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The M Report with Marlon Wallace is Delmarva's local source of what's hot and what's not at the movies and in the media.

There are many films playing at your local multiplex. Hundreds more are marinating on local video store shelves or waiting to be downloaded from a myriad of online sources.

Which ones are worth your money? Which are worth mewling about? The M Report will help take away some of the confusion.

For hip, topical and insightful commentary, check out The M Report.

Movie Review - Mud

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I don't know why, but, every time I see people wandering around on an island, all disheveled and dirty, I immediately think of ABC's Lost. When writer-director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) introduces More>>

Movie Review - Dream On

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Within the past decade, a few English films have been set in the 1980s. All have been about young men coming-of-age. All have ranged from the quirky, to the comedic to the deeply dramatic, films like More>>

Movie Review - To the Wonder

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When Terrence Malick's sixth feature premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, movie blogger Brad Brevet called it "The Tree of Life 2." Watching the film, the end credits include More>>

Movie Review - Turtle Hill, Brooklyn

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Brian W. Seibert and Ricardo Valdez star in Turtle Hill, Brooklyn. They are also the movie's screenwriters. Siebert and Valdez play a gay couple celebrating a birthday with their friends. One might immediately More>>

Movie Review - Side Effects

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The opening shot is patterned after Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and like the 1960 horror film, Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects makes a drastic turn about a third or close to half-way through it. Unlike More>>

Movie Review - 42

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The week this movie was released, it was announced in the news that Commissioner Bud Selig was going to create a diversity task-force to look at the all-time low participation of African-Americans in More>>

Movie Review - Stoker

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Director Park Chan-wook presents his first English-language film and it's also the first of the half-dozen or so features he's done to be written by someone else. This is perhaps problem number one, More>>

Movie Review - My Amityville Horror (Updated)

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After playing at several prestigious film festivals last year, My Amityville Horror is now being released in select theaters. On the same day, March 15, 2013, the documentary feature will also be made More>>

Movie Review - War Witch

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War Witch is the 2013 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. It was the official submission from Canada and it was written and directed by Kim Nguyen, a Canadian man who gets into the More>>

Movie Review - Zero Dark Thirty

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On May 2, 2011, President Barack Obama went on television and said Osama Bin Laden was dead. Bin Laden was killed in a military operation that President Obama ordered. It preceded the ten-year anniversary More>>

Movie Review - Moonrise Kingdom

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I can't say where this ranks in writer-director Wes Anderson's filmography, but I can certainly say that Moonrise Kingdom is one of the best movies of the year, if not the best comedy of 2012.Besides More>>

Movie Review - Life of Pi

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This movie could also be titled "Life of Lies." Much like Titantic (1997), this film involves a ship that sinks and it also involves two actors who play the same character at two different ages. Irrfan More>>

Movie Review - Wreck-It Ralph

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Wreck-It Ralph is the name of a video-game character. He's the villain in the arcade machine called "Fix-It Felix, Jr." Children come to the arcade to play this machine as well as other new and old games. More>>

Movie Review - Flight

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The last few films starring Denzel Washington have mostly been action films. Besides the physical stunts, I don't think they have required Washington to really stretch his acting muscles. The emotions More>>

Movie Review - Cloud Atlas

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When I first saw the trailer for this film, I dismissed it as ridiculous and silly, and something I didn't want to see because the scope and ambition seemed to overreach, but once the major critics became More>>

Movie Review - Argo

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There have been movies over the years that have been famously quoted "I'm Spartacus" from the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film stands out. "You complete me" uttered by Tom Cruise is another, as well as Jack More>>

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  • Wednesday, October 31 2012 4:14 PM EDT2012-10-31 20:14:30 GMT
    When I first saw the trailer for this film, I dismissed it as ridiculous and silly, and something I didn't want to see because the scope and ambition seemed to overreach, but once the major critics became
    When I first saw the trailer for this film, I dismissed it as ridiculous and silly, and something I didn't want to see because the scope and ambition seemed to overreach, but once the major critics became
  • Monday, October 29 2012 4:11 PM EDT2012-10-29 20:11:13 GMT
    There have been movies over the years that have been famously quoted "I'm Spartacus" from the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film stands out. "You complete me" uttered by Tom Cruise is another, as well as Jack
    There have been movies over the years that have been famously quoted "I'm Spartacus" from the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film stands out. "You complete me" uttered by Tom Cruise is another, as well as Jack
  • Friday, June 1 2012 3:49 PM EDT2012-06-01 19:49:28 GMT
    Kristen Stewart plays the iconic Snow White, but she's mostly dirty and grimy that we don't get that she's the fairest one of them all. There are scenes that show how men and even monsters think she's
    Kristen Stewart plays the iconic Snow White, but she's mostly dirty and grimy that we don't get that she's the fairest one of them all. There are scenes that show how men and even monsters think she's
  • DVD ReviewsDVD Reviews

  • Thursday, March 21 2013 2:07 PM EDT2013-03-21 18:07:35 GMT
    Hunter Bodine (left) and Shay Astar in "Bob's New Suit"
    Alan Howard's new movie starts out with an interesting conceit. A new, Italian suit narrates the life of its owner, a 30-something, good-looking, blonde landscaper and carpenter named Bob Goodlow. It's
    Alan Howard's new movie starts out with an interesting conceit. A new, Italian suit narrates the life of its owner, a 30-something, good-looking, blonde landscaper and carpenter named Bob Goodlow. It's
  • Monday, January 28 2013 8:16 PM EST2013-01-29 01:16:55 GMT
    Matthew Smith is an actor and movie producer living in Burbank, California, with his boyfriend Solly Hemus. Smith has produced and directed this documentary about himself and various others on what it
    Matthew Smith is an actor and movie producer living in Burbank, California, with his boyfriend Solly Hemus. Smith has produced and directed this documentary about himself and various others on what it
  • Tuesday, December 11 2012 4:02 PM EST2012-12-11 21:02:55 GMT
    Eric Dean (Nine Lives and George's Intervention) stars as Doug, a gay personal trainer and pilates instructor who enjoys cake and red wine, as he prepares to celebrate his 40th birthday. He's slightly
    Eric Dean (Nine Lives and George's Intervention) stars as Doug, a gay personal trainer and pilates instructor who enjoys cake and red wine, as he prepares to celebrate his 40th birthday. He's slightly
  • TV ReviewsTV Reviews

  • Monday, May 6 2013 5:46 PM EDT2013-05-06 21:46:01 GMT
    One of my favorite TV shows of the past decade was ABC's Lost, which premiered in 2004. One of the head writers and executive producers of that series Carlton Cuse and one of its producers and directors
    One of my favorite TV shows of the past decade was ABC's Lost, which premiered in 2004. One of the head writers and executive producers of that series Carlton Cuse and one of its producers and directors
  • Thursday, March 21 2013 2:29 PM EDT2013-03-21 18:29:16 GMT
    Theo James in "Golden Boy"
    Theo James stars as Walter William Clark, Jr., the youngest ever New York City police commissioner at the age of 34. Yet, this show isn't about him being the police commissioner, which would have been
    Theo James stars as Walter William Clark, Jr., the youngest ever New York City police commissioner at the age of 34. Yet, this show isn't about him being the police commissioner, which would have been
  • Wednesday, January 30 2013 4:35 PM EST2013-01-30 21:35:51 GMT
    The sitcom features Bill Pullman as the President of the United States and Jenna Elfman as his wife and step-mom to his two teenage kids. Yet, in a weird way, they're not the stars of this show. The
    The sitcom features Bill Pullman as the President of the United States and Jenna Elfman as his wife and step-mom to his two teenage kids. Yet, in a weird way, they're not the stars of this show. The
  • The M Report

  • Tuesday, April 30 2013 11:49 PM EDT2013-05-01 03:49:03 GMT
    Before its official theatrical release in New York on May 3rd, I had an opportunity to chat with the men responsible for the new movie Turtle Hill, Brooklyn. I spoke with writers and actors Brian Seibert
    Before its official theatrical release in New York on May 3rd, I had an opportunity to chat with the men responsible for the new movie Turtle Hill, Brooklyn. I spoke with writers and actors Brian Seibert
  • Thursday, April 4 2013 4:10 PM EDT2013-04-04 20:10:54 GMT
    Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert died April 4 due to complications of cancer. Ebert was 70 years old. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002 and underwent surgery which left him
    Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert died April 4 due to complications of cancer. Ebert was 70 years old. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002 and underwent surgery which left him
  • Friday, December 21 2012 9:56 PM EST2012-12-22 02:56:23 GMT
    Benjamin Farmer stars in The Falls, an independent film made in Portland about two Mormons doing missionary work as is the duty of all Mormon males of a certain age. The film focuses on the relationship
    Actor Benjamin Farmer is interviewed about his new film "The Falls" available on DVD.
  • Friday, December 14 2012 7:38 PM EST2012-12-15 00:38:09 GMT
    Nick Ferrucci stars in the independent film The Falls (2012). He acted in the movie during the summer of 2010 after he graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor's degree and before he
    Nick Ferrucci stars in the independent film The Falls (2012). He acted in the movie during the summer of 2010 after he graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor's degree and before he
  • Thursday, December 13 2012 1:31 PM EST2012-12-13 18:31:45 GMT
    Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the nominations for the 44th NAACP Image Awards were announced. The show recognizes achievements of minorities, mostly African-American and Hispanic artists in music, literature,
    Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the nominations for the 44th NAACP Image Awards were announced. The show recognizes achievements of minorities, mostly African-American and Hispanic artists in music, literature,
  • Tuesday, December 11 2012 6:17 PM EST2012-12-11 23:17:50 GMT
    The Men Next Door is about a 40-year-old pilates instructor who dates two men at the same time. One is a 50-year-old retiree and the other is a 30-year-old business executive. It's a sexy, light-hearted,
    The Men Next Door is about a 40-year-old pilates instructor who dates two men at the same time. One is a 50-year-old retiree and the other is a 30-year-old business executive. It's a sexy, light-hearted,
  • Thursday, November 8 2012 3:38 PM EST2012-11-08 20:38:58 GMT
    Michael Oates was born in New York City but he was raised in New Jersey. He got his English degree but took a turn when he had a graduate course in TV directing. He then went on to get his Master's degree
    WBOC's in-house film critic Marlon Wallace interviewed filmmaker Michael Oates about his new documentary, "White Gold: Delaware's Oyster Industry." It is an eight-year exploration of the First State's maritime economy through the eyes of a waterman trying to restore the nation's oldest continually running schooner. The film is being screened this weekend at the Rehoboth Beach Indepenent Film Festival.
  • Wednesday, November 7 2012 11:46 PM EST2012-11-08 04:46:10 GMT
    A couple of years ago, Steve Gonzer of Middletown, Delaware, spent 20 years gathering testimonials of Holocaust survivors and liberators who call Delaware their home. He edited those testimonials together
    A couple of years ago, Steve Gonzer of Middletown, Delaware, spent 20 years gathering testimonials of Holocaust survivors and liberators who call Delaware their home. He edited those testimonials together
  • Wednesday, November 7 2012 12:12 PM EST2012-11-07 17:12:26 GMT
    When I spoke with director Sharon Baker about her new film The Twin Poets: Why I Write playing at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, it reminded me of Steve James' The Interrupters (2011),
    When I spoke with director Sharon Baker about her new film The Twin Poets: Why I Write playing at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, it reminded me of Steve James' The Interrupters (2011),
  • Wednesday, November 7 2012 11:57 AM EST2012-11-07 16:57:28 GMT
    Writer-director Pamela Preston is screening her 11-minute movie A Ninth Life at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. Her movie is the shortest of the three films wrapped up in the Shorts
    Writer-director Pamela Preston is screening her 11-minute movie A Ninth Life at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. Her movie is the shortest of the three films wrapped up in the Shorts
  • Wednesday, November 7 2012 11:50 AM EST2012-11-07 16:50:34 GMT
    Most of the movies playing at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival that come from local filmmakers in its Regional Showcase are documentaries. Only three are fictional narratives and they're
    Most of the movies playing at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival that come from local filmmakers in its Regional Showcase are documentaries. Only three are fictional narratives and they're
  • Tuesday, November 6 2012 11:09 AM EST2012-11-06 16:09:04 GMT
    Three short films made by Delmarva residents have been packaged together at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival and will screen under one banner called Shorts From Around Here: Take 2.
    Three short films made by Delmarva residents have been packaged together at the 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival and will screen under one banner called Shorts From Around Here: Take 2.
  • Tuesday, November 6 2012 10:57 AM EST2012-11-06 15:57:17 GMT
    The 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival or RBIFF has a Regional Showcase that features 10 movies made by Delmarva filmmakers. The majority of which are documentaries. Most are about a hour
    The 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival or RBIFF has a Regional Showcase that features 10 movies made by Delmarva filmmakers. The majority of which are documentaries. Most are about a hour
  • Tuesday, November 6 2012 10:33 AM EST2012-11-06 15:33:23 GMT
    The 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival or RBIFF has a Regional Showcase that features 10 movies made by Delmarva filmmakers. The majority of which are documentaries that are about a hour in
    The 15th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival or RBIFF has a Regional Showcase that features 10 movies made by Delmarva filmmakers. The majority of which are documentaries that are about a hour in
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