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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

Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock know how to wish Betty White a happy 98th birthday

Happy 98th Birthday to the one and only Betty White. Love that Ryan. Love that Sandy, too.

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The end of ‘Fox’ films– Disney Rebrands to 20th Century Studios

So “Underwater” was the final 20th Century Fox film? The studio created by the merger of 20th Century and William Fox’s operation at the birth of the Golden Age of Hollywood is no more. Rupert Murdoch has tainted the “Fox” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: She wolf of Wall Street leaves us “Buffaloed”

Everybody’s picture of “The Ideal Indie Film” is different, but here’s mine. It’s got to have a human story, preferably about humans and human activity (professions) Hollywood doesn’t make movies about. It should be witty. Crackling dialogue adds nothing to … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An Italian take on Jack London — “Martin Eden”

Pietro Marcello’s lush working class take on the Jack London novel has been reset in Naples. It comes to America April 17.

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Documentary Review: The Oscar-nominated “The Edge of Democracy” on Netflix

I’m not sure how much urgency many of us will attach to watching the Netflix documentary “The Edge of Democracy,” now that it’s been nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. I knew what it was about and held off … Continue reading →

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Oscar Contender “Ford v Ferrari” returns to hundreds of screens Friday.

Disney will expand Fox’s FORD V. FERRARI from 567 to 1,069 screens this Friday, January 17. #FordvFerrari https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/1217901407027654656?s=20

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Oscar Contender “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” back at a theater near you Friday

Sony will expand ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD from 54 to 705 screens this Friday, January 17. #OnceUponATimeInHollywood https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/1217903295684984832?s=20

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Oscar Contender “JoJo Rabbit” back in theaters Friday.

Disney will expand Fox Searchlight’s JOJO RABBIT from 125 to 994 screens this Friday, January 17. #JojoRabbit https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/1217901741645029376?s=20

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Movie Preview: “Black Widow,” trailer 2?

Sure. Try to make us root for Russians. We’ll see, Marvel.

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Netflixable? A thriller set in a nursing home, “Eye for an Eye (Quien a hierro mata)”

A simple, downbeat and taut-as-a-drum vengeance thriller, “Eye for an Eye”(Quien a hierro mata) lives up to the promise of its simple, evocative title. It’s about a crime family in Cambadoas, in Spanish Galicia, the northwest coast of the country … Continue reading →

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