Monthly Archives: November 2013

Box Office: “Ender’s Game” has big, not huge Friday — a $30 million weekend?

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

The Thursday night opening numbers for the sci-fi film of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game” were on a par with “Bad Grandpa’s.” And it’s Friday looks to have pushed it to around $9.9 million. That adds up to a $30 … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Best Man Down”

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

The Minnesota couple’s Phoenix wedding would be perfect — all the friends and relatives gathered, a lovely hotel, a beautiful bride, love in the air.But the best man, the aptly-named “Lumpy” (Tyler Labine), is out of control — binge drinking, … Continue reading →

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Jason Bateman Directs! He and Kidman will star in “The Family Fang”

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

Jason Bateman has made noise about moving into the director’s chair on a film set for years. But who would have guessed he’d get to do it with an edgy David Lindsay-Abaire script? DLA wrote “Rabbit Hole,” a serenely sad … Continue reading →

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Redford, Nolte and…Larry “Borat” Charles take “A Walk in the Woods”?

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

The hirsute director of mockumentaries and whatever Sacha Baron Cohen dreams up has signed on to direct the film of Bill Bryson’s middle-aged men hiking the Appalachian Trail comedy. Since Robert Redford, who was excited to be doing a comedy … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: Will “Ender’s Game” be the next teen blockbuster?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Roger Moore

Very curious to see how “Ender’s Game” opens this weekend. With Summit behind it and 30 years of fans of varying passions interested in seeing it, with a sci-fi hook and a lot of screen, it feels like a $30-40 … Continue reading →

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