Monthly Archives: December 2013

Gotham Awards: No Oscar indicator, but they go for McConaughey, “Llewyn Davis”

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

The first couple of cinema awards of “Awards Season” are the most irrelevant. So don’t read too much into The Gotham City centric “Gotham Awards” going for “Inside Llewyn Davis” as best picture. Over “12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity” … Continue reading →

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Oscar Isaac plays and underplays his way “Inside Llewyn Davis”

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

Oscar Isaac figures he owes his big break, taking the title role in the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” to two things.Since the filmmaking Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan (“Fargo,” “True Grit””A Serious Man”) aren’t known for giving their actors … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Out of the Furnace”

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Roger Moore

Bare-knuckle brawling, family, a disappearance and low enforcement’s powerlessness in Steel Country hang over “Out of the Furnace,” Scott Cooper’s follow-up to “Crazy Heart.” Oscar winners Christian Bale and Forest Whitaker are in support of Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Catching Fire” takes over $110, “Frozen” ices $93

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Roger Moore

A huge holiday weekend at the box office for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and Disney’s latest non-Pixar cartoon. The princess musical “Frozen” will have cleared $92 million by end of business today (Sunday). “Hunger Games” cleaned up the rest … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Paul Walker’s “last movie,” “Hours,” shows heart, ambition and promise

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Roger Moore

Paul Walker felt the need to remind us that, in between “Fast & Furious” movies, he didn’t have to play second banana to the likes of Vin Diesel. So sure, he did the occasional offbeat ensemble picture (“Pawn Shop Chronicles”). … Continue reading →

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RIP Paul Walker

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Roger Moore

Damn. Here’s what I remember about Paul Walker, “Fast & Furious” star, “Eight Below” bro, etc. He called you “Bro.” You talked to Walker, that’s what he called you. And he seemed to mean it. He spoke Surfer Speak because … Continue reading →

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