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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Movie Preview: Ashton Kutcher IS “Jobs”
The cuddly and likable Ashton Kutcher had his work cut out for him, portraying visionary and temperamental Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. This trailer for the movie, opening in August, suggests he has a shot at pulling it off. Dermot Mulroney, … Continue reading
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Weekend Box Office: “Monsters U.” $82, “World War Z” 68 million
BIG openings for both films rolling out in wide release this weekend. “Man of Steel” may still have the most screens tied up, but Pixar pounced out with an $82 million blowout opening for “Monsters University” in 3D. And “World … Continue reading
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Anna Kendrick joins “Into the Woods”
The “Pitch Perfect” star is going all musical on us. Anna Kendrick is currently shooting “The Last Five Years.” A musical. And now she’s in line to play Cinderella in the new Rob Marshall film of “Into the Woods,” the … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Anchorman 2” brings back Ron Burgundy, and Journey
Um. Yeah.
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Weekend Box Office: “Monsters” beat Zombies
“Monsters University” rode a decent Thursday night and blockbuster all-day Friday to a $27-28 million start to the latest summer blockbuster weekend — $75 million will be in Pixar’s bank by Monday AM. “World War Z” had a huge Friday … Continue reading
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Friday — Movies on the Radio — talking ‘Monsters U.” World War Z,” “Much Ado” and “Bling Ring”
morning means my weekly chat about movies with sports talk show host Mike Bianchi on “Open Mike.” We’ll probably chat about James Gandolfini. And then about “World War Z” which I rather liked, “Monsters University” which is passable kids’ entertainment … Continue reading
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Next Screening: “White House Down”
It’s time for another “Die Hard on Pennsylvania Avenue.” After all, “Olympus Has Fallen” has finally cleared out of theaters — $100 million or so richer. This is the more promising of the two terrorists-take-over-the-White-House thrillers, with Channing Tatum and … Continue reading
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Critical consensus: “World War Z” and “Monsters University” both pass muster
“World War Z” has the most feverish fanboy interest, and the fact that this movie was labeled “Damaged goods” last year when its release was delayed has worked against it. But the counter-buzz that hey, it’s pretty good, should come … Continue reading
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James Gandolfini: 1961-2013
This is one TMZ report (repeated, elsewhere) that I hope is bogus. James Gandolfini has died of a heart attack in Italy at the age of 51. I just talked with the guy over Christmas. Pleasant, enjoying life, working. A … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “The Lego Movie”
Anybody dying to see this “assembled” and finished?
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