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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

Movie Review: “The Intern”

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

“I hate girls who cry at work,” a character weeps in the two-hour-long comedy “The Intern.” So do I. You’d have to go back to an era when female office workers called each other “girls” to find that appropriate. But … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos”

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Roger Moore

Here in Los Estados Unidos, there’s usually a clear boundary between cartoons for kids and what we’d call “adult entertainment.” So this Mexican cartoon, in Spanish with English subtitles, is racy enough to count as a bit of culture clash. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead : The Story of the National Lampoon”

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Roger Moore

Satire, parody, racist skewerings of racism, sacred cows slaughtered, silly slides down the slippery slope into Anti-Semitism. And breasts. Lots and lots of breasts! That was National Lampoon in its heyday, an R-Rated Mad Magazine, a pervier Playboy (all in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Captive”

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Roger Moore

Filmdom’s re-discovery of the religious audience has led to something of a boom in faith-based films, with titles from “God’s Not Dead” to “Heaven is for Real,” “War Room” and “90 Seconds in Heaven” finding an audience, in some cases, … Continue reading →

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Box Office: “Scorch Trials” whacks “Black Mass,” “Everest” dominates per-screen average

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Roger Moore

The weary YA audience must be running out of allowance money, as the middling “Maze Runner” sequel isn’t making the money the middling “Hunger Games” or “Divergent” sequels have managed. Maybe if they’d built their franchise around a terrific young … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reviews: See “Black Mass,” “Everest,” skip “Scorch Trials”

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Roger Moore

An avid fan of “The Maze Runner,” presumably that rare tween/teen too young or too hip to have seen the nuclear “Saturday Night Live” takedown of that first film and its ilk, could be excused for high-fiving his or her … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Roger Moore

The “Maze Runner” sequel, “The Scorch Trials,” starts at a sprint and hurtles at us for a good long, stretch, before it stops to catch its breath. The conspiracy grows deeper even as the mystery unravels. The chases, brawls and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Everest”

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Roger Moore

This is what filmed spectacle used to look like — a  trip to a place or time most of us could never see, high drama built on the fissures of human nature, where the menaces come from our flaws, our … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Black Mass”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

Can Johnny Depp still surprise us? After all these years, all those earrings, all that “Yo ho ho,” can he still deliver, as an actor? The answer that “Black Mass” gives us is “Yes.” As Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger,” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Pawn Sacrifice”

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Roger Moore

Americans with any pop culture mileage at all remember the story of a chess player winning the Cold War. It’s right up there with a hockey team winning the Cold War, and Olympic officials and a basketball team losing it … Continue reading →

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