“Marshall” (**1/2 out of four) was a respectable if limited biographical drama of Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) in one of his career-defining cases in the 1960’s in teaming with insurance lawyer Sam Freedman (Josh Gad) attempting to get a wrongly arrested African-American off from a rape case and how he later went on to become the first African-American Supreme Court justice. Boseman once again shows he’s first-rate in playing biographical characters (he previously played Jackie Robinson and James Brown in their films), and him and Gad work well together, but courtoom scenes and proceedings are hackneyed and you wish film showed more of his accomplishments later in life. An earnest attempt from director Reginald Hudlin who previously has been known for comedies (“House Party”, “Boomerang.”).