9/11 Archive
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‘Parkland,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on October 3, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Fifty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, “Parkland” still has the power to hit you like a fast-moving bus. A recreation of Nov. 22, 1963, as seen […] -
‘Closed Circuit,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on August 26, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The paranoia that a terrorist attack – and the resultant media clusterpluck – creates is palpable. Don’t believe it? Hello – the Patriot Act? An overreaching NSA? So John […] -
Why Hollywood studios fear political content
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.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 […] -
‘Bel Ami,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on June 11, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I’m not sure why, but no one has been willing or able to speak truth to box-office power, so let me try: Robert Pattinson is a terrible actor. Oh, […] -
‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I keep want to referring to Stephen Daldry’s film of Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” as, instead, “ ..& Incredibly Cute.” That’s unfair. It’s not even […]