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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 Review: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau shows his charming side traveling “Through Greenland”

With R’hllor as my witness, I had no idea Nikolaj Coster-Waldau could be this offhandedly funny and charming. The Danish “Game of Thrones” hunk is our guide through Greenland, a country he married into (His wife Nukâka is from here.), … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Upheaval” tells the life story of Israel’s Menachem Begin

You remember Camp David, but do know the path his life took to get him there? “Upheaval” comes our way June 7.

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Movie Review: It’s all downhill for this French 15 year-old — “Slalom”

When it happens, your heart sinks, and maybe an “Aw, dude” crosses your lips. Up until that moment, which we see coming, you could cling to the hope that Coach Fred was going to keep things professional with his new … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Molding Young Minds the Michael Scott way — “YouthMin”

“YouthMin” is a cute mockumentary in “The Office” mold — “The Office” at Church Camp. It’s got the same “cringeworthy” comedy dynamic as the dysfunctional Scranton paper supply sitcom, a similarly clueless “leader,” but with teen hormones in comic conflict … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview:”F9: Fast & Furious 9″ Vin Diesel, John Cena, Michelle Rodriguez

Call your broker. Fiat Chrysler stock is a “buy ” At least until we see the movie. June 25, popcorn makes a big time comeback.

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Series Review: A very different trip to “The Mosquito Coast”

Perhaps you remember the 1986 Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix movie “The Mosquito Coast,” about an American family caught up in the “self-reliance” genius and mania of a father who decides to shed the corrosive culture of ’80s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A car crash, a lost “body,” “My True Fairytale”

It does nobody any favors to fixate on “Did teen Angie survive the car crash or are we watching her ghost?” in “My True Fairytale.” It’s entirely too obvious, no matter how much doubt writer-director D. Mitry tries to sew. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Rosario Dawson is among the stars of David Oyelowo’s “The Water Man”

A child’s quest to find a mythic figure who can save his mother, Oyelowo directed and stars in this May 7 release.

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Movie Review: Bolivia’s “Tu me manques” could’ve been an Oscar contender

“Tu me manques” was Bolivia’s best hope for a Best International Feature Oscar nomination this year. It’s a drama about the creation of the play it was based on, a fictionalized account of the playwright’s loss of a lover to … Continue reading →

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Next screening? “Queen Marie”

More than one political figure hoped to gain recognition for their newly formed state in the Paris talks following the end of World War I. Ho Chi Minh might be the most famous today, thanks to what didn’t happen there. … Continue reading →

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