Monthly Archives: April 2013

Georgia’s latest production coup? British Pinewood Studios buys and builds there

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Roger Moore

Tyler Perry can be credited with the recent renaissance in Georgia film production. He’s set up studios, shoots all the films under his aegis there, and the TV shows too. Georgia is a cheap state to make movies in — … Continue reading →

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“RED 2” — they lost Oscar winners, brought in two new ones

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Roger Moore

I am a sucker for the “RED” trailers. The first film was old school, sold with Bruce and Helen and Malkovich and Aerosmith — a hilarious trailer. This time, with Richard Dreyfuss killed off (Morgan Freeman too? Can’t recall.) and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Prince Avalanche,” with Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Roger Moore

David Gordon Green seems to be returning to something like his indie (“George Washington,””Undertow”) roots with this father-son “bonding” comedy. Maybe filtering his zero-box office days through a more commercial post-Apatow/”Pineapple Express” lens. “Prince Avalanche” is a two-hander, set in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kinky French intrigues take place “In the House”

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

The teacher is a veteran of the French school system, not burnt out but resigned to the mediocrity of each new crop of high school sophomores. That first assignment — “Write about what you did last weekend” – confirms what … Continue reading →

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Next Screening: Francois Ozon’s “In the House,” with Kristin Scott Thomas and Fabrice Lucchinis

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

This looks to be a creepy account of a teen lit student observing — a little too closely — a classmate’s family and homelife — for a series of essays for a favorite teacher. Ozon (“Potiche”) plays up the playful, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Sarah Polley searches for the truth about her family in “Stories We Tell”

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

Canadian actress (“Splice”) turned director (“Away From Her”) Sarah Polley engages in a bout of navel gazing with her new documentary, “Stories We Tell.” It’s about her late mother, and she assembles her siblings and other relatives and family friends … Continue reading →

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Movies on the Radio: Talking “Pain & Gain,” “Company You Keep,” “Mud” and “Big Wedding”

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s Friday AM, time for me to chat with Mike Bianchi about movies on “Open Mike” on 740 The Game. We’ll discuss “Pain & Gain,” the new lower budget action comedy/true crime thriller from Michael Bay, is earning mixed reviews. … Continue reading →

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Next screening: Kate Bosworth and Lake Bell face the terrors of “Black Rock”

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

Three friends go back to their childhood haunt, a small island. Where three seemingly friendly hunters run across them. “Black Rock” opens in mid-May.

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Movie Review: “The Big Wedding”

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

Coarse, crude but often cute, “The Big Wedding” serves up the spectacle of its title, and the bigger spectacle of four AARP-eligible Oscar winners cursing like sailors. A teasing sex farce littered with F-bombs and C-words, it’s the filthiest (sounding) movie … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s screening: “Stories We Tell”

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sarah Polley’s new documentary is about how we tell the tale of our lives. Some of us bury the lead, some go on and on, fixating on the trivial and repeating themselves (I am related to a few of those). … Continue reading →

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