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Movie Reviews: Unknow, Vanishing on 7th Street, The Chaperone
Unknown Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in "Unknown." Courtesy Warner Bros. For a fine actor who has played everyone from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Kinsey with great acclaim, Liam Neeson seems to have...
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‘The Grey,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com I have a hard time getting scared by horror films that deal in the supernatural. But a horror film such as “The Grey” has an easier time sinking its teeth into me. I’m too...
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‘Wrath of the Titans,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com As I watched the final few minutes of “Wrath of the Titans,” I thought, “What I wouldn’t give to be a 10-year-old boy right now.” That’s absolutely the audience that will enjoy...
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‘Taken 2,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com How much bad luck can one family have? Enough for a hit movie – “Taken” – and what I assume the makers hope is a hit sequel: “Taken 2.” “Taken” starred Liam Neeson as Brian Mills,...
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‘The Lego Movie,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com I’ll admit that, during moments in “The Lego Movie,” my mouth was hanging open at the audacity and imagination of the images I was seeing. I also found myself laughing a lot more...
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‘Non-Stop,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com If you crossed a disaster film from the 1970s with a low-budget action-thriller from the last five years, you’d get something that looks like “Non-Stop.” It’s no wonder that Liam...
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The week in film: ‘Third Person,’‘Jersey Boys’ and more
HollywoodandFine.com Paul Haggis’ “Third Person” may be the year’s most misunderstood film. It’s also one of the most intriguing. A jigsaw puzzle of characters and plots, it might remind some at first...
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‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’: Chasing killers
HollywoodandFine.com They used to make films like “A Walk Among the Tombstones” on a regular basis: mysteries built around flawed heroes, in which character was as important as plot, and action was...
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‘The Equalizer’: Denzel kicks ass
HollywoodandFine.com There is always an audience for actors in late middle-age who know how to kick serious ass. Charles Bronson was 53 when he made “Death Wish,” Liam Neeson was 54 when he did...
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‘The Gunman’: Cashing the check, paying the price
HollywoodandFine.com Sean Penn is a global activist who puts his money – and, more important, his physical self – where others barely pay lip service. His advocacy on behalf of the voiceless is...
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David Edelstein on Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Martin Scorsese has evidently waited his entire life to direct a saga of martyrdom and Judas-like betrayal on the scale of Silence, his stark, portentous adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel about...
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