survival in a tender, deeply human...

‘Song Sung Blue’ Overdramatizes a Compelling True Story

Marina Coates - December 22, 2025

Song Sung Blue is the newest biopic featuring stars based on a documentary (Greg Kohs’s 2008 documentary of the same name), but it feels...

‘Wicked: For Good’ Brings Glinda to the Forefront

Marina Coates - November 19, 2025

It’s been nearly a full year since Wicked ended with Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) escaping Oz and Glinda the Good (Ariana Grande) deciding to...

‘Bugonia’ Marks Another Hit for the Lanthimos/Stone Collaboration

Marina Coates - October 30, 2025

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, a duo who have yet to disappoint, team up for the fifth time with Bugonia, Lanthimos’s English-language remake of...

‘TRON: Ares’ is Entertaining but Flat

Marina Coates - October 10, 2025

It’s hard to avoid AI in 2025—even at the movies. Two years ago, strikes over AI nearly shut down Hollywood, and this past year,...

‘Eleanor the Great’ is a Moving Yet Funny Directorial Debut for Scarlett Johansson

Marina Coates - September 25, 2025

Pop Break is celebrating its 16 year anniversary by raising money for St. Jude! If you have a few dollars, please consider giving to help...

SIFF Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’

Marina Coates - June 24, 2025

Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor's writing and directorial debut, abstractly centers around a “bad thing” that happens to Agnes (Victor), which plays out in four...