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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

Movie Review: A PTSD vet and NFL “has-been” bond — “MVP”

Good intentions run smack into self-indulgence in “MVP,” a slack, sentimental, cliche-and-stereotype-stuffed drama from activist, charitable foundation founder, Green Beret vet and actor Nate Boyer. Boyer directed, co-wrote and stars in this story of a homeless Marine who meets a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The Cultish Conspiracy Chaos of “Winter Kills” (1979)

The film’s co-producer was found murdered, handcuffed to a chair two weeks before the film was released. He and a later-imprisoned co-producer made their money from marijuana importation, sales and distribution. The movie was chopped up by studio editors and … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Kaepernick & America”

You’re doing a documentary about quarterback turned social justice icon Colin Kaepernick. But Netflix has nailed him down (probably) with an “exclusive rights” deal of some sorts for their “Colin in Black and White” dramatic series, so an interview is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Crazy Korean Eye Candy of the “Alienoid” brand

So aliens have been imprisoning the worst of the worst among their criminals inside human bodies for centuries, solving a big warehousing problem for them and explaining a whole LOT of not-quite-humans scattered amongst humanity. Hellooo, Mister Musk. One of … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Kubrick’s “Killer’s Kiss” (1955)

You can look at Stanley Kubrick‘s second film as a director, “Killer’s Kiss,” as his sizzle reel, an introduction/audition for all the great films to follow. His low-budget feature filmmaking debut, the opaque and amateurish “symbolic” war picture “Fear and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Another version of a Classic Sentimental Take on Growing up in WWII Britain — “The Railway Children”

A period piece with kids sent away from the cities during “The Blitz,” this adventure features a soldier hiding from the authorities and a couple of familiar faces — Jenny Agutter and Tom Courtenay. Agutter’s presence in this speaks to … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Charles Booker takes on #MoscowMitch in “From the Hood to the Holler”

“From the Hood to the Holler” is about “west Side” Louisville state representative Charles Booker’s long shot campaign to unseat Kentucky’s all-powerful Mitch McConnell, “the man who broke the Senate,” back in 2020. Booker ran as an under-funded outsider, against … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The Buñuel version of “Diary of a Chambermaid” (1964)

Who knows where a role playing fetish begins? Perhaps the whole “Dress up like a French maid” thing began with the swells who took the grand tour of Europe and brought back a taste for servants in short black uniforms. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Zac Efron attempts “The Greatest Beer Run Ever”

A Vietnam drama with a head on it. Really happened? Looks “out there,” sobering and maybe funny. With great music. A September 30 release on Apple TV+.

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Movie preview: Horror gets an early jump on the season — “The Day After Halloween”

A grisly indie murder mystery with darkly comic undertones. This one streams VOD next week.

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