Daily Archives: July 7, 2013

Weekend Box Office: “Despicable” $82, “Ranger” $29, Hart $17

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Despicable Me 2” has earned over $142 million since opening July 3. “The Lone Ranger” had a $29 million weekend, $49 since mid-week. Kevin Hart’s “Let Me Explain” had a $10 million weekend ($17 since opening). “The Heat” managed another … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: January Jones strips and saddles up in “Sweetwater”

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

A Western revenge shoot-em-up with an evil preacher, a wrongly widowed ranch wife and Ed Harris as a man on her trail. January Jones? In a Western?

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“The Butler” naming fight continues

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Lee Daniels (“Precious”) is in desperate need of a hit. The director of that all-star flop “The Paperboy,” producer of the flop “Tennessee” and director-producer of the embarrassment “Shadowboxer” (two OScar winners humiliated by that mess) would LOVE to get … Continue reading →

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“Lone Ranger” is third epic bomb of the summer, what will be the fourth?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

June, for those keeping score at home, wasn’t the best month for movies. Or movie studios. “The Purge” over-achieved, “The Heat” is a hit. But “After Earth” was a sign of the end for Will Smith. “White House Down” was … Continue reading →

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