Monthly Archives: March 2013

Movie Preview: “Iron Man 3,” the trailer attached to “Oz, the Great and Powerful”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Yes, it sort of gives away the whole movie. Pity “The Mandarin” wasn’t cast as Chinese, but I don’t know the Marvel universe well enough to know if that was even worth considering. There are plenty of stakes shown here, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Sound City”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

You almost need to see Dave Grohl’s documentary “Sound City” with headphones on. That’s the best way to pick up the nuances the legions of legendary musicians are talking about in this ratty old recording studio where some of the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Oz, the Great and Powerful”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

In the movies’ version of March Madness, Sam Raimi turns out to be a much better Tim Burton than Bryan Singer. Unlike “Giant Slayer” Singer, Sam’s got a sense of humor. Taking on a prequel to the fairytale that frightened … Continue reading →

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“Oz, the Great and Powerful” — the cast it ALMOST had

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Years in planning, with blockbuster expectations (an $85 million opening weekend is projected) — even if they didn’t match the masterpiece that the original film was, Disney’s “Oz, the Great and Powerful” is sharping up as the year’s first “BIG” … Continue reading →

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Today’s first screening: “The Sapphires”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Australian Aboriginal Soul Music Singers in Vietnam. During the ’60s, during the war. With Chris O’Dowd has their manager, their lecturer in all things “Soul.” This trailer. Is a hoot. “The Sapphires” opens in limited release March 22.

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Tommy Lee Jones talks “Emperor” and Westerns and his new directing job, “The Homesman”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Happily,” Tommy Lee Jones says, “I bear no resemblance to Douglas MacArthur at all.” And if you’re going to portray the World War II general nicknamed “American Caesar” by some historians, in the movie “Emperor,” that’s a liberating thing. “That … Continue reading →

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Harrison Ford? In “Anchor Man 2”? Seriously?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Apparently. Still trying to get my mind around him showing up in a new “Star Wars” trilogy, and then this comes up. He’ll sort of do a version of the grizzled vet of the airwaves he played in “Morning Glory.

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Movie Review: “Emperor”

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Hirohito sat on the Chrysanthemum Throne and ruled Japan through wars with China and World War II. But at the end of the war, there were two emperors in Tokyo. Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, ruled Japan … Continue reading →

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Today’s screening: “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” the year’s first blockbuster?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

A James Franco/Mila Kunis/Michelle Williams “Wizard of Oz” prequel with Sam Raimi at the helm is “tracking,” according to Deadline.com, for an epic $80 million or more opening weekend. A lackluster 2013 (down 24% in February alone) could be rescued … Continue reading →

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Kubrick’s planned “Napoleon” as a mini series? By Spielberg?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Stanley Kubrick spent the latter part of the 1960s — post “2001,” pre-“Clockwork Orange” — pulling together a movie about Napoleon. How else do you follow the groundbreaking “2001: A Space Odyssey” — a titanic undertaking that reinvented the genre … Continue reading →

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