Daily Archives: June 8, 2013

Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine,” a zeitgeist drama about the recession

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FER3C394aI8 Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, “Happy Go Lucky” Sally Hawkins, Louis C.K., Bobby Canavale and…Andrew Dice Clay? “Blue Jasmine” taps into the 2007-8 financial collapse, the high-living frauds who brought it on and the personal cost to Jasmine (Blanchett) who … Continue reading →

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Cage, Hudgens and Cusack struggle over “The Frozen Ground”

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAu-D0xzzUE It’s good to see Nicolas Cage in something not supernatural or weird — a fairly straightforward-looking serial killer thriller with Vanessa Hudgens as a victim/survivor and John Cusack as the suspect. This one opens Aug. 24.

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Weekend Box Office: “Purge” surges, “Internship” pays off

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

The low-low budget social satire horror movie “The Purge” is blowing up the box office this weekend. Maybe it’s the few against many first-person shooter mayhem, a brilliant marketing campaign (social media) or people recognizing and buying into its heavy-handed … Continue reading →

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