Marshall Fine movie reviews Archive
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‘Pieta,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com South Korean cinema has exploded internationally in the past decade or so. I won’t speculate about how South Korean society informs the consciousness of its filmmakers because, well, we... -
‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The conventional wisdom about the “Star Trek” movies starring the cast of the original TV show was that the even-numbered films were the good ones and the odd-numbered ones... -
‘Stories We Tell,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Sarah Polley’s “Stories We Tell” is one of the year’s best films: funny, moving, thought-provoking – and so personal that it strikes universal chords. While critics often score indulgent... -
‘Evil Dead,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com At the point when it actually starts to rain blood near the end of the remake of “Evil Dead,” you would think that things couldn’t get any gorier. And... -
‘The Brass Teapot,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Neither terrible nor revelatory, Ramaa Mosley’s “The Brass Teapot” is the kind of movie you might stumble across on cable and stick with, if only because, well, you’ve got... -
‘The Sapphires,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The darling of the Australian Academy Awards and a hit on the festival circuit, “The Sapphires” is that pure treat: an aggressively entertaining movie about the struggle, uplift, romance... -
‘The Silence,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The first time a major feature film came out with this title, it was a 1963 entry by the late Ingmar Bergman – not exactly the Judd Apatow of... -
‘Phantom,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 28, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com By its nature, movies set aboard submarines should come with built-in suspense. If the story is set during a war, well, there’s always the threat of attack. Even during... -
‘Snitch,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 22, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com In “Snitch,” Dwayne Johnson – still probably better known as The Rock – plays a normal guy pressed into action to help save his son from a 10-year stretch... -
‘Beautiful Creatures,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I’m probably the wrong demographic for “Beautiful Creatures,” the latest effort at franchise-building in the teen supernatural-romance genre. Based on the first in a series of books by Kami...