‘At Middleton,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com Adam Rodgers’ “At Middleton” is that rarity: a romantic comedy that manages to surprise by subverting the formula and coming up with something fresh. Rodgers and cowriter Glenn German create two pairs of opposites, then mix and match them in a story about parents taking their children to tour …

‘Friends with Kids,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com Jennifer Westfeldt has slowly built herself a respectable filmography as a writer of smart, entertaining romantic-comedies, beginning with “Kissing Jessica Stein,” continuing through “Ira & Abby,” both of which she also starred in. She’s worked outside the studio system for the most part, because Westfeldt tends to go for …

‘This Means War,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com There’s nothing wrong with “This Means War” that a humor-transplant couldn’t cure. Granted, romantic comedy is the hardest kind of comedy to pull off, especially when that romcom also wants to be an action-thriller. But director McG – who is like a less grandiose version of Michael Bay – …

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