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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

Netflixable? Scottish “Stalking” trip turns “Eye for an Aye” in “Calibre”

Vaughn is about to become a father. Marcus, his pal, figures he knows just the thing for “your last free weekend.” The lads leave the city for a hunting trip in the Scottish highlands and Marcus loads his 90s Jeep … Continue reading →

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Preview, Josh Brolin tries his Manly Hand at Comedy in “The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter” for Netflix

Josh Brolin’s “The Great White Hunter” aka a drawling good ol’boy with a web series detailing his adventures, Danny McBride’s his trusty cameraman out with him on a stalk that’ll be a boy-bonding/”make a man out of him” weekend for … Continue reading →

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Preview, Bruce Willis collects Chinese cash and helps China avenge itself on Japan in WWII in “The Bombing”

I wonder if we’ll see this Chinese WWII picture in theaters in the US, or if we’ll be waiting on Netflix/VOD? Bruce Willis still commands box office name recognition, especially overseas. Ye Liu, Nicholas Tse and Sun Ma are the … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? There’s a reason we call “Vernon, Florida” by Errol Morris a classic

Long before I moved to Florida, I knew there was a lot more to the place than Disney World, Miami Beach, Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, thanks to this Errol Morris documentary. “Vernon, Florida” was the deadpan follow-up to the … Continue reading →

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My Harlan Ellison Story

Combative, prolific, a one-man argument on subjects beyond number, but specifically the seriousness and importance of science fiction, Harlan Ellison went as gently as was possible for him into that eternal good night. He was 84. People always introduced him … Continue reading →

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Preview, “Mandy” is arty, High-Concept Horror starring Andrea Riseborough and Nicolas Cage

Hyped at Sundance, probably unreleasable (theatrically), weird and gory, at the far end of exotic and odd, “Mandy” folds a Nicolas Cage gonzo turn into a Panos Cosmotos fever dream. “Mandy” also stars the Great Bill Duke, and Linus Roache … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Control” is the name of the divorce game when “Custody” is at stake

  There’s a moment, early in the tense French divorce drama “Custody,” when you feel sorry for Antoine, the husband. He’s sitting in mediation, a lawyer at his side, making his case, a judge hearing it, and his ex-wife and … Continue reading →

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Preview, Caine, Courtenay, Gambon, Broadbent and Winstone are capering geezers (with Charlie Cox) in “King of Thieves””

This trailer is as self-explanatory as any in theaters these days. “The King of Thieves” opens Sept. 18…in the U.K.  

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Preview, “Juliet Naked” makes comic hay with Rose Byrne, Chris O’Dowd and Ethan Hawke

A London rom-com about a sad woman (Rose Byrne) in a dull relationship (With Chris O’Dowd? How is this possible?) who then meets, via a flaming review of her sig other’s FAVORITE indie rock icon (Ethan Hawke) said icon and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Maika Monroe and Gary Oldman star in “Tau”

Julia is just a sex kitten pickpocket, working the lurid clubs and working “it” for a few shekels a night, before heading home to her industrial dump of a loft. Then she’s abducted, trussed up like Hannibal Lecter at his … Continue reading →

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