Monthly Archives: October 2013

Movie Review: Chefs reveal the juggling act that is their job in “Spinning Plates”

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Three restaurants with three wildly different agendas make for three generally compelling stories in “Spinning Plates,” a documentary that plays like a very good pilot for a Food Network series that never was.Writer-director Joseph Levy tells the tale of one … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

Abandoned but never quite forgotten, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” finally reaches theaters seven years after it was finished. A graphically violent, sexually explicit teen horror tale, it was close to being ahead of its time, in its time. … Continue reading →

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Next Screening: “Running From Crazy”

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

I have interviewed a couple of members of the Hemingway clan over the years, and while they were never reluctant to talk about “the family curse,” that doesn’t appear to have saved many of them from falling into it — … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Questions for Robert Redford? Anyone?

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

Honest truth? Ask any guy with a sailboat, and this is the romantic image he had of himself that made him go out and buy one. Dashing, wind-lashed, hair flowing in the breeze — Robert Redford at the helm. “All … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview, “Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit”

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

Here’s why the Alec Baldwin version of Tom Clancy’s analyst in-over-his-head character Jack Ryan was the best. Jack Ryan was actually IN OVER HIS HEAD. Harrison Ford played him that way, Ben Affleck, not so much. The guy should seem … Continue reading →

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“Gravity” bursts October Box Office record — $55 million

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Roger Moore

Thursday night was decent, Friday was good and Saturday ticket sales for the weighty sci-fi “Gravity” put the film on a course to set a new opening weekend record for October. Did you see it? In IMAX and 3D? If … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Gravity” soars to $50 million opening

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Roger Moore

The right comparison for “Gravity” and its box office potential, the experts said, was “The Heat,” the last big Sandra Bullock blockbuster. And they predicted a $40 million weekend accordingly. Wait, I said. The best comparison is not to big … Continue reading →

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Next Screening: Robert Redford is alone at sea in “All is Lost”

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

J.C. Chandor has provided the great Robert Redford with one last Oscar-bait leading man turn in this solo sailor at sea tale. Anybody who is around sailboats will recognize every situation here — the perils of solo voyaging, the limits … Continue reading →

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Weekend Movies: Will great reviews translate to “Gravity” defying box office?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Roger Moore

Reviews are breathless, which is fitting. And not just from me. But will “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate, real-time real scenarios space epic, have the box office to match the critical huzzahs?  Variety says “Yes,” with a $40+ opening for the … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “How I Live Now”

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

Forget “The Host.” Anybody who saw Saoirse Ronan in “Hanna” realizes she’d have the right stuff to survive World War III. That’s what this indie thriller is about, girl on vacation in the UK with her family, WWIII breaks out. … Continue reading →

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