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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 Preview: Nic Cage vamps on “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

Pedro Pascal plays the rich dude who hires Nicolas Cage to come hang, Tiffany Haddish and her bud Ike Barinholtz are CIA agents who need Nic Cage’s help, and Neil Patrick Harris is his agent in this potentially hilarious self … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Zac Efron fights the elements, critters and others for “Gold”

Somewhere on the dystopian Road to Nowhere — Destination Thunderdome –a drifter stumbles across a giant nugget and must battle the desert, snakes, scorpions and wild dogs, interlopers and his sketchy partner to hang onto his hunk of “Gold.” That’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Affleck and De Armas are in a marriage in “Deep Water”

A “different” sort of marriage, with rampant cheating and murder. Lil Rel Howery and Tracy Letts also star in this Mar. 18 Prime Video release.

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Documentary Review: A Holocaust Survivor reminds us “I Am Here”

Encounters with real-life survivors of the Holocaust can be wrenchingly emotional. The stories of suffering and travail, the grim resignation of starvation and sudden, brutal death all around you, the soul-searing realization of the inhumanity of humanity can turn even … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Beware the “Off Season” charms of this vacation island

There’s no horror movie that’s ever been made that wouldn’t benefit from a proper blood-curdling scream, delivered at the right moment by a character under life-threatening distress. Screen veteran Melora Walters of “Dead Poet’s Society,” “Beneath the Leaves,” “Big Love” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A little madcap, a bit soapy, melodramatic and even druggy — “The Invisible Thread”

There are more than a few laughs in the coming-of-age dramedy “The Invisible Thread,” about a teen coming to terms with himself and his life with “my two dads.” This Italian “Around the World with Netflix” outing (in Italian, or … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Consider the life of a “Cow”

This minimalist, mostly wordless depiction of a milk cow’s life, with human analogies as we see the world from two females’ point of view, has endless buzz, an April 8 release date and almost no awards season attention. “Cow” is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “All My Friends Hate Me”

The old Nirvana song and even older joke “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re NOT out to get you” comes to life in “All My Friends Hate Me,” a dark cringe of a comedy direct from the UK. College … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Bulgarian widow learns how much her neighbors “Fear” immigrants when she takes one in

There’s a “China Syndrome” coincidence greeting the arrival of “Fear” in North American cinemas this weekend. All those news reports about an outpouring of support for refugees fleeing Ukraine for points West have come with one seriously ugly sidebar. African … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Noomi Rapace knows “You Won’t Be Alone” when you consort with Witches

This promises to be an eye popper. April 1, Focus Features remind us that Noomi doesn’t mess around.

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