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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, “#FollowMe” because every horror movie ought to be about social media peril these days

The trailer to this latest “The Internet will get you KILLED” thriller doesn’t really sell it for me. But the set-up is promising — British PYTs with a Youtuber in their ranks tour California and disappear, because #followme invited the … Continue reading →

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Preview, “The Informer”

Not to be confused with the John Ford Irish “troubles” classic of the 1930s, which is about an Irishman torn by guilt, haunted and then hunted for ratting out the IRA for “Trip to America” cash. In this “Informer,” Joel … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Misery is Musical in “Song of Back and Neck”

OK, quick show of hands — Who has back trouble? Those who CAN raise their hands? C’mon, let’s see’em. Give it time, smart aleck kids. Your day will come. Paul Lieberstein, a veteran of “The Office” both in front of … Continue reading →

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Preview, “Never Look Away”

Sony Pictures Classics is releasing this story of an artist who worked first under the Nazis, then under Soviet dictats, finally escaping to the West to pursue…the Truth? His truth? “Never Look Away” is a fictional tale of artificially imposed … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Rob Brydon discovers the joys of “Swimming with Men”

“Swimming with Men” is “The Full Monty” with fins — only there are no swim fins allowed in synchronised swimming. It’s a twee, flippant English farce built around diminutive Brit comic Rob Brydon. Freed from being Steve Coogan’s “Trip” movie … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Oscar winners Firth and Weisz learn that sailing solo is the way to madness in “The Mercy”

“Around alone.” Even armchair sailors can feel the queasy fear those two words summon up. Sailing solo around the world is one of the great tests the world still offers the adventurous. Because there are no lifesaving Sherpa guides in … Continue reading →

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Next screening? “The Mercy,” with Firth and Weisz and Thewlis a fateful sailboat race

Love Rachel Weisz. And Colin Firth. David Thewlis I’m quite fond of. And every sailor (including me) loves the tragic story of Donald Crowhurst, sailing around alone and going mad while doing it. I don’t get psyched for a lot … Continue reading →

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Preview, Matthew Broderick as a stoner Jethro Tull fan/biology professor, “To Dust”

“On the nose casting” means you need look no further when looking for an actor to play a community college biology teacher who likes pot and Jethro Tull (Overlapping interests?) than Matthew Broderick. He’s gone to seed in a tweedy … Continue reading →

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Preview, Penelope and Javier face the past that comes back to haunt them in “Everybody Knows”

Spain’s Oscar winning Pelicula Power Couple team up for this February thriller. Penelope Cruz plays an expat who returns to Spain with her kids for a wedding, when one of them is grabbed. And the past catches up to them … Continue reading →

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Preview, the new “Dumbo” trailer is here, permission to cry

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