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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: A Nordic take on “Children of the Damned?” “The Innocents”

The children reveal their secrets, mainly to each other, in the Norwegian summer. The director of “Blind” and “Louder than Bombs” is behind “The Innocents.” This IFC thriller comes out May 13.

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Movie Preview: Melissa Leo needs Bella Thorne’s help in getting her “Measure of Revenge” for her son’s OD death

Leo’s always good, and Thorne seems to hold her own opposite her in this. Avenging mom of a musician gets that revenge March 18.

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Movie Review: Sex cult is subjected to a mockumentary — “Adventures in Success”

Honestly, “The Office” ruined the “mockumentary” as a genre. There’s nothing like a long-running TV series, where everybody involved in front of and behind the camera forgets the original conceit of “We’re being candidly filmed while all this nonsense is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Another Bit of Brit Nostalgia for New Wave music and the blokes who popularized it — “Schemers”

This Scottish period piece, about a budding concert promoter who books XTC and Iron Maiden and gets to say, “U-2? Never HAIRD’of’em,” is set in 1979 and into the early ’80s and looks gonzo and grungy and fun. Whatever the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: John Malkovich as a mad scientist? Quite the stretch for “Chariot”

I’m not sure I got “corporate reincarnation conspiracy” out of this trailer, to be honest. But that’s what “Chariot” is about. Check out Malkovich’s clown-red hair and understated sinister growl in this trailer for a film that also stars Thomas … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Something Sinister’s Going on at “Huda’s Salon”

Passing by, “Huda’s Salon” looks like any other hair salon any place hair salons can be found. Yes, it’s in the Middle East, so the all glass front has a coating of floral sun tinting decor. But inside, Huda banters … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Love and Motorcycles and a Turkish “UFO”

“UFO” is a cheerfully cheesy, sometimes sappy and always formulaic teen romance from the “bad boys on bikes” school. It’s a Turkish drama that immerses us in the two-wheeled stunts and scofflaws culture of an unnamed Turkish city (Adana), brings … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A “Batman” for a vengeful age

A signature chase in “The Batman” involves the new Caped Crusader and his new hooniganed Batmobile — a Camaro/Mustang mashup — chasing Oswald Cobblepot through the anarchic, gloomy and rain-soaked streets of Gotham City. As you would expect, that chase … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Rich guy buys race team, experiences learning curve in his “Rookie Season”

Ladies and gentlemen, your American tax dollars at work! And you were afraid every GOP tax cut for the rich was just wasted. Frank DePew, a 60something motorsports enthusiast who made his money off the heavily-subsidized solar farm (for utilities, … Continue reading →

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What’s Renee Z been up to? “The Thing About Pam”

Zellweger and Judy Greer and Josh Duhamel in a DuFro star in this darkly comic NBC miniseries based on a true crime podcast. March 8. This looks promising enough to actually make me watch something on (shudder) network broadcast TV.

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