The Hobbit Archive
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‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’: Three’s the charm
Posted on December 18, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com And so it comes to an end – again. Some might argue that, having taken the dense “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and condensed it into three monumental films, […] -
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’: Action interruptus
Posted on November 21, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com At this point, it seems pretty pointless to review a new entry in “The Hunger Games” series. If you’re not already interested, you’re unlikely to plug in and buy […] -
‘Jack the Giant Slayer,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com A roiling visual extrusion rendered from computer-generated imagery, “Jack the Giant Slayer” makes you long for the days of Ray Harryhausen. With his sometimes jerky stop-motion animation that was […] -
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 7, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com My heart sank when I heard that Peter Jackson, having already made the greatest fantasy trilogy of all time in “The Lord of the Rings,” was going back to […]