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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

Preview: Will Smith vs. Will Smith in “Gemini Man”

  He’s made a film of “Omega Man,” a remake of the last Man on Earth thriller which, in his version, went back to the original title — “I Am Legend.” So why not “Gemini Man?” This is a hitman … Continue reading

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Preview: “Softness of Bodies”

Dasha Nekrasova , Morgan Krantz, Nadine Dubois and Lena Reinhold headline the cast of this drama about an amoral young poet wrangling for a grant, shoplifting, insulting and challenging her way through Berlin’s young, hip and poetically aimless. “Softness of Bodies” … Continue reading

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Avengers: Endgame Cast Sings “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

I needed this. Not the Billy Joel part. But the primer. It’s useful and what that Fallon fellow was put on late night for.

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A “scratchable” soundtrack for “Avengers: Endgame?”

Hollywood Reporter (@THR) Tweeted: For the first time, the soundtracks of #Marvel movies will be released on vinyl – starting this week with #AntmanAndTheWasp https://t.co/tlMXTF2c7y https://t.co/9iyVTuXZo7 https://twitter.com/THR/status/1120610019966431232?s=17

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Preview: Jamie Bell’s a racist militant having second thoughts in “Skin”

Bill Camp is the leader of the “blood and soil” “family” of racists that takes in Jamie Bell. Danielle MacDonald (“Patti Cakes”) is the young woman who thinks he’s better than that. Vera Farmiga and Mike Colter (“Breakthrough”) also star … Continue reading

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Why would Clint Eastwood want to direct a movie that discredits law enforcement AND journalism, due to release in 2020?

Because Clint, like Warner Brothers, which will NOT be releasing Great Grandpa’s movie (Fox Disney might, surprise), sees political hay to be made from Richard Jewell’s story. The old GOP coot should stick to interviewing empty chairs. Not that he … Continue reading

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Preview: A Rock Era is defined by “Asbury Park: Riot Redemption Rock & Roll”

I’m always down for a little rock’n roll nostalgia. One can barely recall what music was before the rise of Kanye, Eminem, Swift and Snoop. This one has Springsteen and Little Steven, among others, old men telling rock war stories … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: “Carmine Street Guitars”

Rick Kelly was a famous New York luthier/guitar builder, a master of his trade, long before he added “The Bones of Old New York” to his work. His Carmine Street Guitars shop in Greenwich Village was where musicians in the … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: “If the Dancer Dances” recreates the work of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham was the greatest “acquired taste” in modern dance. And living to the active old age of 90, with 60+ years in the public eye, we had a lot of time to acquire that taste. His choreography is revived, … Continue reading

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Preview: Brothers contemplate a shared history, “A Violent Separation”

There’s an Eastwood in this — Francesca. And Alycia Debnam-Carey and Claire Holt and Ted Levine (“Monk,” “The Silence of the Lambs.” Gerald McRaney, too. But it’s about brothers played by Brenton Thwaites and Ben Young. A shooting and “a … Continue reading

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