Michael Pena Archive
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‘Ant-Man’: Hold the insecticide
Posted on July 16, 2015 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Right from the start, let me stipulate that, when it comes to most comic-book movies, I turn into Anti-Man. I believe comic-book movies — and the overweening Comic-Con mentality […] -
‘Fury’: War is hell
Posted on October 15, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com This seems to be the season for movies in the 140-150 minute range, length apparently meant to convey importance. David Ayer’s “Fury” is one of the few that warrants […] -
The week in movies: ‘The Raid 2,’ ‘Noah’ and more
Posted on March 27, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I’m a little embarrassed at how much I enjoyed “The Raid 2,” Gareth Evans’ sequel to his blistering 2011 action film, “The Raid.” So let me be exceptionally clear: […] -
‘Gangster Squad,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on January 8, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com You get the feeling that Ruben Fleischer would have been happy to make an homage to the gangster movies of the 1940s (filtered through both a 1970s and a […] -
‘End of Watch,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on September 20, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com It’s a Chekhovian truism that if you introduce a gun in the first act, it had better go off before the end of the play. That apparently didn’t register […] -
‘The Good Doctor,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on September 4, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com At first glance, “The Good Doctor” seems like a pilot for a TV series we’ve seen seemingly dozens of times – most successfully in “E.R.” You’ve got the earnest, […]