Monthly Archives: May 2013

Weekend Box Office: “Iron Man” $75, “Gatsby” $52, “Peeples” $4.2

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

Another big weekend for the Iron Man, with “Iron Man 3” collecting $75 million or so at the box office, winning the weekend handily thanks to a huge Saturday turnout. But “The Great Gatsby” is a big winner, too, hauling … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Inside Llewyn Davis” looks like a Coen Brothers…miss?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

I love pop music and folk music history, reading up or watching docs on that whole Greenwich Village scene @1960, when Joan and Bob were there, and Jim McGuinn wisely changed his name to Roger McGuinn. I’d pay good money … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “August, Osage County” is sure-fire Oscar bait

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Meryl and Julia. And Chris Cooper. Three Oscar winners. And Ewan M. and Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis and Sam Shepard and Margo Martindale and was that Benedict Cumberbatch? A family gathered for a funeral in August, in rural Osage … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Got questions for “Gatsby’s” Isla Fisher?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

I am doing interviews for a story on “Now You See Me,” the magic caper thriller opening at the end of the month, an ensemble piece starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine…and Isla Fisher. But … Continue reading →

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In this alternate universe, “Star Trek” is all about “ensemble”

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Say this much for the new films in the long-running “Star Trek” franchise. They’re real “share the wealth” exercises. It’s not just about Kirk, Spock and Bones and a couple of sacrificial red shirts boldly going while everybody else sits … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: Break out the bubbly, “Gatsby’s” a blockbuster

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Something was up. It sold over $3.2 million in tickets late Thursday night. Mostly to women, we’re told. And then Friday happened — $19 million all in. Mostly women. Who don’t go for comic book movies, as a rule. They … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity”

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

A dazzling, gripping and possibly moving disaster-in-space picture. We haven’t seen one of those in ages, Look for “Gravity” this Christmas.

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Movie Preview: “Captain Phillips” shows the drama of a real-life Pirates of the Somali Coast attack

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

This one, based on the seizure and rescue of the crew of the Maersk Alabama, opens Oct. 11.

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Great Chinese director goes NBA — the scandal of being a big time Baby Daddy

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

Here’s what I remember about the one time I interviewed the great Chinese director Zhang Yimou. The director of “Ju Dou,” “Raise the Red Lantern,” “Hero,” “House of Flying Daggers” etc. talked about never calling his leading ladies to the … Continue reading →

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Box office: How “Great” will “Gatsby” do?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Iron Man 3” will win this weekend at the box office. Easily. It did $175 for its opening, so even a HUGE fall off suggests $60-70 million on its second weekend. The Guru figures it’ll manage $75 million. Box Office … Continue reading →

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