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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 Review: “How to Save Us”

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Roger Moore

Writer-director-actor Jason Trost’s “How to Save Us” is a clever mash-up of the zombie apocalypse thriller and ghost story genres. But this lean indie picture runs out of surprises early and never overcomes flat, uninvolving acting, primarily by the eyepatch-wearing … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Freedom”

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Freedom” is nothing if not ambitious. An indie period piece about the Underground Railroad and the English slave ship captain whose change of heart led him to compose “Amazing Grace,” it covers enough ground to fuel a TV miniseries. And … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Spy” amusingly turns McCarthy loose — on Jason Statham.

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Roger Moore

Writer-director Paul Feig and his “Bridesmaids” muse, Melissa McCarthy, flip the script and ditch the fat jokes for their latest. And “Spy,” a bloody-minded spy spoof, is all the richer for it. A profane pistol-packing riff on the Bond formula, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Entourage” makes a pointless detour to the big screen

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Entourage” is the uninvited dinner guest who then insists on sticking around long after the party’s over. It’s based on the often amusing inside-Hollywood HBO series about a rising star who keeps his childhood posse as a bubble, protecting him … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Testament of Youth” is another feather in Alicia Vikander’s cap

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Roger Moore

Here’s how you create a pacifist. Show her a world of beauty, promise and expectations. Give her a brother she loves, gentleman callers who vie for her attention. And then start a war, the silliest and most tragic war of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Love & Mercy” sends out good vibrations

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Roger Moore

The best musical biographies give you a moment when the hairs on the back of your neck stand up as you witness the miracle of a song’s creation. We get a chill as Ray Charles cooks up “What’d I Say?” … Continue reading →

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Godmother of Horror finally gets the limelight — or is that helllight? — in latest “Insidious”

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Roger Moore

They call Lin Shaye “The Godmother of Horror.” Read her listed credits on the Internet Movie Database and you start to see why. “It reads like Al Capone’s rap sheet!” cracks writer/director Leigh Whannell. Some 179 acting credits, roles ranging … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “San Andreas” shakes $54 million loose, “Aloha” makes do with $10

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Roger Moore

“San Andreas” didn’t manage better than middling reviews. But it blew up the box office. Great effects, The Rock in the lead, all the usual disaster pic formula ingredients — $53 million+, almost $54. A very nice weekend for a … Continue reading →

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“San Andreas” rocks the box office, “Tomorrowland” #2, Pitch” #3, “Aloha” brings up the rear

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Roger Moore

Not the best weekend of the summer for movies, in terms of quality. If you believe the critics. Which we do, we do! “San Andreas,” the best reviewed of a weak lot, is opening big. Dwayne Johnson and great effects … Continue reading →

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Adrian Grenier still in the Chase

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Roger Moore

When last we left Vincent Chase, he and his “Entourage” were moving on. Ari the angry agent was leaving the biz, Eric the manager was moving from LA to NYC, and Vince? He was jetting off the Paris. Of all … Continue reading →

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