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Movie Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -- Unnecessary

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.18.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Niels Arden Oplev, Trent Reznor, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Stellan Skarsgard, Movie Reviews, Lisbeth Salander, Christopher Plummer, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Marshall Fine, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Movie Review, David Fincher, Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Steve Zaillian, Entertainment News
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Is Fincher's film better than Oplev's? Not really. It's different; it's probably as good as the Swedish version. But better? Nope, sorry.

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Movie Review: Moneyball

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.19.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Billy Beane, Capote, Moneyball, Jonah Hill, Cleveland Indians, Oakland a's, Oscar, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Movies, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Brad Pitt, Oakland Athletics, Bill James, Art Howe, Aaron Sorkin, Sabermetrics, Jason Giambi, Bennett Miller, Jason Isringhausen, Moneyball Movie Review, Johnny Damon, Steve Zaillian, Entertainment News
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Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball, was a sports thriller disguised as a nonfiction volume about statistics wonks. And Bennett Miller's film of Thomas' bo...

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Live from Toronto Film Festival: Tuesday 9.13.11

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.14.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Hawaii, Moneyball, Freida Pinto, About Schmidt, Riz Ahmed, Toronto International Film Festival, Thomas Hardy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Justin Long, Alexander Payne, Rosario Dawson, Brad Pitt, Page Eight, Sideways, Rachel Weisz, Kate Mara, Trishna, Marshall Fine Commentary, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Anthony Mackie, Bill Nighy, Jonah Hill, Michael Winterbottom, Citizen Ruth, George Clooney, Election, Oscar Isaac, Marshall Fine Blog, David Hare, Marshall Fine, The Descendants, Michael Gambon, Judy Davis, Aaron Sorkin, Toronto Film Festival 2011, Bennett Miller, Ten Year, Channing Tatum, Lynne Collins, Steve Zaillian, Ari Graynor, Entertainment News
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My hunch about skipping the opening weekend of this year's Toronto International Film Festival has paid off, in more ways than one. Mostly, however, ...

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Jackie Earle Haley's comet burns bright

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jackie Earle Haley Interview, Martin Scorsese, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Day of the Locust, Bad News Bears, Marshall Fine Interview, Shutter Island, All the King's Men, Human Target, Freddy Krueger, Little Children, Oscar Nomination, Wes Craven, Breaking Away, New York Film Critics Circle, Steve Zaillian, Entertainment News
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Jackie Earle Haley was a teen star when he was 15 and a has-been by his 30s. And then, suddenly, having ditched the business for 15 years, he once a...

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Steven Zaillian's Pascal's Island

One For The Table | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Visiting Italy, Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Pascal Vicedomini, Ischia, Ischia Film & Music Global Festival, Steve Zaillian, Citara, Style News
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Ischia differs from its more famous neighbor, Capri, in many ways that are readily apparent, but the most obvious are the terme -- spas -- rich with rejuvenating mineral salts from underground hot springs.

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Steve Zaillian's The Grand Bazaar

One For The Table | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Target, Circuit City, Big Lots, Olympia Washington, Best Buy, Giant Malls, Steve Zaillian, Linens 'N Things, Tumwater Falls, "It's the Water, " Malls, Bed Bath & Beyond, Housing Crisis, Oregon Trail, Pacific Northwest, Leopold Schmidt, Olympia Brewing Company, Style News
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Strangest of all, there are, separated only by the prairies of asphalt, four mattress stores: Mattress Depot, Select Comfort, America's Mattress, and Sleep Country USA.

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