Marshall Fine movie reviews Archive
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‘Identity Thief,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Think of “Identity Thief” as a weak-tea reworking of “Midnight Run,” itself a long-overvalued action-comedy that was never as good its proponents would have you think. Here’s the most... -
‘Side Effects,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 5, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Dear Steven Soderbergh: Please don’t stop making movies. Your name is high on the list of filmmakers whose careers I’m thankful have coincided with my career as a movie... -
‘Stand Up Guys,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on January 29, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The waste of talent in Fisher Stevens’ “Stand Up Guys” is criminal. It’s the movie equivalent of shooting a man in Reno, just to watch him die. This tale... -
‘The Last Stand,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on January 16, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Sometimes, all you want is a knock-down, guns-blazing approximation of an old-style western, even if it’s set in contemporary times. As a modern oater, “The Last Stand” is shamelessly... -
‘Red Dawn,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 26, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com John Milius’ “Red Dawn,” released in 1984, was a simplistic, militaristic rabble-rouser of a film, a Reagan-era Cold War relic that offered lots of rah-rah about how mighty the... -
‘Wreck-It Ralph,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 1, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Anyone who has ever been caught up in the videogame revolution that exploded in the late 1970s and early 1980s – which has all but consumed popular culture for... -
‘The First Time,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Jon Kasdan’s “The First Time” captures one of those moments in life when you only hope you have the presence of mind to absorb every detail so that you... -
‘Argo,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 9, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s a little early to be proclaiming Ben Affleck’s “Argo” the best movie of the year – but one of the best? No question. Among the films I saw... -
‘Won’t Back Down,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on September 27, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s one thing when documentaries like Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman’” and Madeleine Sackler’s much better “The Lottery” look at problems in public education and offer some solutions (such... -
‘Pitch Perfect,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on September 26, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Occasionally, two studios make the same movie and then try to be the first to release their version. It’s less common for the same year to produce two different...