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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

Netflixable? A “Stowaway” on a space ship? Who isn’t an Alien? Or a Predator?

The crew of three dock with their starship to Mars, pop the hatch on their shiny, white, aluminum alloy and glass space ship and busy themselves with firing it up to make another trip to the Red Planet, and overcoming … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: The “Conjuring” house goes AirBnB — “The Sleepless Unrest”

It doesn’t look like much. The Harrisville, Rhode Island home might not get a lot of second or third looks on Zillow. “Needs paint” translates as “rustic” and “historic.” “Low ceilings” just means its out of date. But “historic” is … Continue reading

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Netflixable? “Fear Street: 1994” brings back horror with wit

You “Scream,” I “Scream,” R. L. Stine screams that he wishes he’d written “Scream.” But his “Fear Street” books are close enough. “Fear Street: 1994,” the first film in an eras-spanning Netflix trilogy directed by Leigh Janiak (“Honeymoon””), is an … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Another “Cinderella,” another musical version, a new setting

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Series Preview: Keegan Michael Key and Cecily Strong are trapped in “Brigadoon” or um, “Shmigadoon!”

Plenty of co stars in this six episode Apple+ series — Kristen Chenoweth and Alan Cummings are among the musical theater heavyweights in it. Looks like a hoot…as an 80 minute movie. Is there enough beyond the spoof idea to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Settlers” face Human failings on a distant colony

They’re all alone out there, tending their desert farm, feeding their pigs, making their own entertainment. Dad (Jonny Lee Miller) distracts little Remy (Brooklyn Prince) with joke-threat contests, stories and star-gazing. Mom (Sofia Boutella) handles the home-schooling, and sometimes sings … Continue reading

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Movie Review — Martial Arts from Malaysia, “Silat Warriors: Deed of Death”

The fights get steadily better, the longer you stick with “Silat Warriors: Deed of Death,” a “steal my land, get your ass kicked” martial arts movie from Malaysia. The walk-through choreography, sometimes disguised through slow motion, sometimes sped-up, is abandoned … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Whatever you do, pal, “No Sudden Move”

“No Sudden Move” could’ve been THE movie of the summer, had screenwriter Ed “Men in Black” Solomon figured out an exit strategy. A damned clever neo-noir with a top-drawer cast, genuine suspense, dark humor and a plot that keeps you … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Chris Pratt suits up to fight aliens engaged in “The Tomorrow War”

Aw man. I might’ve cut “The Tomorrow War” a little more slack had screenwriter Zach Dean not conjured up the crappiest, sappiest most over-extended finale in living sci-fi movie memory. And before you make a crack about my memory not … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Korean thriller “The 8th Night” only seems that long

A fictional Buddhist legend separating the two eyes of The Evil One so that they can’t reunite and “turn the world into Hell” is the centerpiece of “The 8th Day,” a Korean horror thriller in which the hope of the … Continue reading

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