Hunger Games – New York Film Critics Circle

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 …

‘Killing Season,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

Marshall Fine July 9, 2013 July 9, 2013 Members / Recent News

HollywoodandFine.com For years, I’ve read about the so-called “Black List” of screenplays: allegedly great scripts which, for some reason, Hollywood ignores because it would rather make dumb crap like “The Lone Ranger.” Then I see a movie like “Killing Season,” written by Evan Daugherty, a script billed as one of …