Monthly Archives: April 2013

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCrjq3B0h10 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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William “Departed” Monahan to adapt Le Carre’s latest?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

Deadline.com is reporting that William Monahan, screenwriter of “The Departed” and “Body of Lies,” has been tapped to adapt John Le Carre’s latest novel, “A Delicate Truth,”  for the big screen. Haven’t read the book. Are there cell phones in … Continue reading →

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“Thor: The Dark World” doesn’t look like much fun

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWhXL-ADGY A good looking but dark and humorless trailer to the comic book sequel, due out in October.

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Weekend movies: Great reviews for “Mud,” mixed for “Pain & Gain,” no reviews for “Big Wedding”

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

Michael Bay has been saying his “Low budget” comedy “Pain & Gain,” a sometimes gory account of dopey doped up Miami bodybuilders who kidnap a shady businessman and torture him into signing over his fortune, only cost $26 million. Mark … Continue reading →

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Wait Wait…the NPR news quiz is coming to a cinema near you?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

You might think that putting the venerable NPR news quiz “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” on the big screen, in movie theaters all over the country the night of May 2, would just be a way of celebrating its 15 years … Continue reading →

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Shocking News: A “Pitch Perfect” sequel is in the works.

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

OK. I kid. The teensy-budget big screen answer to “Glee!” did over $200 million, in box office, VOD, etc. receipts. So naturally Universal would like a little more of that, if you please. Can’t imagine a 2015 film that would … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Got questions for Winona Ryder?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

I think the only time I’ve ever talked with her was WAY back when she did “Night on Earth” for Jim Jarmusch and they brought it to the NY Film Festival. Yeah, that was in the last century. Tabloid years, … Continue reading →

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