Yearly Archives: 2013

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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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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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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Movie Review: “Nothing Left to Fear”

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

Beware the horror movie that lists its “special effects” team too high in the credits. It’s a dead giveaway. “This is what we spent our money on” and “This is what we’re proudest of.”But hats off to Spectral Motion and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Bad Milo!” isn’t exactly “flush” with laughs

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

: ““Bad Milo!” is a demented and dark midnight horror comedy about a stressed-out accountant whose spastic colon produces an avenging, predatory polyp. If the concept alone isn’t funny, it’s probably one you’ll want to pass on.  When we finally … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Runner Runner”

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Roger Moore

Whatever his other gifts, Justin Timberlake has a hard time playing “hard.”Ben Affleck has no hint of “sinister” about him. For director Brad Furman, “The Lincoln Lawyer” is looking more and more like a fluke, and even bringing in someone … Continue reading →

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Fox’s “Fantastic Four” reboot gets another rewrite

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

Josh Trank of “Chronicle” is slated to direct Fox’s reboot of the comic book franchise “The Fantastic Four.” Simon Kinberg (“Sherlock Holmes”) is rewriting the script and collecting a producer credit as he does. I was never one of those … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Muscle Shoals” is music history at its elegiac best

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Roger Moore

“Now Muscle Shoals has got The Swampers,” Ronnie Van Zant sang on the Southern Rock anthem “Sweet Home Alabama.” “And they’ve been known to pick a song or two.”For many, it was the first time they’d heard of Muscle Shoals, … Continue reading →

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