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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 — A fine rescue edit, “The Current War: Director’s Cut”

“The Current War” is a flawed period piece that was caught up in the meltdown of The Weinstein Co. and the grotesqueries of its founder, Harvey Weinstein, who often did to movies what he allegedly did to many women within … Continue reading →

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Next Screening? “The Current War: Director’s Cut”

So The Weinstein Co. rounded up an all-star cast for “The Current War,” a piece of history about the DC vs. AC battles of Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and the Tesla-Westinghouse (Nicholas Hoult, Michael Shannon) of the late 19th century. Bragging … Continue reading →

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China is not happy with Tarantino’s version of Bruce Lee

That’s being given as the reason why the summer blockbuster was pulled from China’s release slate for next weekend. Can’t understand why the Maoist Kingdom would be bothered by depicting an early Hollywood Chinese hero as a poseur of the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview; Rookie cop gets a lesson in life and work inside the PD’s “Crown Vic”

Interesting time to be taking “A Few Good Men” tack on the big screen about police work, that it’s a rough, dirty job “but somebody’s gotta do it.” You know, with the rash of “I shot because I was scared” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Brother opposites struggle for the soul of a sibling in the French thriller “Street Flow (Banlieusards)”

Everything about “Street Flow,” a coming-of-age parable about two brothers wrestling over the future of a third sibling, is familiar. It’s in the “projects,” called “suburbs” here. The young men are black. One brother is a gangster, the other in … Continue reading →

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“Bowling for Columbine” showing Sat. Night on MSNBC

Michael Moore (@MMFlint) Tweeted: Here’s a clip from the opening scene of my film, “Bowling for Columbine”, which will have a special nationwide screening tomorrow night (Saturday) at 9pm ET on MSNBC… “You Open a Bank Account, You Get a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pattinson and Dafoe star in “The Lighthouse”

Who would have guessed that Robert Pattinson would turn out to be the daring one, the “Twilight” star who filled his post glitter-makeup career with the most fascinating projects? “Good Time,” High Life,” “Damsel,” “The Lost City of Z,” “The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Zombieland: Double Tap”

“Zombieland: Double Tap,” the ten-years-later sequel to “Zombieland,” turns out to be one tap too many. And a tap way-heyyy too late. The returning cast is less interested, the new characters less interesting. The violence is less shocking, the only … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A feminist artist confronts her cancer in “Serendipity”

  The journalist, memoirist and writer-director Nora Ephron kept this phrase as the creative person’s mantra — “Everything is copy.” In an artist’s life, everyone you meet, everything you hear and see, everything you experience is fair game to be … Continue reading →

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Movie preview: High school football has an East LA flavor in “The All-Americans”

This documentary about the big rivalry game between two largely Latino high school football teams, opens Nov. 8.

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