Yearly Archives: 2013

Movie Review: “Oblivion,” an April sci-fi film

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Roger Moore

Science fiction is one film genre that seems to wear its ancestors, the films that inspired it or, less charitably, that it “borrowed” from, with pride. Thus, “Oblivion” has “Scavengers” who dress like Sand People from “Star Wars,” round, red-eyed … Continue reading →

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Today’s screenings: “Oblivion” and “Arthur Newman”

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

One’s a sci-fi picture in which Tom Cruise finds out if Joseph “Tron” Kosinski has a little blockbuster magic left him in his tank — a ruined planet, a conspiracy to keep news of who might still be “down there” … Continue reading →

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Jamie Foxx as Electro in the next “Spider-Man” movie

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

He doesn’t look like the images of the character from comic books. He has a blueish glow for the next “Amazing Spider-Man” movie, due out in 2014. But it’s an arresting look, and the hoodie lends him a certain currency … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Home Run” is, at best, a ground rule double

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

The first rule of any baseball movie is that the guys cast to star in it have to look like they can play. And in “Home Run,” Scott Elrod had the build, the swagger and the sweet swing of a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Paris-Manhattan” finds fresh laughs in the wit and wisdom of Woody

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Roger Moore

Paris-Manhattan” is an amusing little nothing of a movie built around the wit and wisdom of Woody Allen. First-time writer-director Sophie Lellouche has taken bon mots from Allen’s movies and used them to create nothing less than a philosophy of life for her heroine, … Continue reading →

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Another “Man of Steel” trailer, another wowzer

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Roger Moore

This has to be the most promising popcorn/comic book/fanboy film of the summer. Not to limit its possibilities or anything.

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Movie Preview: “Catching Fire”

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Roger Moore

Now we’re talking… And this just in, Microsoft Internet Explorer has set up a “Hunger Games” info explorer, just for fanatics. Details are in this Variety story.

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Stunt Woman Zoe Bell moves beyond taking the fall

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Roger Moore

Quentin Tarantino made her the most famous stunt woman alive. But Zoe Bell, now 34 and years removed from her breakout in “Grindhouse,” is looking beyond the tumbles, crashes fights and falls. Even though “You’d be surprised how many people … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Owen “turns” Andrea Riseborough in the IRA terrorism drama “Shadow Dancer”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Roger Moore

Interesting to see the second career Gillian Anderson has managed for herself in the UK, playing the counter-terrorism boss to Clive Owen’s field agent in “Shadow Dancer” being her latest Brit role. Andrea Riseborough is the woman turned by agent … Continue reading →

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Zoe Bell at the Florida Film Festival

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Roger Moore

Zoe Bell, the great stuntwoman who earned her bones doubling “Xena: Warrior Princess,”: but who came to fame as Quentin Tarantino’s go-to stuntwoman and big name star of “Death Proof,” did a Q & A at the Florida Film Festival … Continue reading →

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