Monthly Archives: April 2013

Weekend Box Office: Can Jackie Robinson deep on “Scary Movie 5”?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

Here’s a distressing memory that I really must thanks Box Office Mojo for dredging up. “Scary Movie 4,” which came out seven years ago, earned a staggering $40 million on its opening weekend. Wow. Does that correlate to how “Scary … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Well, at least “Scary Movie 5” is short

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Scary Movie 5” comes up short in every way imaginable. It’s only 80 minutes long. These “Scary Movie/Disaster Movie/Epic Movie/A Haunted House” pictures always manage to be the briefest encounters in theaters. Not that “brevity is the soul of wit,” … Continue reading →

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China bans, but may un-ban “Django Unchained”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

Is it the violence, the torture, the nudity, that had Chinese authorities pull “Django Unchained” off their release slate Thursday, just as it was about to open (after being edited down by Tarantino)? Or was something more sinister at work? … Continue reading →

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Friday, movies on the radio on 740 The Game

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s Friday morning, which means time for my weekly chat with Mike Bianchi over at Open Mike on 740 The Game. We’ll talk “42,” the Jackie Robinson sports biography with Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford (as Dodgers GM BRanch Rickey). … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies: “42” and “Disconnect” open to good reviews, “Trance” and “Place in the Pines” go wider

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

“The trades” both panned the Jackie Robinson bio-pic “42.” Not fans of the genre, by my read. Fine. Critics are, by definition, not the biggest sports biopic fans. Too many of us were the last kids picked for team dodgeball. … Continue reading →

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A “Shining” prequel? “Walking Dead” writer commissioned to do “The Overlook Hotel”

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

The noise — limited to film buffs, admittedly — about the documentary “Room 237,” about Stanley Kubrick’s film of Steven King’s “The Shining” has gotten Warners interested in the idea of a new version of that story, a prequel. Deadline … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “The Way Way Back” lets Carell get the taste of Burt Wonderstone out

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

A coming of age dramedy set by the shore, an awkward teen (Liam James), his parents Carell and Toni Collette), the bad-good influence (Sam Rockwell) and the objectified object of desire — AnnaSophia Robb. “The Way Way Back” is packed … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Not Today”

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

If you want a child to be the face of the traffic in the worldwide sex slave trade, you could do worse than Persis Karen. An Indian girl with enormous, empathetic “anime eyes,” she plays Annika in the faith-based drama … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye peeled for the “Despicable” Minions Blimp

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s coming to Orlando and Miami next week — April 19, Orlando, April 21 Miami. Minions will be accompanying it.

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Next Screening: It’s Ellen Page vs. Brit Marling in “The East”

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

Environmental terrorism, the 99% striking back at the 1%. Something along those lines. Ellen Page is spokesperson for a group, “The East,” that is striking back against polluters/exploiters, etc. with the gloves off. Marling seems to be a sort of … Continue reading →

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