Monthly Archives: September 2013

Movie Review: “Jayne Mansfield’s Car”

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

Billy Bob Thornton was an actor who used his distinctive voice as a screenwriter to kick-start his movie career. But as the acting jobs piled up, the Oscar winning screenwriter of “Sling Blade” and “A Family Thing” gave up writing … Continue reading →

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Next Screening: “12 Years A Slave”

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The British direction Steve McQueen (“Hunger”, “Shame”) found a role for Michael Fassbender in his latest. And Brad Pitt. And Paul Giamatti and the little girl from “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” But the star, the man in the title … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Blue Caprice”

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The shootings were so random — a parking lot, at a gas station, a guy mowing grass, a baby-sitter reading a book on a bus stop bench. They happened in a spree — in Maryland, Virginia, greater Washington, D.C. — … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Riddick” leads a weak weekend, clears $18 million

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

Deadline.com reports that Vin Diesel sank some of his “Fast & Furious” millions into reviving this franchise, which was Code Blue back in 2004, when “The Chronicles of Riddick” came out and tanked. So he made it and Universal (“Fast/Furious” … Continue reading →

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Next Screening: A 9/11 immigrant saga, “The Citizen”

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sam Kadi directed and co-wrote this story of a Lebanese man (Egyptian star Khaled Nabawy) who has the misfortune of winning the Green Card lottery, getting into America, on 9/10/2001. Agnes Bruckner plays a pretty American who takes pity on … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Got Questions for Isaiah Washington?

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

He was a staple in one era of Spike Lee films, gained greater fame on TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” and was dismissed from that show for intemperate remarks about a gay castmate and repeated bungling of how he apologized for that. … Continue reading →

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Box Office Blahs continue: “Riddick” opens to a $17 million weekend

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

The late summer swoon at the box office — no breakout hits since July, no decent opening weekend since “The Butler” — continues as Vin Diesel’s “Riddick” opened weak Thursday night and Friday and is headed for a $17-18 million … Continue reading →

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The New “Robocop,” the trailer

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

Looks like Michael Keaton has the Ronnie Cox role, Gary Oldman’s the scientist and Jackie Earle Haley’s the Kurtwood Smith character, or someone like him. But If this Feb. movie isn’t set in Detroit, what’s the point?

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Movie Review: “The Ultimate Life”

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

“The Ultimate Life,” a sequel to 2006’s “The Ultimate Gift,” is a milder-than-mild-mannered film about priorities, personal legacies and the joys of giving. But before we can get to that very simple point, we’re treated to a lengthy, faith-based version … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies: “Riddick,” “Adore” show that it’s still “weak cinema season”

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

The last weekend of August and the first week or two of September are typically very low attendance weekends for movies. Which is why studios rarely take a shot at releasing anything with heft or potential in that window. Movie … Continue reading →

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