Monthly Archives: May 2013

Movie Preview: “We’re the Millers” is Red Band worthy

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jason Sudeikis is the lowlife who needs a fake “family” to smuggle pot for Ed Helms out of Mexico. Jennifer Aniston is the stripper he hires to be his wife. Emma Roberts is on payroll as the daughter. This raunchy … Continue reading →

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Might Christopher McQuarrie direct “Mission:Impossible 5”?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

That’s the speculation floating around Hollywood. “Jack Reacher” did decent business, and that was the last teaming of Tom Cruise with McQuarrie, still best known for “The Usual Suspects.” All that talk about MI winding down as a series, at … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Metallica, Through the Never”

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

Know what you’re saying…”Another Metallica documentary?” Me too.

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“Bad Teacher” becomes a TV series

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

One of the better roles Cameron Diaz has had in the comic vein was this film, a raunchy (lightly raunchy) comedy about an uninspired, lazy, barely-qualified teacher on the hunt for a new husband. The NEA must have loved that … Continue reading →

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Would this Benedict Cumberbatch shower scene have helped “Star Trek”?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

Not a bad movie, as I said in my review. But not much fun, either. Nice of J.J. Abrams to drop this nugget on Conan O’Brien. Who remembered the redhead was still on?

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Jesse Eisenberg’s cure for “stage fright?” “Now You See Me”

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jesse Eisenberg earned an Oscar nomination playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. In “Zombieland,” he’s the narrator who has figured out all manner of “rules” for surviving the zombie apocalypse. So when his clever magician, Michael Atlas, cracks to a cop … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Epic”

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Roger Moore

Derivative as all get out and concocted by a committee, “Epic” is a children’s animated film that is more entertaining and emotional than it has any right to be. Characters make sacrifices and die, miss their parents and mourn. And … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Wolverine,” the best trailer yet

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Roger Moore

I’m still not sold that they have anywhere to take this character. But the distant (WWII) past, derived from a thread the comic books tugged at years ago, is mildly intriguing. This is the most impressive, action-packed and brooding trailer … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Man of Steel” gives us the new General Zod

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Roger Moore

Nobody adores the great Michael Shannon more than me. But this monologue “message to Earth” trailer lacks that wicked English accent I so loved in Terrence Stamp’s Zod. He’s plenty scary, but the exotic “otherness” of Zod calls for a … Continue reading →

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“The God of Driving” heads for the big screen

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Roger Moore

Amy Fine Collins’ book “The God of Driving,” about her fear of taking the wheel and the “mysterious” driving instructor who gets her past that and captivates her in other ways, will be a Sue Kramer film, Variety reports. Variety … Continue reading →

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