Monthly Archives: July 2014

Movie Review: “Planes: Fire & Rescue”

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Planes: Fire & Rescue” is roughly twice as good as its predecessor, “Planes,” which was so story-and-laugh starved it would have given “direct-to-video” a bad name. Yes, there was nowhere to go but up.The sequel’s story is about something — … Continue reading →

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Director Anton Cobijn on “Life” and the ongoing fascination with James Dean

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

I was finishing up an interview with “Control” and “The American” and “A Most Wanted Man” director Anton Corbijn, and we’d switched to just chatting about his current project, “Life,” a movie about a photographer for Life Magazine (Robert Pattinson) … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Wish I Was Here”

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here” is a sweet and jokey feature film that is so at home in the punchline rhythms of TV sitcoms that you may think to yourself, “When’s his best friend/former “Scrubs” co-star Donald Faison showing … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The eyes are the key to the mystery in “I Origins”

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

Ian is a man of science. But he is still a man. And when a model-thin hottie with a strange accent comes on to him in a party, the nerdy guy whose “Can I take a picture of your eyes?” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Mood Indigo” suffers from mood swings

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

The eccentric whimsy and invention overfill the screen of Michel Gondry’s “Mood Indigo,” an adaptation of a novel by the Frenchman who wrote “I Spit on Your Graves.” Set in an alternate “Brazil”/”Delicatessen”/”Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” reality, it’s … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Questions for Willem Dafoe?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Roger Moore

Long one of my favorite character actors, Willem Dafoe had a juicy part in “The Fault in Our Stars” and has an even better one in “A Most Wanted Man,” the latest thriller based on a John le Carre novel … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Brevity is the soul of wit in “Happy Christmas”

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Roger Moore

　“Happy Christmas” is a petite, lived-in character comedy of the Mumblecore school — just a group of chatty twentysomethings, drinking, growing beards and having the occasional bathroom hook-up as they think about growing up.It’s the latest from writer-director-co/star Joe Swanberg … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Boyhood” opens HUGE…on five screens, “Apes” clears $70 mill

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Roger Moore

  “Transformers” fell off 55% in its second weekend, not a bad “hold” as they say. So it cleared the $200 million mark this weekend. It may catch “Maleficent (over $221 and counting) by next weekend. “Dawn of the Planet … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Wolf at the Door” serves up mystery, Brazilian style

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Roger Moore

“A Wolf at the Door” arrives in American cinemas, a hot and surprising Brazilian thriller delivered here hot on the heels of the Brazilian World Cup.It’s a kidnapping mystery in which a police inspector tries to figure out who might … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Apes” devour Friday, “Boyhood” delivers high per-screen numbers

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Roger Moore

A soft, in more ways than one, Thursday night opening for “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” was pointing toward a film that would under-perform vis a vis its projected $70 million opening. But Friday turned that around, as … Continue reading →

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