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The week in movies: ‘Divergent,’ ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ and more

Marshall Fine March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com So is “Divergent” the new “Hunger Games”? Or “Twilight”? Or even “Harry Potter”? Probably not. Not because it’s bad but because it’s not bad … but not great either. It’s middling, as so many movies based on the first book of a series tend to be. “Divergent” is derived …

Why Hollywood studios fear political content

Marshall Fine July 27, 2012 July 27, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com A South American director once observed to me that everything was political. He was referring to entertainment in general, more specifically the films that Hollywood chooses to make, even when they seemingly have nothing to do with politics – because that, in itself, is a political choice. That’s still …