Monthly Archives: September 2013

Movie Preview: “Need for Speed” looks like a gearhead’s digital wet dream

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

Aaron Paul stars, and from the looks of the trailer, we’re dealing with a “Vanishing Point” meets “Cannonball Run” scenario, an outlaw driver driving supercars in illegal highway dashes. Dominic Cooper also stars in this March movie. No Vin, no … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies: Overly generous reviews for “Metallica,” “Meatballs,” on the money ones for “Rush,” “Don Jon”

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Rush” is a terrific racing bio-pic, a real plum on Ron Howard’s resume. Everybody says so. Go see it. One of the best pictures of the year. I thought the Metallica concert-and-more film “Metallica, Through the Never,” was self-serious and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Baggage Claim”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

Paula Patton fizzes and flounces through “Baggage Claim”, a romantic comedy about a flight attendant who gives herself “30 days and 30 thousand miles” to find some man to “put a ring on it” before her sister’s wedding. No gesture … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

The Herculean task of any sequel is repeating the experience of the original film, or improving on it. That’s nigh on impossible due to the simple fact that you only get to take the viewing public utterly by surprise once. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Metallica Through the Never”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Metallica: Through the Never” is something like the ultimate fan’s concert film. Expense and fire marshals be damned, these gents — James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo — and their extensive road crew put on a show … Continue reading →

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Ocala Drive In gets digital conversion money from Honda’s “Project Drive-In”

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

Like a lot of drive-ins, this one has slipped in and out of a coma for years. But thanks to Honda’s little project to supply cash to five popular, worthy drive-ins with digital projection, the Ocala Drive-In will survive the … Continue reading →

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Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels go “Dumber” for the first time this century

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Dumb and Dumber To,” they’re calling the film. Because nobody involved (save Daniels, an HBO star) had anything better to do. Finally.

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Movie Review: Joseph Gordon Levitt is a regular Don Juan in “Don Jon”

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

There’s barely a wasted moment in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hilarious and wise “Don Jon.” Well, as long as you don’t consider a guy obsessively watching porn and doing what follows “wasted.” The title character (Gordon-Levitt) certainly doesn’t.“ALL guys watch porn, every … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Pulling Strings”

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

Pantelion, the studio behind “Instructions Not Included” and “Casa de mi Padre,” is releasing this romantic comedy set in Mexico City about a fellow who needs a Visa and the gringa-bonita who might be able to help him out. “Pulling … Continue reading →

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So, “Runner Runner” is conceding Oct. 4 weekend to “Gravity”?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Roger Moore

You’ve got a gambling/Internet crime and betrayal thriller starring the red hot Justin Timberlake and a back-to-being hot Ben Affleck. It’s opening the same weekend as the ballyhooed (with justification) “Gravity.” Selling it, getting the word about “Runner Runner” out … Continue reading →

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