Monthly Archives: August 2013

Movie Review: “Lovelace” doesn’t go Deep enough

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Lovelace,” the new film biography of the woman who starred in the most famous porn film of all time, “Deep Throat,” struggles to find novelty in a story that plays as depressingly familiar. It’s the “pretty young thing corrupted by … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Paradise” lets Julianne Hough go Diablo Cody on us

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

An “innocent” religious girl who heads to Vegas to experience pleasures of the flesh, right? Russell Brand, Octavia Spencer and Nick Offerman are in the cast of this October release, which is getting a DirectTV rollout this weekend.

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Movie Review: David Gordon Green gets back to minimalism with “Prince Avalanche”

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Director David Gordon Green makes his way back to the indie world that gave him his start, years before “Pineapple Express” and “Your Highness” turned his head with “Prince Avalanche. The comically dry dramedy smoothly fits into the career that … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Lone Survivor”

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

This looks like a “Shooter” that is based on a true story. Four Seals, stuck behind enemy lines — Mark Wahlberg and Ben Foster among them. Who has the title role? Taylor Kitsch and Eric Bana are also in the … Continue reading →

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Limited Release Box Office: “Jasmine” cleans up, “Way, Way Back” rolls

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” is doing great per-screen numbers at the box office, making over $40,000 at each of the 50 theaters in just a handful of cities that it is playing in. That strategy could make this drama a … Continue reading →

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“Planes,” “Turbo” Despicable” — Is voice acting for cartoons changing before our ears?

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

In Hollywood, it’s the ultimate “nice work, if you can get it” job. “You’re not limited or judged by what you look like,” the actress Lake Bell, gorgeous enough to be cast for what she looks like, says. “It’s the … Continue reading →

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Next interview: Question for the big screen Steve Jobs, Ashton Kutcher?

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

He is, as his “Jobs” co-star Josh Gad told me a couple of days ago, “a dead ringer for Steve Jobs, so he’d have to be at the top of any list of actors considered for playing him.” Even if … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “In a World…”

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

You don’t have to go to the movies to know the phrase “In a world…” It’s the voice-of-doom cliche from a hundred movie trailers, from thrillers — “In a world ruled by zombies” — to comedies — “In a world … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “I Give It a Year”

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

From time immemorial, romantic comedies have but one rule one they dare not break. We must root for romance, for love to triumph, for those two crazy kids (or adorable geezers, or every age in between) to make it work … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “2 Guns” $28 million, July comes close to record

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

  Denzel Washington has a fresh hit on his resume, and Mark Wahlberg’s Icelandic “Contraband” director has a Hollywood future. “2 Guns” is doing a solid but un- spectacular $28 million on its opening weekend. “Smurfs 2” stepped into a … Continue reading →

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