Monthly Archives: March 2013

Movie Preview: “Disconnect,” the “anti-Facebook, anti Internet ‘sharing’ movie”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Paula Patton, adults and kids, reporters and crooks, all brought together by the vulnerability and horror putting all your business on the Internet can provide.

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Tonight’s screening, “Dead Man Down”

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

The phrase “not previewed for critics” carries a certain amount of bad baggage. Not every movie hidden from the press is bad. Almost, though. Colin Farrell stars in “Dead Man Down,” along with Noomi Rapace and as a crime lord … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies — “Oz” earns a pass, “Emperor” mixed, “ABCs of Death”? Nope

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

For the first time in over a month, filmgoers are worked up to go see something new at the movies this weekend. Thanks to “Oz, the Great and Powerful.” Sam Raimi’s “Wizard of Oz” prequel is expected to do upwards … Continue reading →

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“Birdman” has Michael Keaton as a former movie caped crusader

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Deadline.com reports that the new film by Alejandro Gonzalez Innarito (“Amores Perros,” “Babel,” “Biutiful,” “21 Grams”) will be titled “Birdman,” and that it will shoot in an empty theater on Broadway this spring. Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach … Continue reading →

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Movies on the Radio — talking “Oz,” “Emperor,” 56 Up” and “Sound City” on 740 AM

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s Thursday, time for my regular chat with Mike “Bulldog” Bianchi over at the Open Mike show on 740 The Game. We’ll deconstruct “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” with James Franco and Three Bland Witches. We’ll parse the history of … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s screening: Miyazake’s “From Up on Poppy Hill”

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

American voices such as Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Anton Yelchin, Aubrey Plaza (“Safety Not Guaranteed”) and many others do the voices in this nostalgic coming-of-age romance. “From Up on Poppy Hill” opened in Japan in 2011, and goes into limited … Continue reading →

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Worldwide Box Office: “Django” closes in on $400, “Hobbit” clears $1billion, etc.

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Wreck it Ralph” looks to come in around $450 million, when all the counting is done in all the movie markets of Planet Earth. “The Hobbit: Part 1,” didn’t do well with critics, but cleared the $1 billion mark worldwide … Continue reading →

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Today’s screening: “Admission,” with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

Love that Tina. Love that Paul. A rom-com with them co-starring in it? I’m there. But “Admission” is a lot more complicated than that. She’s an Ivy League admissions counselor who stumbles into a Princeton prospect who might be a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Frances Ha,” Noah Baumbach serves up another quirky Greta Gerwig romance

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

  Gerwig, cute and perky and confused and not quite getting it together. Mickey Sumner, the daughter of Sting. And the perfect David Bowie song for the soundtrack to the trailer. The director of “The Squid and the Whale” co-wrote … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart DIRECTS? “Rosewater,” means a “Daily Show” hiatus

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jon Stewart will take a shot at directing a movie he’s written, an adaptation of a true story of a British journalist held in an Iranian prison. And that means he won’t be on “The Daily Show” for much of … Continue reading →

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