Monthly Archives: August 2015

Movie Review: “Sinister 2”

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Roger Moore

James Ransome played the unnamed deputy who survived the mayhem of “Sinister,” but lost his job over trying to save the family headed by a writer who has stumbled into a cache of supernaturally murderous home movies. So he’s the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Hitman: Agent 47

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Roger Moore

A dog dumped into the dog (movie) days of August, “Hitman: Agent 47,” arrives as the “worst reviewed movie of the summer.” But is it the worst of the worst? Not if you’ve seen “The Curse of Downer’s Grove,” or … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Gift”

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Roger Moore

There’s always been an edge to Jason Bateman that showed us a nasty piece of work waiting to get out. That’s nicely exploited in Joel Edgerton’s “The Gift,” a psychological thriller about a husband and wife inconvenienced, then harassed by … Continue reading →

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Movie Review– “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine”

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Roger Moore

The difference between an “authorized” biography and one that isn’t sanctioned by the subject and his or her family/company is laid bare in “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” “Official” biographer Walter Isaacson, whose all-access, occasionally unflattering biography is … Continue reading →

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Lawrence, Scarlett and McCarthy are the world’s best paid actresses — this year

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Roger Moore

Forbes has done its annual numbers crunching and compiled/concocted its “Best Paid Actrresses” list, and Jennifer “Katniss” Lawrence tops it, earning over $52 million over the past year. Scarlett Johannson had a VERY good year to come in second. Lots … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Curse of Downer’s Grove”

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

Bret “Less Than Zero/American Psycho” Easton Ellis never quite got over the ’80s. You can see it in every movie he has a hand in, since that’s where the novelist seems to make his rent money these days.  He’s not … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Being Evel”

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Roger Moore

Someday, there’ll be an opera about Evel Knievel. And Johnny Knoxville, his biggest fan, will probably compose it. But for now there’s  the Knoxville-produced “Being Evel,” a warts-and-all documentary about the daredevil-hustler, that for all its inherent evil — and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “American Ultra”

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Roger Moore

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg dress down and cover themselves with bruises, fake-cuts and gore for the ultra violent “American Ultra.” And if they don’t cover themselves in glory, at least these reunited “Adventureland” co-stars do justice to this testicles-on-the-tarmac … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Finding Vivian Maier”

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Roger Moore

“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,” Harlan Ellison titled one of his science fiction short stories. That’s as perfect an expression of an artist’s experience of “quiet desperation” as has ever been put on the page. Vivian Maier … Continue reading →

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Owen Wilson’s “Go to” lines — summarized

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Roger Moore

Here it is, every arrow in the Butterscotch Stallion’s quiver. With “No Escape” dumped in the No Hit Zone of the end of August (Aug. 26), Wilson is in the latter stages of his film stardom. But here’s a video … Continue reading →

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