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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

Gregory Peck’s finest two hours and nine minutes premiered 59 years ago today

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Classic Film Review: Billy Wilder’s “Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)” reconsidered

There’ve been a few attempts, over the decades, to rewrite the history of Billy Wilder’s 1964 clunker “Kiss Me, Stupid.” It’s “underrated” thanks to a winning Dean Martin as “Dino” kperformance, worth re-assessing because of a risque late scene Wilder … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A charming story of a French girl and her wolf — “Vicky and Her Mystery (Mystère)”

Let Hollywood plunge headlong into the CGI animals who hear the “Call of the Wild,” the easier to manage computer-generated bears and wolves, Persians and Chihuahuas they’re shoving into more and more films. In France, they still do things the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Epstein-inspired horror-titillation — “The Scary of Sixty-first”

“The Scary of Sixty-First” is a lurid, bloody and somewhat misguided exploration of the crimes and mysterious death of well-connected human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in horror film form. But it’s hard to effectively comment on and condemn a notorious sex … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Staten Islanders brace for “Rocky III” because “This is the Night”

It’s hard to recall any movie that rings as hollow and false as “This is the Night.” But then, my memory isn’t what it once was. That’s not to say that this growing up Italian on Staten Island, “Coming of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Vamping on Vampires in the “Red Snow” of Tahoe

A tip of the hat and a hearty “Nice try” to writer-director Sean Nichols Lynch for his vampire comedy, “Red Snow.” It’s a straight-up B-movie all the way, with decent makeup and blood-sucker contact lenses and a few cute holidays-and-vampires … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Tom Holland goes down the treasure hunt rabbit hole with Mark Wahlberg — “Uncharted”

Antonio Banderas also stars in this high gloss B picture, about pieces of eight and galleons and not about Captain Jack Sparrow coveting such treasure. For once. Holland and his stunt crew get to do a lot of Peter Parker … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Ava and Mason and the restored Technicolor pleasures of “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman”

One of the epic star vehicles of Ava Gardner‘s career earned a nice restoration a couple of years back. So if nothing else, Ava at her peak in glorious Technicolor should be lure enough to draw one to “Pandora and … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A quarrelsome Mexican family gathers at the beach for a “Grumpy Christmas”

You read the plot description in that headline, and you see promise in the premise. So you figure “Why not watch one more Christmas movie,” right? What can go wrong with rounding up fractious family and having it out over … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Keanu returns to his THIRD big franchise, a “John Wick 4” teaser

Follows his “Bill & Ted” sequel, nicely timed to cash in on whatever comes of “Matrix Resurrections,” mixed to negative reviews be damned. That’s part of the Hollywood agent’s credo. Announce your star’s NEXT film before this one hits…or bombs.

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