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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

“Star Trek” week countdown, a big opening overseas

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Roger Moore

J.J. Abrams’ second swipe at the “Star Trek” franchise has opened overseas — earned its first reviews — and pocketed its first cash. The money? Nothing like “Iron Man 3,” but still a robust $31 million+. I don’t think it … Continue reading →

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Next screening: “Shadow Dancer,” with Andrea Riseborough and Clive Owen

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

Here’s a modernish IRA-set spin on “Notorious,” with Clive Owen as the British agent turning and using Andrea Riseborough, an Irish woman racked by guilt and fury over the baby brother killed by a British bullet decades before. Riseborough is … Continue reading →

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An Elton John Biopic sets up shop at Cannes

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

The screenwriter of “Warhorse” has given Elton John’s life a once-over. They’ve brought a director of commercials and music videos on board. And Elton himself is set to produce “Rocketman,” a project which is getting some attention as the wheeling … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: “Iron Man” $75, “Gatsby” $52, “Peeples” $4.2

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Roger Moore

Another big weekend for the Iron Man, with “Iron Man 3” collecting $75 million or so at the box office, winning the weekend handily thanks to a huge Saturday turnout. But “The Great Gatsby” is a big winner, too, hauling … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Inside Llewyn Davis” looks like a Coen Brothers…miss?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

I love pop music and folk music history, reading up or watching docs on that whole Greenwich Village scene @1960, when Joan and Bob were there, and Jim McGuinn wisely changed his name to Roger McGuinn. I’d pay good money … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “August, Osage County” is sure-fire Oscar bait

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Meryl and Julia. And Chris Cooper. Three Oscar winners. And Ewan M. and Abigail Breslin and Juliette Lewis and Sam Shepard and Margo Martindale and was that Benedict Cumberbatch? A family gathered for a funeral in August, in rural Osage … Continue reading →

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Next Interview: Got questions for “Gatsby’s” Isla Fisher?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

I am doing interviews for a story on “Now You See Me,” the magic caper thriller opening at the end of the month, an ensemble piece starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine…and Isla Fisher. But … Continue reading →

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In this alternate universe, “Star Trek” is all about “ensemble”

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Say this much for the new films in the long-running “Star Trek” franchise. They’re real “share the wealth” exercises. It’s not just about Kirk, Spock and Bones and a couple of sacrificial red shirts boldly going while everybody else sits … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office: Break out the bubbly, “Gatsby’s” a blockbuster

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Roger Moore

Something was up. It sold over $3.2 million in tickets late Thursday night. Mostly to women, we’re told. And then Friday happened — $19 million all in. Mostly women. Who don’t go for comic book movies, as a rule. They … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity”

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Roger Moore

A dazzling, gripping and possibly moving disaster-in-space picture. We haven’t seen one of those in ages, Look for “Gravity” this Christmas.

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