Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Aaron Eckhart sends “I, Frankenstein” bashers straight to Twitter

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Roger Moore

Aaron Eckhart has some advice for monster movie and Mary Shelley purists who might quibble with “I, Frankenstein,” his futuristic movie version of creature that features Eckhart as the monster almost 100 years in the future. “Get on Twitter,” he … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Malificent” puts La Jolie in a witchy mood

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

It looks Disneyfied, which is to be expected — a live action take on “Sleeping Beauty” from the witch’s point of view is pretty much what we’d expect. This trailer has a lot more of the animated “Sleeping Beauty” to … Continue reading →

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SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) honors “American Hustle,” Cate and Matthew, Producers go for “Gravity,” “12 Years a Slave”

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

The weekend’s round of awards shows produced one modest surprise. The Screen Actor’s Guild gave best supporting actress to Adepero Oduye from “12 Years a Slave.” That’s a performance that critics have boosted into the limelight, and it’s nice to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Gloria” could easily have been a best foreign film Oscar contender

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

In her youth, Gloria hit the discos and danced the Chilean nights away, grooving to the Andrea True Connection and Umberto Tozzi’s song that used her name. “Gloria”, a song later remade in America by Laura Brannigan, is an ear … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Run & Jump” is Irish romantic whimsy with a serious side

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Run & Jump” is an uncommonly offbeat and charmingly unconventional romance, an Irish comedy that lets itself get very serious, now and again, and is all the richer for it. Vanetia (Maxine Peake) is a vivacious 30something mother of two, … Continue reading →

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Paulina Garcia talks about creating “Gloria”

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Roger Moore

Paulina Garcia took the best actress prize at last year’s prestigious Berlin Film Festival for her performance in the title role in “Gloria.” And as Irish Times film critic Donald Clarke enthused, “It is hard to imagine the jury deliberated … Continue reading →

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Weekend movies — “Jack Ryan” passes, but poor grades for “Ride Along,” “Devil’s Due” and “Nut Job”

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Roger Moore

Paramount did itself no favors by showing “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” to a few New York and LA and trade publication critics in advance, and stiffing the rest of us with screenings after deadline. The first wave of reviews — … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Only the dog has a clue in “Devil’s Due”

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Roger Moore

The dog knows. The dog always knows in movies about the Devil, because there’s the scent of Satan in the air. Maverick, a Setter, knows that something’s up with Samantha’s mysterious, post-honeymoon in Santo Domingo pregnancy. Her OB-GYN may not … Continue reading →

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A “Nebraska” sampler–this is what Oscar nominated cinematography looks like

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Roger Moore
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Movie Review: Competence counts in the otherwise uninspiring “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Roger Moore

Tom Clancy’s C.I.A. analyst-hero Jack Ryan returns to the screen in a workmanlike if unoriginal and uninspiring reboot — “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.”Hardcore fans of espionage thrillers will recognize it as on a par with the least of the Jason … Continue reading →

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