Monthly Archives: January 2013

Worldwide box office/movie sales in 2012 — over $62 billion

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Roger Moore

Deadline.com reports that worldwide Movie Business revenues for 2012 were up 2.1% from the year before, some $62.4 billion. That’s box office sales, DVD, BluRay and download sales, satellite, cable and network TV revenues, some 37 countries reporting in. Revenues … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s screening — “Holy Motors”

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Roger Moore

This fantastical French import comes to the Enzian on Friday. “Holy Motors” follows a day in the life of a mysterious figure, Msr. Oscar, whose identity, occupation and reality change repeatedly, in magical, mysterious and dark ways, over the course … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “RED 2” means more assassin hijinks from Bruce, Malkovich, Mirren and Mary Louise

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Roger Moore

I got a pretty good sized chuckle out of the all-star actioner “RED: Retired, Extremely Dangerous” a couple of falls back. And there are familiar laughs in this trailer to the sequel. Seriously, I don’t know why anybody using John … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “North Face”

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Roger Moore

We tend judge to filmed stories of survival on an epic ordeal scale. How excruciating was what the people went through in this tale endured? That puts the German production “North Face” on the short list of greatest mountaineering movies … Continue reading →

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Box Office: It’s official, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Over, “Mama” rules

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Roger Moore

We count Monday figures, too, when summing up the long and always lucrative Martin Luther King holiday weekend at the movies. So nothing’s truly official until the last farthing to counted Monday night. But right now, “Mama,” looks to have … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Everything or Nothing: The Untold History of 007,” now on Netflix

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Roger Moore

  “More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond,” a wag notes in the terrific History of Bond documentary, “Everything or Nothing.” And almost to a one, each regarded this as the role of a lifetime, … Continue reading →

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“Escape FromTomorrow” at Sundance, but will Disney ever let it see the light of day?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Roger Moore

Shot “on the fly” without permission at Disney theme parks, “Escape from Tomorrow” is indie drama about “a father’s descent into madness” has a hint of the kinky about it. And the Dopey and Goofy. Because Disney characters — landmarks, … Continue reading →

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J.J. Abrams piles onto Lance Armstrong — options a Lance movie

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Roger Moore

J.J. Abrams wants to tell the sordid tale of Lance Armstrong, Just Another Cheater From Texas. OK, that’s MY title. Abrams (“Super 8/”Star Trek”) could do a film based on Armstrong’s sullen early years racing, his battle with cancer, his … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Mama” is kicking Ahhhh-nuld’s Austrian arse

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Roger Moore

BIG Friday and early Saturday for “Mama,” the better-than-average horror film starring Jessica Chastain, a couple of pitiful little girls and the “thing” they would rather call Mama than Jessica Chastain. Some $10 million Friday alone. That suggests Jessica will … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Catfish,” the mocku-doc that “predicts” Manti Te’o’s problem

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Roger Moore

Surprise is a rare thing in the movies in the Internet age. So far be it for me to spoil the one at the heart of “Catfish,” an indie documentary that’s being promoted as a sort of “Blair Witch” style … Continue reading →

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