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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: Sandler can’t escape his bad-movie streak with “The Cobbler”

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Roger Moore

Tom McCarthy transformed himself from an actor into an indie writer-director, and became a critics’ darling. Who knew what he REALLY wanted was to make Adam Sandler comedies? Call it hubris, the belief that he could alter an actor’s career … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Champs” is a winner, but not by knockout

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Champs” is a quotably slick documentary about the social, psychological and economic underpinnings of boxing, a clear-eyed look at the deadly and dirty sport often rhapsodized as “The Sweet Science.” There’s nobility in the boxers this is built around — … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Chappie” staggers to win, “Focus” falls, Vince Vaughn is over

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Unfinished Business” will pull in about $5 million over this weak March weekend for movies. That’s pretty bad for a mainstream R-rated comedy, and signals the end of Vince Vaughn’s comic leading man days. He needs a Kevin James to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Like Sunday, Like Rain”

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Roger Moore

With “Like Sunday, Like Rain,” sturdy character actor Frank Whaley (“Pulp Fiction,” TV’s “Ray Donovan”) steps behind the camera to present an elegiac, sweet romance between a boy and his nanny. No, not THAT kind of romance. This is a … Continue reading →

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Weekend movies: “Chappie” gets bombed, Vince Vaughn is nuked, “Marigold” passes muster — again

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Roger Moore

Take away an early barrage of fawning, Guiness and G & T enfeebled Brit critics, and Neil Blomkamp’s insipid “Chappie” would have experienced the consensus slaughter it so richly deserved. I loved “District 9,” and was enthusiastic about “Elysium” in … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Questions for “Insurgent” star Octavia Spencer?

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Roger Moore

Love that Octavia Spencer. And since I’ve interviewed Shailene Woodley so much her mom is getting suspicious, I pitched The Only O I Adore as someone I’d like to talk to about “Insurgent,” the sequel to “Divergent.” We last spoke … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Roger Moore

The clash of cultures has been rubbed off the marigolds in “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” Most of the characters are back — those who didn’t die off — in this sequel comedy about British retirees lured to India … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Unfinished Business”

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Roger Moore

The best acting job in “Unfinished Business” is turned in by Vince Vaughn. He spends the 91 minutes of this seriously laugh-starved comedy trying to pretend he doesn’t want to strangle Dave Franco. Rare is the performance that inspires such … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Chappie” chafes, and not in a good way

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Roger Moore

Wrongheaded in conception, eye-rolling in execution, “Chappie” is a childish blend of the cute robot goofiness of “Short Circuit,” and the bloody-minded mayhem of “Robocop.” It never finds its sweet spot and never, for one moment, works. Neill Blomkamp, the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Merchants of Doubt”

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Roger Moore

Spoiler alert . There’s no magic moment of hope at the end of “Merchants of Doubt.” This documentary, the first to zero in on how and why the global climate change discussion became political and how that led to government … Continue reading →

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