Daily Archives: June 29, 2013

Sam Rockwell’s “Way Way Back” tribute — to Bill Murray?

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sam Rockwell’s reliably scruffy, irreverent swagger is much in evidence in his latest film — “The Way Way Back.” It’s a serio-comic coming of age tale which has Rockwell playing Owen, the slacker manager of a water slide park who … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “The Spectacular Now”

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Roger Moore

Shailene Woodley cements her status as “The next Jennifer Lawrence” with this teen romance from the “(500) Days of Summer” folks and James Ponsoldt. Miles Teller, Shailene, young love and coming of age before graduation. August.

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Weekend Box Office: Surprise, “Monsters” devour “Heat,” “White House”

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Roger Moore

“The Heat” opened with a robust Friday that suggests it’ll do a whopping $40 million over this last weekend before July 4. Call that a win, right? The reviews weren’t bad, the teaming of Bullock and Melissa McCarthy works. “White … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Not much to get “Excited” over with Almodovar’s latest

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Roger Moore

The phrase “vintage Almodovar” doesn’t mean what is used to. The flamboyant Spanish filmmaker, whose early films were packed with every transgression and every bit of brio that was missing from Spain during the long Franco dictatorship, has seemed trapped … Continue reading →

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