Sundance Archive
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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... -
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.... -
‘LUV,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on January 18, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Sheldon Candis’ “LUV” is a rough coming-of-age tale that establishes Common as a rapper who could easily put his music career behind him and concentrate on acting. It also... -
‘Price Check,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It has been years – at least since Zoe Cassavetes’ underseen “Broken English” and perhaps since she burst on to the scene in the early 1990s – since Parker... -
‘The Sessions,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 18, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Sex is a magnetic force, one that attracts and repels with equal force. Those impulses can be electrifying or awkward, drawing us desperately while tripping us up regularly. To... -
‘Goats,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It used to be that a movie that celebrated the use of marijuana was considered shocking, scandalous, unacceptable and inappropriate. To some people, it probably still is. These days,... -
10 Best of 2011, by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I’ve seen what feels like a surprising number of movies that genuinely excited and moved me this year, films as different as “The Descendants” and “Drive” – both of...