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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? Kristin Davis fears, or falls for the Nanny — “Deadly Illusions”

That minx Kristin Davis. Just when you think she’s settling into being the Hallmark Channel and Netflix’s middle-aged Christmas Movie Queen (“A Heavenly Christmas,” “Holiday in the Wild,” “A Knight Before Christmas”) she goes all SHOWtime on us. Ok, maybe … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Voyagers” sci fi starring Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp

April 9, sci fi fans.

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Movie Review: A horrific survey of obscure “Phobias”

I’m not usually a fan of horror anthologies. Getting a consistent style, tone and general quality can be tricky when you’re dealing with egos and nobody is truly “in charge” to enforce standards. Lucky for me that my aversion to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Danish Seniors Travel to Italy for “Food Club”

“Food Club” is a Danish tale of downcast ladies of a certain age who leave staid Denmark for a foodie holiday in sunny Italy for a taste of “la dolce vita.” Thin on laughs and light on life lessons, it … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Biggie and Tupac and the LAPD collide in a “City of Lies”

Ready to head down the rabbit hole of the unsolved murders of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur? Well, so am I. Let the author of a book that investigated the crime,”LAbyrinth,” and the director of “The Lincoln Lawyer” take us … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: “Tina” Turner shows us how she did it

March 27 this doc comes out. HBO is showing this, and while they’re usually good at promoting/pitching their docs to critics, I haven’t heard a peep out of them about this one. Figures. The one EVERYbody is anxious to see, … Continue reading →

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Oscars in an Asterisk year — the Nominations

So much for “Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm,” right? Well, a screenplay (!?) nomination and best supporting actress nod will do. The screenplay nomination was for a LOT of writers, which helps explain it. And Sacha Baron Cohen was nominated as an … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “SAS: Red Notice,” as bad as action films get

It begins with mercenaries massacring a village in the Republic of Georgia, because they won’t accept a gas pipeline scheduled to pass through it. It prematurely climaxes with an attack on a Eurostar Chunnel train, passengers popped without pity by … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Happily” married, until a stranger calls

“Happily” is a dark fantasy parable about marriage with a good cast, a little edge but not nearly enough wit or clever twists to come off. It’s about that “perfect” couple that drives all their friends nuts and the idea … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? An over-the-top Turkish “Oliver Twist,” “Paper Lives”

All over Istanbul, entrepreneurial scavengers pull junk carts, filling the canvas bags on those carts with recyclable cans, liquor bottles and especially cardboard. A lot of them are orphans, the street children of the city who grew up on this … Continue reading →

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