Meryl Streep Archive
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‘Ricki and the Flash’: Strictly a lounge act
Posted on August 6, 2015 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Jonathan Demme’s “Ricki and the Flash” is one of those near-misses that feels as though a lot of discussion went into the rationale behind every wrong-headed decision. No doubt […] -
‘Into the Woods’: We all die. The end.
Posted on December 26, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” arrives on the big screen 27 years after it opened on Broadway – and with the same second-act problems that have plagued it through […] -
‘August: Osage County,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 22, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com “Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” Tolstoy observed and he could have been talking about the Weston clan of “August: Osage County,” when he wrote that […] -
‘Hope Springs,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on August 7, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The commercials make “Hope Springs” look like some sort of mildly naughty sex comedy about an uptight older-middle-aged couple who rediscover the joys of sex through couples’ therapy. With […] -
‘To the Arctic,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com “To the Arctic,” like the cable series “Frozen Planet” and other films of the type, provides a precious historical record. At some point in the future, as man-made climate […] -
‘The Iron Lady,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 27, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com The focus isn’t even on her. We’re in a grungy British superette (as we used to call them in the Midwest) and some raucous music is playing loudly as […]