Marshall Fine commentary Archive
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My annual anti-3D sermon
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I was heartened to read that, on its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” did solid business, despite some unjustly vicious reviews. I was even more uplifted when I read... -
The 20-minute rule
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Over the years, I’ve developed what I refer to as the 20-minute rule. It basically says that a movie that hasn’t hooked me in the first 20 minutes probably... -
When movies aren’t audience-friendly
Posted on April 12, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I recall a while back that a fellow critic took offense when I referred to Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” as “not an audience-friendly film.” He felt that I was using... -
Deliver us from stupid Hollywood films
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com A couple of weeks ago, someone I know, after scanning the movie listings of a Friday newspaper (and really, I’m dating that person just by identifying them as an... -
There are too damn many movies
Posted on March 18, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com There are just too damn many movies. And not nearly enough good ones. By my count, the New York Times ran reviews of 19 different movies on Friday, March... -
Why embargo critics’ reviews?
Posted on March 12, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Why would a movie studio try to stop critics from reviewing movies? It’s called a review embargo – and it seems a little self-explanatory. But still, I’d like to... -
Why ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ doesn’t deserves its Oscar nominations
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com There’s been a lot of Oscar chatter about the fact that “Argo” seems on track to win the best-picture trophy this year – despite the fact that its director,... -
Annals of the Underrated: Sam Rockwell
Posted on February 6, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I have, on occasion, posted rants about filmmakers and actors who I consider overrated, a list that includes John Hughes, Terrence Malick, Zooey Deschanel and Ridley Scott, among others.... -
‘Django Unchained,’ ‘ZD30′: What exactly are we arguing about?
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com When I was in college, I once interviewed the late Rupert Crosse, an African-American actor who got an Oscar nomination for a 1969 film called “The Reivers,” whose star... -
What now, Arnold?
Posted on January 28, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Now that his first comeback movie has seriously bombed, what’s next for Arnold Schwarzenegger? I’m here to suggest that, in fact, “The Last Stand,” which opened to slim box...