The week in movies: ‘Transcendence,’ ‘Fading Gigolo’

HollywoodandFine.com There are so many potentially interesting elements swirling around Wally Pfister’s “Transcendence” – something old, new, borrowed and blue – that the disappointment when they don’t add up to a significant movie is acute. Written by first-timer Jack Paglen and directed by Pfister (Christopher Nolan’s go-to cinematographer), “Transcendence” trolls …

‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine

HollywoodandFine.com There are moments in “The Butler” – excuse me, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” – that make you cringe a little because they’re so on the nose. And yet I walked away from Daniels’ film deeply moved. As obvious as this film can be in its messages – bigotry and …

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