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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

Series Preview: Can Mike Myers bring “wacky” back? A secret society conspiracy series — “The Pentaverate” knows

This show has Mike Myers taking on multiple roles in a multinational plot to take over the world, or some such. Keegan-Micheal Key, Lydia West, Jennifer Saunders and Ken Jeong are among the co-stars. It premieres May 5, and not … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Time to start palpitations over “Jurassic World Dominion”

June 10, you will believe dinosaurs like snow!

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Netflixable? Sci-fi “Little Mermaid” anime that never pops — “Bubble”

Turning the dark children’s fantasy “The Little Mermaid” into science fiction seems kind of pointless, but as they say in Japan, “Anime’s gonna anime.” The Japanese WIT studio works primarily in TV. But when Warner Brothers Animation gets a commission … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Gay Teen Never Forgets her first “Crush”

Boy, if Disney really wants to get Wuhan Ron’s “Don’t Say Gay” Goat, they should buy him a subscription to Hulu. With “Crush,” Hulu serves up the gayest gay vulgarian heroine in a gay fantasia of a high school ever…since … Continue reading →

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Another version of Netflix’s “problem?” Gambling on the wrong “content” and the wrong execs

There’s a lot of good stuff to chew on in this Hollywood Reporter take on Netflix hitting the wall, this time from a content quality and quantity point of view. They greenlit an insane number of series and movies, threw … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Musicians perform the Funk in the Big Easy — “Take Me to the River: New Orleans”

Seems like a week doesn’t go by when somebody isn’t serving up a fresh batch of New Orleans music and New Orleans musicians in documentary form. So for everybody who missed the earlier takes, and who can’t wait for the … Continue reading →

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Red Band Trailer: A seriously dark comedy about suicide — “On the Count of Three”

Jerrod Carmichael — who also directed — and Christopher Abbott have had enough and a suicide pact is their plan B. Can Tiffany Haddish, Henry Winkler or JB Smoove talk them out of it? Do any of them even want … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Silverton Siege” remembers a landmark hostage situation from South African history

Think of the thriller “Silverton Siege” as a South African “Dog Day Afternoon” — a hostage situation, a bank surrounded and a tense stand-off with potent political implications. Director Mandla Dube and a superb cast deliver a tight and tense … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A driver’s horror seen via a “Dashcam”

A real-time (ish?) thriller from a GoPro POV, this tale of terror takes us on a night Annie Hardy, the young lady whose streaming gimmick is “bandcar,” will never forget. This Blumhouse release, from the Brit who gave us that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Neeson’s a Hitman in Winter, with “Memory” the first thing to go

Our big screen tough guys are fading into the shadows, right before our eyes. A generation of them are either hanging it up or descending into C-movies to pad their estates as their years of kicking ass and tearing off … Continue reading →

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