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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 Review: “Post-punk” Slackers babble through “I’ll Be Around”

What do you do… Once you’ve tattooed that last square inch of available, never-exposed-to-sunlight skin? Once you’ve run through every hair dye variation know to humanity, and moved on to hats? Once your sartorial sense has transitioned from “unique” and … Continue reading →

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Dr. Fauci says vaccine arrival won’t mean instant mask-free cinemas

So, have you been to the movies lately? Theaters opened in your neck of the woods? I am checking in on relatives in NC, where cinemas are closed. But I’ve seen three films since Florida’s were almost certainly prematurely reopened … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Argentine Bigamist uses “So Much Love to Give (Corazon Loco)” as his excuse

Fernando Ferro is a trauma doctor, so naturally he keeps a very busy schedule. He works shifts at two hospitals, one in Mar del Plata, the other in Buenos Aires. That means he has to keep apartments in each place, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A teacher goes off the rails after “The Swerve”

Azura Skye’s broken, powerhouse performance animates “The Swerve,” a brittle psychological thriller about a woman on the edge. As Holly, a teacher, wife and mother breaking under the strains of holding an extended family, a home and her classroom together, … Continue reading →

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Christmas brings us “1984” this year — well, the “Wonder Woman” version of it

Warner’s has found yet another “Wonder Woman 1984” release date. Now it’s a Christmas movie. Will it stick? “Tenet’s” numbers scared them to death, I dare say. Via Variety. https://t.co/8Nn9WwfrQA https://t.co/4SP5yFSngA https://twitter.com/Variety_Film/status/1304461967902433280?s=20

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Netflixable? “The Babysitter: Killer Queen”

“The Babysitter: Killer Queen” is a sequel to the teen death-cult comedy “The Babysitter,” which all the cool kids gathered round the TV to “Netflix” back in 2017. The sequel, in which finding fresh slasher comedy laughs shows, first scene … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Vince Vaughn’s a serial killer of high school kids in “Freaky”

Oh yes. This one’s out Friday the 13th…of November.

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Bingeworthy? Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, on electric Harleys taking the “Long Way Up”

The romance and endless possibilities of a motorcycle create many an armchair adventurer. But if you’ve got the bike, the time and the yen for “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” why not think big? “Long Way Up” is … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s screening? Ewan & Charlie climb on electric bikes for “Long Way Up”

I loved “The Long Way Round,” and “The Long Way Down,” two epic motorcycle road trips undertaken by actor pals Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman (son of the great director John “Deliverance” Boorman). It’s been 13 years since the second … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Korean whodunit/Did I do it? “Killed My Wife (Anaereul Jukyessda)”

Who would have suspected that the perfect “whodunit” title would turn up on a Korean thriller? “Killed My Wife (Anaereul Jukyessda)” is a guilty, sinking suspicion, a question and in the end an answer to a mystery, cryptically served-up in … Continue reading →

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