Yearly Archives: 2013

“Girls Against Boys” takes female revenge to the next level

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s “The Burning Bed” and “Hard Candy” time, time for some attractive young women to exact murderous revenge on men who may (or may not) have done them wrong. “Girls Against Boys” opens Feb. 1.

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Movie Nation Interview: Got questions for Mark Wahlberg?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

After “Contraband,” a break-out hit of last January, the first month of the year seems to belong to Mark Wahlberg. He is to January what Will Smith was to July 4, back in the 90s and early 2000s. Wahlberg has … Continue reading →

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Razzie nominations “honor” Tyler Perry and the white Tyler Perry — Adam Sandler

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

These are always worth a chuckle, some years more than others. Will the Golden Raspberry go to “Battleship” or to “Madea’s Witless Protection?” Such a list of infamy — so many bad movies. Some (“Breaking Dawn Part 2”) not quite … Continue reading →

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Movie Nation Interview: Channing Tatum

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

MIAMI BEACH — In the half dozen years that he’s been a movie star, Channing Tatum could be excused for skipping the exercise of reading his reviews. He’s been in some big hits — “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” … Continue reading →

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Movie Nation Interview: Karl Urban

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

The British comic book “Judge Dredd” made its debut in the mid-1970s, a helmeted lawman who was judge, jury and executioner in a nearly lawless anarchy of the future. Coming out in the recession-wracked ’70s, when civil unrest were common … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “An Inconvenient Truth,” back on Netflix for the slow-to-catch-on crowd

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

Seeing this title turn up, suddenly, post-“Super Storm Sandy” — on Netflix streaming made me laugh. And wince. There’s all this new polling out that suggests, thanks to that storm, the extended drought in the Red State midwest, “the hottest … Continue reading →

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Deadline.com is reporting that Josh Brolin has the lead in the October release “Sin City” sequel titled, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.” Robert Rodriguez is co-directing with Frank Miller, the comic book author no doubt chastened by the … Continue reading →

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Indies, smaller studios elbowed out of Directors Guild Nominations

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

If, as they say, “Best directors direct best pictures,” the Oscar field got a LOT simpler/clearer today. No, the DGA nominations don’t correspond exactly with Oscar nods, but the DGA has spoken. And it’s Affleck and Spielberg, Hooper and Bigelow … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

Cirque du Soleil movies are a lot like ballet films – long on beauty and artistry, short on story.

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Woody Allen returns to New York — and Sony Pictures Classics — with “Blue Jasmine”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

The long Woody Allen Euro-sojourn is over. For now. “Blue Jasmine,” which Sony Classics just grabbed the rights to, is Woody back in New York for the first time since that awful Larry David comedy “(Whatever Works”) he did a … Continue reading →

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