Marshall Fine commentary Archive
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![HollywoodandFine.com Here’s everything you need to know about what’s wrong with the movie industry today: This week, three remakes of movies that didn’t need remakes – or weren’t very good […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/large_Bluebird_1_PUBS.jpg "Can a little movie get some love?")
Can a little movie get some love?
Posted on February 13, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Here’s everything you need to know about what’s wrong with the movie industry today: This week, three remakes of movies that didn’t need remakes – or weren’t very good […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Awards season is a phrase that makes it sound as though everyone is armed with shotguns, combing an empty cornfield in hopes of flushing statuettes from the brush. It […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/movie-premiere.jpg "Wake me after awards season")
Wake me after awards season
Posted on January 10, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Awards season is a phrase that makes it sound as though everyone is armed with shotguns, combing an empty cornfield in hopes of flushing statuettes from the brush. It […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com It’s the time of year when critics release their lists of the year’s best films. It feels like a competitive sport – or a provocation, which all of these […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/amerhustle.jpg "Marshall Fine: My favorite films of 2013")
Marshall Fine: My favorite films of 2013
Posted on December 24, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s the time of year when critics release their lists of the year’s best films. It feels like a competitive sport – or a provocation, which all of these […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com I have to ask: When religious conservatives – or those with otherwise delicate sensibilities – hear the word “fuck” uttered in a movie, what happens? Do their ears start […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/philomena2.jpg "Hey MPAA: Give ‘Philomena’ a PG-13")
Hey MPAA: Give ‘Philomena’ a PG-13
Posted on November 11, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I have to ask: When religious conservatives – or those with otherwise delicate sensibilities – hear the word “fuck” uttered in a movie, what happens? Do their ears start […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Here’s what I loved about this year’s Emmy Awards: Well, nothing, really – I didn’t watch them. I avoid award shows like they were herpes – and they tend […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pundits.jpg "The scourge of Oscar pundits")
The scourge of Oscar pundits
Posted on September 30, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Here’s what I loved about this year’s Emmy Awards: Well, nothing, really – I didn’t watch them. I avoid award shows like they were herpes – and they tend […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com I’ve posted diatribes the past few years about Comic-Con – an event I’ve never attended and never hope to. But I was going to ignore it this year. For […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cosplay-22.jpg "Why Comic-Con is dangerous to our intellectual health")
Why Comic-Con is dangerous to our intellectual health
Posted on July 23, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I’ve posted diatribes the past few years about Comic-Con – an event I’ve never attended and never hope to. But I was going to ignore it this year. For […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com This was originally going to be a piece about how wrong it was for Will Smith to remake “The Wild Bunch.” But that metastasized into an idea about remakes […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/leprechaun-original102611.jpg "Hollywood and the death of originality")
Hollywood and the death of originality
Posted on June 17, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com This was originally going to be a piece about how wrong it was for Will Smith to remake “The Wild Bunch.” But that metastasized into an idea about remakes […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Dear Will Smith, I read recently that you are involved in remaking Sam Peckinpah’s classic western, “The Wild Bunch.” So I’m writing this open letter, pleading with you to […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wild-bunch.jpg "An open letter to Will Smith")
An open letter to Will Smith
Posted on May 30, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Dear Will Smith, I read recently that you are involved in remaking Sam Peckinpah’s classic western, “The Wild Bunch.” So I’m writing this open letter, pleading with you to […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com I was heartened to read that, on its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” did solid business, despite some unjustly vicious reviews. I was even more uplifted when I read […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/people-wearing-3d-glasses.jpg "My annual anti-3D sermon")
My annual anti-3D sermon
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I was heartened to read that, on its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” did solid business, despite some unjustly vicious reviews. I was even more uplifted when I read […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Over the years, I’ve developed what I refer to as the 20-minute rule. It basically says that a movie that hasn’t hooked me in the first 20 minutes probably […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/anyprice.jpg "The 20-minute rule")
The 20-minute rule
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Over the years, I’ve developed what I refer to as the 20-minute rule. It basically says that a movie that hasn’t hooked me in the first 20 minutes probably […]