Monthly Archives: June 2013

Movie Preview: “Filth,” another James McAvoy walk on the wild side

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

James McAvoy seems to be wallowing in it a bit these days. Violent films, semi-depraved roles. “Filth” is sort of his big statement on the subject — a corrupt, drugged out over-sexed cop. Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots and … Continue reading →

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Coming soon from Vince Vaughn? A film of the comic “Term Life”

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

Everybody wants Nick Barrow dead. The mob, corrupt cops, people working for the mob or the corrupt cops. He’s doomed and he knows it. So in an act of selflessness — he takes out a life insurance policy that will … Continue reading →

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson, from “Kick-Ass” to Quicksilver in “Avengers 2”?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The star of “Savages” and the “Kick Ass” movies may get to play a real superhero after all. Variety reports that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in talks to play Quicksilver in Joss Whedon’s “Avengers 2.”

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

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

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 has … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

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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Next Interview: Got questions for Sam Rockwell? Feed’em to me

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sam Rockwell has the Bill Murray in “Meatballs” role in “The Way Way Back,” a pretty good summer coming of age comedy about a boy who learns about family, his potential and women at the elbow of a wise-cracking water … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: Do Wilson and Vaughn still have the magic?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s been eight years since “Wedding Crashers,” and years since either Owen Wilson or Vince Vaughn have been in top-performing comedy blockbusters. Will “The Internship” reverse their fortunes? Critics appear to be over the two of them –and they’re not … Continue reading →

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Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” returns

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Loved the first season of this series, and so did millions of others. So Acura came on as a sponsor of Jerry Seinfeld’s quirky, classic-car centered “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and here comes to the second season. Chris Rock … Continue reading →

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Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez make their “Getaway”

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

She’s Latin. She’s in a hoodie. So, what, she’s a car-jacker? That’s a jaw-dropping bit of casting in “Getaway,” Ethan Hawke’s gotta-drive-fast-to-rescue-my-kidnapped-wife thriller, due out this fall. But chipmunk-cheeked Gomez as a car jacker? I guess “Spring Break” gave her … Continue reading →

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