Michael Bay Archive
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![HollywoodandFine.com Here are some of the names that came to mind as I watched “Mad Max: Fury Road”: Federico Fellini. David Lynch. Pieter Bruegel. Ralph Steadman. Stanley Kubrick. There are images […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/max3.jpg "‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Taking the long way")
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Taking the long way
Posted on May 12, 2015 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Here are some of the names that came to mind as I watched “Mad Max: Fury Road”: Federico Fellini. David Lynch. Pieter Bruegel. Ralph Steadman. Stanley Kubrick. There are images […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com I wrote a long piece a couple years ago, about why I refused to review the third “Transformers” movie: because the first two sucked, because Michael Bay is the […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/begin-again.jpg "Week in Film: ‘Begin Again,’ ‘Whitey’ and more")
Week in Film: ‘Begin Again,’ ‘Whitey’ and more
Posted on June 24, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I wrote a long piece a couple years ago, about why I refused to review the third “Transformers” movie: because the first two sucked, because Michael Bay is the […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com In some ways, movies are about our childhood: about the dreams, fantasies, fears and hopes we saw reflected from our own lives on a big screen when we were […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pacrim2.jpg "‘Pacific Rim,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Pacific Rim,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on July 10, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com In some ways, movies are about our childhood: about the dreams, fantasies, fears and hopes we saw reflected from our own lives on a big screen when we were […] -
![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 […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/killing-season.jpg "‘Killing Season,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Killing Season,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on July 9, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.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 […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com I want to applaud Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing” for all the things it does right, and I will. But Whedon’s side project – between his various TV […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/much-ado.jpg "‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on June 5, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I want to applaud Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing” for all the things it does right, and I will. But Whedon’s side project – between his various TV […] -
![By Armond White In light of Michael bay’s Pain & Gain, it’s time to take another look one of its influences: Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 Zabriskie Point finally passes the test […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zabriskiepoint2.jpg "DVD Pick: Zabriskie Point (Warner Home Video) reviewed by Armond White")
DVD Pick: Zabriskie Point (Warner Home Video) reviewed by Armond White
Posted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White In light of Michael bay’s Pain & Gain, it’s time to take another look one of its influences: Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 Zabriskie Point finally passes the test […] -
![By Armond White Michael Bay sees like an ad-man gone wild— glorifying everything–a vision that corresponds to the age’s consumerist sensibility: greed and the need for speed. In Pain & […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pain-and-gain-poster.jpg "Pain & Gain reviewed by Armond White for CityArts")
Pain & Gain reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White Michael Bay sees like an ad-man gone wild— glorifying everything–a vision that corresponds to the age’s consumerist sensibility: greed and the need for speed. In Pain & […] -
![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 […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Now that his first comeback movie has seriously bombed, what’s next for Arnold Schwarzenegger? I’m here to suggest that, in fact, “The Last Stand,” which opened to slim box […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arnold1.jpg "What now, Arnold?")
What now, Arnold?
Posted on January 28, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Now that his first comeback movie has seriously bombed, what’s next for Arnold Schwarzenegger? I’m here to suggest that, in fact, “The Last Stand,” which opened to slim box […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com There’s nothing wrong with “This Means War” that a humor-transplant couldn’t cure. Granted, romantic comedy is the hardest kind of comedy to pull off, especially when that romcom also […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/this-means-war.jpg "‘This Means War,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘This Means War,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com There’s nothing wrong with “This Means War” that a humor-transplant couldn’t cure. Granted, romantic comedy is the hardest kind of comedy to pull off, especially when that romcom also […]