Monthly Archives: September 2013

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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Movie Preview: Keanu directs, co-stars and casts an Asian Keanu look-alike in “Man of Tai Chi”

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Yeah, this is an interesting direction for “The Chosen One” to go in — directing martial arts pictures. But why not, Keanu? Limited release Nov. 1.

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Daniel Radcliffe is a VERY young Allen Ginsburg in “Kill Your Darlings”

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

Was it Hemingway or Fitzgerald who first used the phrase “Kill Your Darlings,” about the ruthless process of winnowing down, editing one’s writing? I always heard Hemingway. Daniel Radcliffe plays the Beat Poet Allen Ginsburg in this recreation of his … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: More unwanted chronicles of “Riddick”

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Riddick,” a movie that might have been titled “A Diesel and his Digital Dingo-dongo Dog,” is built to mirror the signature traits of its star. Like Vin Diesel, it has bulk, lumbering clumsily along as it repeats Diesel’s greatest hits … Continue reading →

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Nicholson retiring? “Dementia”? “Memory loss”?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

<p>Maybe. The screen legend is getting way on up there. He’s 77. And Oscar winner or not, the man is known for his indulgences. And not just younger women. If he is retiring, his last film would be the dog … Continue reading →

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“Fifty Shades of Grey” — so is this A-list casting?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Melanie Griffith’s actress/daughter with Don Johnson, Dakota Johnson, is to be Anastasia and Charlie Hunnam is Charles Grey in the big screen version of “50 Shades of Grey.” Prestige project? Um, no. Big name stars? Not in the least. He’s … Continue reading →

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Naomi Watts on “Adore” and “Diana”

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

At the end of September, two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts turns 44. So this fall is probably the perfect time for her her “mid-life crisis” movie — “Adore” — to come out.” “We all like to be reminded we’re still … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Tio Papi”

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Maudlin and wholesome to a fault, “Tio Papi” is a family dramedy about a single guy who gives up his dream life when his sister dies and leaves him with six kids that he doesn’t know how to raise.It stumbles … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Neighbors”

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

Sort of a remake of the Belushi/Aykroyd adaptation in the ’80s. With Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne dealing with a hellish fraternity moving in next door, led by Zac Efron. Red Band, filthy stuff kids.

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Movie Review: “Adore”

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

The acronym “BFF” was new to the world when Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing’s novella “The Grandmothers” was written. But she touched on the rewards, temptations and consequences of that sort of all-consuming, enduring female friendship that lasts from childhood through … Continue reading →

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