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About Roger Moore

Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine

Movie Preview: The Supernatural looks like “Double Exposure” in this indie thriller

Howard Golberg wrote and directed this Freestyle (Feb. 18) release. Caylee Cowan (“Willy’s Wonderland”), Alexander Calvert (“Supernatural,” Gen V”), and Kahyun Kim (“Cocaine Bear,” “St. Denis Medical”).

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Classic Film Review: Sam Fuller’s Red Scare Noir, “Pickup on South Street” (1953)

The movies used to sentimentalize mobsters, especially during “the Wars” — WWII and the Cold one that followed. They might be cutthroats, thieves, lowlife grifters and rummies. But when it came to fascists and commies, flesh and blood threats to … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: “Sly Lives! (Aka the Burden of Black Genius)”

Questlove, member of The Roots, the house band of “The Tonight Show,” viral sensation via his role in Jimmy Fallon’s “Music on (Kids) Classroom Instruments” cover song gimmick, is quickly emerging as THE music documentarian of the moment. He compiled … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Wintry, Cultish Horror awaits on the isle where “The Demoness” Presides

Another “And Then There Were None” variation, this one sexed and bloodied up for a new era. A lesser known cast is set against each other and picked off, one by one. The tone and the look are arresting. Lowered … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Italian losers trap a winner via “The Love Scam”

“The Love Scam (Mica è colpa mia)” is a genial Italian caper comedy that barely manages “genial” and never really capers. There’s a lack of ambition, an Italian shrug of indifference, that slacks through every element — script, direction and … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: The new trailer has “Superman” Flying

James Gunn’s “Superman” (David Corensweet of “Pearl” and “Twisters” and “Lady in the Lake”) can fly. But will he stick the landing? July 11 we find out.

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Movie Preview: Love, Sex, Marriage, Career, Cocaine, what “Adult Best Friends” talk about

Zachary Quinto is the big name in this (reasonably) Fresh Faces comedy about adulthood and “friends.”

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Documentary Review — “Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story” lets a Darling Diva Have Her Say

The public has always cut Liza Minnelli a lot of slack. Her stunning talent, trouper’s work ethic and relentlessly upbeat showwomanship pretty much demanded it. And adorable “openness” about her life, her many loves, trials, failings and burdens can seem … Continue reading

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Movie Review: K-Stew and Steven Yeun as the AI future of “humanity” and romance — “Love Me”

“Love Me” is an experiment in sci-fi romance that goes wrong. The pitch? Billions of years after the end of humanity, a smart buoy in the icy wasteland of Earth’s seas thaws out and makes contact with “The Messenger,” a … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: The Healing Power and Magical Realism of Rehabilitating Hummingbirds — “Every Little Thing”

“Every Little Thing” is a documentary as delicate and magical as its subjects. It’s about hummingbirds who have suffered trauma — an adult injury, perhaps in “combat,” a baby who’s fallen from their tiny nests — and about one special … Continue reading

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