Monthly Archives: June 2013

A $50 “mega ticket” for “World War Z”?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Willing to pay a super premium price just to say you were the first to see “World War Z”? Paramount and Regal Cinemas are offering just such a chance next week — five theaters, $50 gets you in. Is this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Salinger,” a pulse-pounding…documentary? About a writer?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sure looks like it.

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Movie Preview: “300, Rise of an Empire”

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

The spectacle’s there. But the flinty dialogue, the screen presence of Gerard Butler? Not a hint of anything resembling that. This sequel looks epic, but a year out, I need a bit more of what it’s like to be sold … Continue reading →

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“Terminator 5” — Arnold’s on board

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

For those still following the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger and still expecting something fresh out of the “Terminator” franchise, there’s this news. For the rest of us, who noticed the failure of his “comeback” film, and his age and the … Continue reading →

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Bullock as Little Orphan Annie’s tormentor in “Annie”?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jay Z is producing this new, updated hip hopped and racially flipped version of the musical “Annie.” And he needs a big name to be the villainous orphanage operator Miss Hannigan. He needs, he thinks, Oscar winner Sandra Bullock.

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New “Elysium” trailer shows its hand — “Occupy” Sci-Fi

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Matt Damon and the have-nots are condemned to short, brutish lives on an Earth where police robots keep order — and beat them down. Jodie Foster and the haves look down on them from an idyllic space station, where cancer … Continue reading →

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Friday movies on the radio; talking “Man of Steel”, “This is The End” and “Before Midnight”

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Friday morning, time to chat with the “Open Mike” sports talk radio show. We’ll chew over “Man of Steel.” And “This is the End,” the raunchy-Rapture comedy. And “Before Midnight,” the sequel to “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset,” which opens … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: Will “Man of Steel” set a record?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

It opened to brisk business Thursday, and appears to have the sustained interest to keep that up all weekend long. But will “Man of Steel” better the “Toy Story 3” record ($110 million) for a film opening in June? It’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Alan Patridge” movie promises the return of “A-Haaaaa”

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Roger Moore

Steve Coogan has griped, to comic effect, about escaping his most famous Brit-TV creation, failed talk-show nitwit and ABBA fan Alan Patridge. “Alan Patridge: Alpha Papa” is a comedy opening in August, which, if you’re not familiar with the several … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Pawn Shop Chronicles”

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Roger Moore

Paul Walker doing hillbilly. Elijah Wood. Matt Dillon, Vincent D’Onofrio. Was that D.J. Qualls? “Pawn Shop Chronicles” cannot possibly be as manic and OUT there as the trailer. Anchor Bay is putting this out in July.

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