Monthly Archives: February 2013

Tonight’s screening: “The Last Exorcism Part 2”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

Ashley Bell is back. And nobody involved apparently is familiar with the meaning of “Last,” because she’s still in need of exorcising. Imagine running across this in Mardi Gras. Yes, the setting has moved to New Orleans. No, this image … Continue reading →

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Dane Cook replaces Jon Cryer in Disney’s “Planes”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

The “Cars”-ish cartoon “Planes” is due out in August, a bit late in the summer for a cartoon of any sort to have maximum money-making potential. And now Disney (not Pixar, which was responsible for “Cars”) has re-cast the lead … Continue reading →

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“British Survival Kit” from “The Sweeney”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

What might one need if one finds oneself on the lam from The Sweeney, the Flying Squad of coppers in the new film from Olde England? A pack of biscuits, a Cockney rhyming dictionary set of flashcards, thumb cuffs/keychains, and … Continue reading →

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“The Conjuring,” the new ghost story from the director of “Saw”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

James Wan’s “based on a true story” is a haunted house/spooked family tale starring Lili Taylor, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. This trailer is chilling, in an utterly conventional way — strange noises, children giggling, spooky destruction of family photos, … Continue reading →

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Interview: “A Place at the Table” director Kristi Jacobson

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sometimes, a documentary is more than a non-fiction film. Sometimes it becomes a cause. That was the idea behind the film “Bully” last year, a movie that tapped into a national movement, a national conversation about bullying. And somewhere in … Continue reading →

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Bradley Cooper to star in, maybe direct remake of German hit “Kokowaah”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

Warner Brothers is in the Bradley Cooper business for a remake of the biggest German hit of 2011. “Kokowaah” is about two pals who have to deal with the unsettling news that one is actually the real father of the … Continue reading →

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Depp commits to “Black Mass” and a sci-fi picture, “Transcendence”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

Johnny Depp had been “circling,” as they say, the film project about notorious Boston mobster, the long on the lam Whitey Bulger. “Black Mass” it is titled. And now THR says he’s doing it. Shooting it later this year. Barry … Continue reading →

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Movies on the Radio: Talking “Jack the Giant Slayer” and “21 and Over” on 740 The Game

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

  I’ll be joining Mike Bianchi on his sports talk show, “Open Mike,” to chat about “Phantom,” a passable Cold War submarine thriller, and “21 and Over,” a college Hangover written and directed by the guys who wrote “The Hangover.” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “21 and Over”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

Oh, for those innocent days of yore, when “The Hangover” was a malady and not a movie, when the words “Zach Galifianakis” were as alien as “Klaatu barada nikto.” It seems like millennia since the binge comedy became the new … Continue reading →

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Nicole Kidman IS “Grace of Monaco”

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Roger Moore

A Weinstein Co. release, this 2014 film co-stars Tim Roth as Prince Ranier and purports to cover their romance and lives into the early 60s in the principality of Monaco. Hitchcock, Maria Callas and Onassis also figure in the film, … Continue reading →

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