Author Archives: Roger Moore

“What’s that smell?” Vin Diesel seems to be asking with that look. “Smells like MONEY.” “Fast & Furious 6” has set itself up to earn $110 million this weekend, based on late Thursday all-day-and-night Friday numbers. Unless audiences bail on … Continue reading →

He wanted to get $2 million from fans and other backers to finally make a follow-up to his sensitive indie hit “Garden State.” But when Zach “Scrubs” Braff used the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to do finance “Wish I Was Here,” … Continue reading →

“Epic” and “Hangover Part III” are battling for second place — $50 million each is the projection. But “Fast & Furious 6,” which sounded like (from audience reax) a $100-120 million hit when I saw it a week or two … Continue reading →

Larry’s an awkward hoodie-wearing teenager, one of those bookish types who narrate their own stories in novels and films. And Juliet is his blond ideal, a vision who could “suck a man dry with those eyes.” Larry is bullied, with … Continue reading →

Steven Soderbergh is probably wishing he’d never let slip this whole business of him retiring and all. Maybe he was still mad over Sony firing him from “Moneyball.” Maybe he was having a bad day. And then there was all … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to the story about the study, which implies that women critics are outnumbered and that since women critics are more likely to review films made by or about women (there’s an observation that surprised me. I thought … Continue reading →

This AM on 740 AM Mikey Bianchi and I will chat up the long holiday weekend’s movies. I’ve  endorsed as “dumb but fun” “Fast & Furious 6,” which has some of the best reviews this overlong franchise has ever earned. … Continue reading →