Marshall Fine Movie Review

The Year's Most Overrated Film - So Far

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Turgid and uneventful, Goodbye Solo is another under-paced, under-dramatized film that falls into "neo-neo-realism" category.

Movie Review: He's Just Not That Into You

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Even more shocking for a chick flick: The women in this movie aren't all saints. Some are painfully needy, some are willfully clueless and some are predatory -- just like guys.

Movie Review: New in Town

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

If Frank Capra were to make a movie today, it would probably look a lot like New in Town. Of course, Frank Capra is dead. Then again, so is this movie.

Review: Good -- Reflecting the Bush years

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.30.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

"Hitler's a joke," Viggo Mortensen tells a friend in the new film, Good. "He won't last." Gee -- didn't they say that about George W. Bush? I've bee...

Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- It Will Make You a Believer

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

The good news is that, aside from offering seamless visual effects, David Fincher's new film is nothing like Forrest Gump. It is at once enchanting and emotional, sweeping and intimate.

Review: The Spirit Is Disspiriting

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

If you're expecting the dark, wicked humor and dazzlingly gruesome violence of Sin City, you'll be sorely disappointed.

Nothing But the Truth: What a Waste

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.16.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

I've often debated whether a great ending can salvage a mediocre movie. But does a wholly bogus ending negate the positive aspects of an otherwise solid film? In the case of Nothing but the Truth, the answer is "Yes."

Doubt: Dazzling Provocation

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

A heavyweight cast performs Shanley's compelling arguments about the nature of faith and certainty in a way that will spark discussions among viewers in the same way it did on Broadway.