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Movie Critic, formerly with McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, published in Spin Magazine, The World and now published here, Orlando Magazine, Autoweek Magazine

Netflixable? Italian losers trap a winner via “The Love Scam”

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Love Scam (Mica è colpa mia)” is a genial Italian caper comedy that barely manages “genial” and never really capers. There’s a lack of ambition, an Italian shrug of indifference, that slacks through every element — script, direction and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The new trailer has “Superman” Flying

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

James Gunn’s “Superman” (David Corensweet of “Pearl” and “Twisters” and “Lady in the Lake”) can fly. But will he stick the landing? July 11 we find out.

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Movie Preview: Love, Sex, Marriage, Career, Cocaine, what “Adult Best Friends” talk about

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Zachary Quinto is the big name in this (reasonably) Fresh Faces comedy about adulthood and “friends.”

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Documentary Review — “Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story” lets a Darling Diva Have Her Say

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

The public has always cut Liza Minnelli a lot of slack. Her stunning talent, trouper’s work ethic and relentlessly upbeat showwomanship pretty much demanded it. And adorable “openness” about her life, her many loves, trials, failings and burdens can seem … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: K-Stew and Steven Yeun as the AI future of “humanity” and romance — “Love Me”

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Love Me” is an experiment in sci-fi romance that goes wrong. The pitch? Billions of years after the end of humanity, a smart buoy in the icy wasteland of Earth’s seas thaws out and makes contact with “The Messenger,” a … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Healing Power and Magical Realism of Rehabilitating Hummingbirds — “Every Little Thing”

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Every Little Thing” is a documentary as delicate and magical as its subjects. It’s about hummingbirds who have suffered trauma — an adult injury, perhaps in “combat,” a baby who’s fallen from their tiny nests — and about one special … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Remember camp? “Hell of a Summer”

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

An R-rated Red Band trailer for an anarchic, no-holds-barred sex-among-the-summer-camp-staff training session that turns into a freaking “Friday the 13th” slasher comedy. Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk co-wrote it and star in “Hell of a Summer,” headlining a cast of … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Dad” lost interest, But John Leguizamo might step in because “Bob Trevino Likes It”

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

Barbie Ferreira stars in this feel-film film festival darling about parenting’s lifelong commitment, the sort of guys who bail (French Stewart) and the sort of man (played by Leguizamo) who has it in his heart to step up. Roadside Attractions … Continue reading →

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That first time Sly and the Family Stone wowed “The Ed Sullivan Show”

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

I’ve watched the upcoming Hulu documentary about Sly Stone and the “Burden of Black Genius,” another dazzling Black Music History by Questlove, loved it and hope to get a review up in the next few days. It premieres Feb. 13. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: This time, Dreyfuss is the Old Salt giving advice to those heading “Into the Deep”

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Into the Deep?” Well, “Jaws” it’s not. Entirely too shallow for “The Deep,” too. But Richard Dreyfuss is in it, the “Jaws” alumnus who’s lived to play the sage of the sea role in this B-almost-C picture about gun smugglers, … Continue reading →

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