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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: “Mommy”

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

It’s easy to judge her. Diane Després is 40something, wears her skirts too short, her jeans too tight (and too bedazzled) and her blouses open a little too low. She’s a brassy gum-snapper, cheap and so self-absorbed it’s no surprise … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Humbling” is somewhat less than Pacino’s tour de force

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

We have forgotten how subtle Al Pacino could be, pre “Hoo Hah!” Something about his Oscar winning turn in “Scent of a Woman” unleashed the beast, a performer as big, broad and puffed up as that mountain of hair he’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Big Muddy”

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

  “Big Muddy” is a big ol’ muddle of a thriller, a lot of dangerous characters converging, from various parts of the Canadian prairie, on a femme fatale and her teenage son. It’s a modern day Western, a B-movie that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Americons”

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

Take away the high-wattage stars, the staggering budget and the celebratory nature of the thievery, and “The Wolf of Wall Street” would look something like “Americons,” an indie parable about greed, high-living and wrongdoing that led to the real estate/home … Continue reading →

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Eddie Redmayne on Awards, and Stephen Hawking’s place in the universe

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

Golden Globe winner Eddie Redmayne had to come up with a few more surprised and “incredibly honored” remarks when his Oscar nomination for “The Theory of Everything” was announced Thursday. He’s trying to keep his head about him, even as … Continue reading →

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Anne Hathaway on “Song One” and Brooklyn’s indie music scene

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Roger Moore

Anne Hathaway didn’t sing in “Interstellar,” but she does croon a tune in her latest. When the movie’s titled “Song One” and is set in the lively indie music scene of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it’s to be expected. But it’s not … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “American Sniper” picks off “Paddington,” “Wedding Ringer” — and sets a record

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Roger Moore

Every NRA member must have gone. And a lot of conservative media outlets and websites have been all over Clint EAstwood’s somewhat controversial film (apparently a whitewashing of the real shooter), and the endorsements put meat in the seats, as … Continue reading →

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Best weekend to see “Selma,” this one — best way to see it? Free, if you’re a student

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Roger Moore

Paramount and the black business community in at least 25 cities has arranged to give away over a quarter million student tickets to see “Selma” for free. Since young people are the ones who need to know this history (adults … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Spare Parts”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

“Spare Parts” is a pleasant enough run-of-the-mill outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy in the “Race the Sun” mold. It’s about undocumented high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition, and make a splash in that state most hostile to illegal immigration — … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Wedding Ringer”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

“The Wedding Ringer” is “Wedding Crashers Redux,” a “Hangover Lite” that softens manic funnyman Kevin Hart’s persona into someone almost as funny, but more sentimental than abrasive. That helps “Ringer” work as a bromantic comedy that feels like a romantic … Continue reading →

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