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‘A Cat in Paris,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine June 2, 2012 June 2, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com Nominated for the Oscar as best animated feature (which went to the visually brilliant but drastically unfunny “Rango”), “A Cat in Paris” is a slight but entertaining tale, most noteworthy for going old-school, with hand-drawn animation. Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol from a script by Gagnol, this …

‘Wallander: The Revenge,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine June 2, 2012 June 2, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com The first “Wallander” novels by Henning Mankell were published in Sweden in the early 1990s. There have been Wallander movies and TV series in Sweden, as well as a British adaptation with Kenneth Branagh as the depressed detective Kurt Wallander that played in the U.S. on “Masterpiece: Mystery.” But …

‘Snow White and the Huntsman,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 30, 2012 May 30, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com For a movie based on a fairy tale, “Snow White and the Huntsman” is kind of grim – or is that Grimm? The year’s second movie based on the tale of Snow White and the Wicked Queen, it’s a much more serious film than “Mirror Mirror,” which tried to …

‘High School,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 29, 2012 May 29, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com The temptation to make lots of marijuana-derived jokes would be a lot stronger if “High School,” an alleged stoner comedy, were actually funny. But this half-baked enterprise, which has been sitting on the shelf for the two years since it played the festival circuit, isn’t just stale – it’s …

Movie Review: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

Thelma Adams May 26, 2012 May 26, 2012 Members / Recent News

I try to love Wes Anderson. Really. I do. Give me “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” any day, or “Rushmore;” even “The Royal Tenenbaums.” But his latest twee tableau shortchanges story and character development (oy vey – is the point arrested development again?). The retro comedy waves a banner of cleverness, …

Adams on Reel Women: The Cannes Sex Scandal part deux

Thelma Adams May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 Members / Recent News

Fact: Men directed all 22 films in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival. Fact: The only woman to win that coveted prize was Jane Campion for “The Piano” in 1993 — and that was a joint victory. Cannes, we’ve got a problem — and …

‘Men in Black 3,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 24, 2012 May 24, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com I will admit: I tend to have a bias against movies with the number “3” in the title. If there’s ever a dead giveaway that all imagination has been sapped from a movie, it’s that second sequel (as if the first sequel wasn’t bad enough). Sure, the filmmaker can …

‘Mansome,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 23, 2012 May 23, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com I’ve got to hand it to Morgan Spurlock, a documentary maker who has enough curiosity – and enough wherewithal – to make the movies he wants to make, and lots of them. “Mansome” is his second this year (after his entertaining Comic-Con doc), a slight but entertaining piece that …

‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com Is there anything headier, happier and more confusing than first love? Of course not. That sensation is captured perfectly in Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” as wonderfully odd and formal a film as Anderson has made. Even in Anderson’s detail-oriented obsession with symmetry and control of his images, he manages …

‘The Intouchables,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine May 21, 2012 May 21, 2012 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com “The Intouchables,” opening Friday (5/25/12) in limited release, offers the epitome of the breakout performance: Omar Sy, who won the Cesar, the French Oscar, for best actor for his performance in this film, defeating Jean Dujardin for “The Artist.” Sy was already a star in France – but he’ll …