Monthly Archives: August 2013

EXCLUSIVE: “You’re Next” Scream Queen Sharni helps us survive the slaughter

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Roger Moore

Australia has never produced a cinematic “scream queen”, an actress who reigns over screen horror films the way Jamie Leigh Curtis did, back in her “Halloween” days. And Sydney native Sharni Vinson says “It’s about bloody time, then, isn’t it?” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Blue Caprice” is the story of the D.C. snipers

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Roger Moore

D.C. as in District of Columbia, not the comic book. This was the man-and-teen team that randomly shot people from the trunk (mostly) of a late model Chevy Caprice. Isaiah Washington has his most chilling turn ever in this indie … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jackman-Bello, Davis-Howard and Gyllenhaal in “Prisoners”

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Roger Moore

The fall’s all-star child abduction thriller has Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “There Will Be Blood”) as its potential kidnapper, with Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard as the parents of the two little girls taken. Jake … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Artist and the Model” could have used a little color

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Roger Moore

It sometimes seems there is but one story the movies can tell about artists. The great painter/sculptor/musician/actor finds his “muse,” and completes some great work. We saw it most recently in the French movie about the last months of the … Continue reading →

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Werner Herzog’s “Texting” documentary

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

There has to be a special category for the place film buffs place Werner Herzog in their lives. You can have favorites, idols, those you admire. And then there’s a guy who is nothing less than a cinematic hero. Werner … Continue reading →

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Next interview: Questions for Paula Patton?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

She’s tough enough to hold her own with Denzel in “Two Guns,” and fizzy/flighty enough to be a flight attendant obsessed with getting engaged in time for her sister’s wedding in “Baggage Claim.” “Precious” offered Paula Patton a breakout role, … Continue reading →

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Today’s screening: “The Grandmaster”

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

Wong Kar Wei directs, Yuen Woo Ping choreographs and the voice-over announcer growls “Before he was a legend, he had to become one.” About the grandmaster Ip Man who apparently changed the face of martial arts forever. Was he the … Continue reading →

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Movies on the Radio: Talking Woody and Butler and Jobs and Kick-Ass

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s Friday morning, and that means 740 The Game’s “Open Mike” show will stop lobbying for the soccer stadium we don’t need and pointless expansions to the Amway Center and Citrus Bowl upgrades long enough to talk movies. We’ll discuss … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “The Wind Rises,” Hiyao Miyazaki’s latest

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Roger Moore

Studio Ghibli tackles a long stretch of Japanese history with this latest Miyazaki anime, due to hit this year’s Toronto Film Festival. This longer than usual trailer suggests it may be more for the Japanese market, capturing and perhaps sanitizing … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Paranoia”

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Paranoia” is the perfect name for a thriller about how our smart phones are outsmarting us. A star vehicle for “The Other Hemsworth” (“Hungers Games” Liam, not brother Thor, um — Chris), it features a couple of chewy scenes pitting … Continue reading →

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