Tom Cruise Archive
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![HollywoodandFine.com I spent years as a critic waiting eagerly for the end of the year, when I could finally (and with great deliberation) craft my 10-best list of movies for […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/more-bad-words.jpg "2014: My Favorite Films of the Year")
2014: My Favorite Films of the Year
Posted on December 29, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com I spent years as a critic waiting eagerly for the end of the year, when I could finally (and with great deliberation) craft my 10-best list of movies for […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com When you consider that Tom Cruise has been a major movie star for more than three decades, it’s surprising how few out-and-out stinkers he’s made (can Tom Hanks say […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/edge.jpg "Week in film: ‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ ‘Fault in Our Stars,’ more")
Week in film: ‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ ‘Fault in Our Stars,’ more
Posted on June 5, 2014 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com When you consider that Tom Cruise has been a major movie star for more than three decades, it’s surprising how few out-and-out stinkers he’s made (can Tom Hanks say […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com This was originally going to be a piece about how wrong it was for Will Smith to remake “The Wild Bunch.” But that metastasized into an idea about remakes […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/leprechaun-original102611.jpg "Hollywood and the death of originality")
Hollywood and the death of originality
Posted on June 17, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com This was originally going to be a piece about how wrong it was for Will Smith to remake “The Wild Bunch.” But that metastasized into an idea about remakes […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com A couple of weeks ago, someone I know, after scanning the movie listings of a Friday newspaper (and really, I’m dating that person just by identifying them as an […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/studio-crap.jpg "Deliver us from stupid Hollywood films")
Deliver us from stupid Hollywood films
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com A couple of weeks ago, someone I know, after scanning the movie listings of a Friday newspaper (and really, I’m dating that person just by identifying them as an […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com There’s nothing wrong with “Jack Reacher” that couldn’t be helped by losing 15 or 20 minutes of exposition and other kinds of explaining. Sort of like Lee Child’s Jack […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/reacher.jpg "‘Jack Reacher,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Jack Reacher,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com There’s nothing wrong with “Jack Reacher” that couldn’t be helped by losing 15 or 20 minutes of exposition and other kinds of explaining. Sort of like Lee Child’s Jack […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com “Ruby Sparks” could be a tasty bit of magical realism in romantic-comedy form, the first produced screenplay by actress Zoe Kazan, who plays the title character. Except for one […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ruby-sparks.jpg "‘Ruby Sparks,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Ruby Sparks,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com “Ruby Sparks” could be a tasty bit of magical realism in romantic-comedy form, the first produced screenplay by actress Zoe Kazan, who plays the title character. Except for one […] -
![HollywoodandFine.com You know a tent-pole movie series is in trouble when it has to explain its title in its dialogue. As in Tom Cruise saying, about midway through “Mission: Impossible […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mi4.jpg "‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine")
‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com You know a tent-pole movie series is in trouble when it has to explain its title in its dialogue. As in Tom Cruise saying, about midway through “Mission: Impossible […]