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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: Emile Hirsch is a cop trying to help mom Andi Matichak whose “Son” has the interest of a cult

This looks creepy as all get out, in a “Rosemary’s Baby” way. “Son” opens March 5.

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Netflixable? A Lotto winner travels India with a smart aleck motorbiker for “Kilometers and Kilometers”

They don’t speak each other’s language, so communication is a tad catch-as-catch-can. He’s given to explaining his country to her — poverty and waste, open-hearted generosity and theft with “That’s the way it is in India…That’s how people are in … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A first look at “Mayday” at Sundance

Mia Goth, Grace Van Patten, Juliette Lewis, Soko and Havana Rose Liu star in this story of armed girl gangs at war. Will it make it to a theater near you or a streaming service at your convenience? Mayhaps.

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Movie Preview: Kate Walsh and Donal Logue find love or some such “Sometime Other Than Now”

Looks cute and grown up. A March 5 release.

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Are you ready for a “Sonic” sequel?

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Comedy set in Florida? Got to use the cheesiest “Florida” song of all on the soundtrack, eh “Barb & Star?”

Well played, Vista del Marvians.

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Movie Review: Love’s memories fade — “Little Fish”

“Little Fish” is a love in an age of pandemic tale, a melancholy romance about the struggle to hang on when a cornerstone of enduring love is removed — memory. It’s a sad showcase for Olivia Cooke (“Sound of Metal,” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Libidinous, stoner Pole complains “All My Friends are Dead”

Perhaps there’s something the Poles can teach us all about unfiltered, unfettered youth sex horror comedies. Or at least the Slovenian who wrote and directed “All My Friends Are Dead” could pass on his thoughts. This is a standard-issue Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The endless pandemic quarantine, given a thriller treatment — “Safer at Home”

A “Zoom” party, a new drug, and a murder. This comes our way Feb. 26, for those who like the idea of seeing an even bleaker “lockdown” future.

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Netflixable? Oil Company’s “Man in Africa” confronts the harsh truths of “Black Beach”

There’s a hardnosed, cynical and downbeat political thriller straining to get out in “Black Beach,” a Spanish film about First World corruption and Third World strife. It’s a bit of a slog, frustrating and convoluted. The filmmakers can’t gracefully extract … Continue reading →

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