Yearly Archives: 2013

Movie Review: “Machete Kills” wears the joke out

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

Robert Rodriguez is like that friend who loves to tell jokes, but always goes on and on, well past the punch line.  Remember how he beat the living daylights out of his “Spy Kids” franchise? That’s what he’s working toward … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Romeo & Juliet” needed a better Juliet. And Romeo, too.

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

It’s heartening to see how gorgeous the Italian cities of Verona and Mantua still are in the new “Romeo & Juliet,” so well-preserved that the Immortal Bard himself would recognize them — if he actually traveled through Europe.Those stunning locations … Continue reading →

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“Box” — projection mapping and the future of digital in-camera effects?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

http://vimeo.com/75260457 A one-take live-shot “performance art piece” that showcases what you can do, just with a camera and computer, to blur the line between real and digital space. Very impressive.

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Milla Jovovich escapes “Resident Evil” ghetto for “Survivor”

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Roger Moore

James McTeague is slated to direct this new thriller about a government agent (Milla J.) on the run and trying to prevent a terrorist attack on Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Much of the picture is set in the … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Romeo & Juliet”

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

A sizzling period piece with modern pop tunes and Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti, Stellan Skarsgaard? There will be blood. And poison. And the Bard. “Romeo & Juliet” opens Friday.

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Movie Review: “Captain Phillips” sails into Oscar contention

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

It wasn’t that long ago and we remember how it turned out. So there’s no way that “Captain Phillips”, the movie about the 2009 pirate attack on the M.V. Maersk Alabama, should be as surprising and entertaining a sea tale … Continue reading →

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So how bad is “Machete Kills”?

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

As a rule, movie studios never hide movies they’re proud of. So when Fox last week showed, to crowds of New York and LA critics, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” their big holiday Oscar bait, they at least THOUGHT … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Broadway Idiot”

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Roger Moore

This is the music doc about Billie Joe Armstrong taking his Green Day song cycle to Broadway, where it became the hit musical “American Idiot.” Still a big venue concert draw, now he’s on a level with Pete Townsend and … Continue reading →

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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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