Monthly Archives: May 2013

Friday movies on the radio: Talking “Gatsby” and “Peeples” and “The Graduate”

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

I’ll be defending myself for liking Baz Luhrmann’s take on “The Great Gatsby” this am on 740 The Game.  The Leo DiCaprio/Tobey Maguire/Carey Mulligan film has earned mostly, but far from overwhelmingly, negative reviews. It isn’t the book, but it … Continue reading →

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Fox finally changes centuries with new logo

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s not the 20th Century any more. So the studios that merged back in the days of silent cinema (20th Century and Fox) are changing their name/logo.

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Movie Review: “Meet the Parents” is just as funny when the parents are “Peeples”

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

<a “Peeples” is an African American “Meet the Parents” that slips musically-minded funnyman Craig Robinson into the Ben Stiller role. A formula comedy about screwing up your first encounter with your potential in-laws, casting Robinson in it is like replacing … Continue reading →

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Next screening: Aaron Eckhart’s been “Erased”

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

This thriller about a security guy whose records, files, whose very existence has been expunged from the digital and real world in this thriller, opening next week. And since “Expunged” would be an awkward title, they went with “Erased.”

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Redford and Nolte to take “A Walk in the Woods”

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

Bill Bryson’s “Walk the Appalachian Trail to Find Yourself” memoir “A Walk in the Woods” is the next directing job Robert Redford has in mind for himself. And since he met his match — in age, experience and temperament — … Continue reading →

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Next interview: Got questions for Jesse Eisenberg?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The last time we talked, he was floating through the glories of “The Social Network,” a full-on awards season phenomenon. Jesse Eisenberg could pick and choose what he wanted to do after that one. Like a few actors — Kevin … Continue reading →

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Today’s first screening: “Now You See Me”

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The casting of this heist picture is on the nose, as they say. Jesse Eisenberg can do that “smartest guy in the room” thing in his sleep. Morgan Freeman twinkles, and Michael CAine fumes and Mark Ruffalo ponders and Isla … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “No One Lives” when killers kidnap the wrong dude

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

In a remote roadhouse on a rural back road, the young couple (Laura Ramsey, Luke Evans), towing all their worldly possessions in a trailer for their cross-country move, are just settling in for dinner when the thugs arrive. And they’re … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Screening: “The Kings of Summer,” this year’s “Superbad?”

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

It seems too soft, too sweet, too coming-of-age. Light on the “McLovin,” if you follow. But “The Kings of Summer” seems to wear its heart on its teenage boy’s sleeve. Pals sneak off into the woods to build a cabin … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “What Maisie Knew”

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

Henry James was onto something over 100 years ago when he zeroed in on the true victim and best observer of a divorce, a child, in “What Maisie Knew.” Now that novel has been modernized and freely adapted into a … Continue reading →

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