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![HollywoodandFine.com Amusing and slight, “What We Do in the Shadows” is a mockumentary drawn from the same sensibilities that produced “Flight of the Conchords,” “Eagle v. Shark” and “Boy,” among […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/shadows2.jpg "‘What We Do in the Shadows’: Bloody funny")
‘What We Do in the Shadows’: Bloody funny
Posted on February 12, 2015 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Amusing and slight, “What We Do in the Shadows” is a mockumentary drawn from the same sensibilities that produced “Flight of the Conchords,” “Eagle v. Shark” and “Boy,” among […] -
![HollywoodandFine.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 […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/woods2.jpg "‘Into the Woods’: We all die. The end.")
‘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 […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Everyone, at some point, wonders how they would react to a split-second emergency. Fight or flight? Leap into action or race for the exit? Or simply crumble? That’s the […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/force-majeure.jpg "‘Force Majeure’: Who are you, exactly?")
‘Force Majeure’: Who are you, exactly?
Posted on October 24, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Everyone, at some point, wonders how they would react to a split-second emergency. Fight or flight? Leap into action or race for the exit? Or simply crumble? That’s the […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com After I saw “22 Jump Street,” I noted publicly that, while it was funnier than “21 Jump Street,” so was my root canal. (Although the latter did include laughing […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/jumpst.jpg "The week in film: ’22 Jump Street,’ ‘The Signal’ and more")
The week in film: ’22 Jump Street,’ ‘The Signal’ and more
Posted on June 13, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com After I saw “22 Jump Street,” I noted publicly that, while it was funnier than “21 Jump Street,” so was my root canal. (Although the latter did include laughing […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com If you’re keeping score at home, of the three Marvel comic-book movies so far this summer (a term I use advisedly for a season that technically doesn’t start for […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/x1.jpg "Week in Film: ‘X-Men,’ ‘Love Punch,’ ‘Words and Pictures’")
Week in Film: ‘X-Men,’ ‘Love Punch,’ ‘Words and Pictures’
Posted on May 22, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com If you’re keeping score at home, of the three Marvel comic-book movies so far this summer (a term I use advisedly for a season that technically doesn’t start for […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Like Father, Like Son” is a delicate but daunting tale, one whose quietly self-contained story manages to churn great waves of emotional complexity. The set-up is a […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/like-father.jpg "‘Like Father, Like Son,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Like Father, Like Son,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on January 16, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Like Father, Like Son” is a delicate but daunting tale, one whose quietly self-contained story manages to churn great waves of emotional complexity. The set-up is a […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com When my oldest son was a tot, one of the videotapes in heavy rotation on our TV was the cartoon feature, “The Land Before Time.” In it, a group […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dinos.jpg "‘Walking With Dinosaurs,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Walking With Dinosaurs,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 19, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com When my oldest son was a tot, one of the videotapes in heavy rotation on our TV was the cartoon feature, “The Land Before Time.” In it, a group […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Ahhh yes, the zombie apocalypse – that moment when the dead rise and, by biting the living, turn them into zombies as well. Some theorize that Patient Zero was […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wwZ.jpg "‘World War Z,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘World War Z,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on June 21, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Ahhh yes, the zombie apocalypse – that moment when the dead rise and, by biting the living, turn them into zombies as well. Some theorize that Patient Zero was […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Let’s see if we can go through this entire review without making any puns or other kind of wordplay about magic as we discuss “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” Seek […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/burt-w.jpg "‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on March 14, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Let’s see if we can go through this entire review without making any puns or other kind of wordplay about magic as we discuss “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” Seek […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com Jonathan Levine’s “Warm Bodies” won the weekend box-office race for a couple of reasons. It’s a romantic comedy that works, for one thing. For another, it’s a smart reworking […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bodies.jpg "‘Warm Bodies,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Warm Bodies,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Jonathan Levine’s “Warm Bodies” won the weekend box-office race for a couple of reasons. It’s a romantic comedy that works, for one thing. For another, it’s a smart reworking […]