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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? Indian influencer cedes “CTRL” of her online life at her own peril

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

“CTRL” is a slick and melodramatic Indian variation of the “runaway computer/evil AI” formula, a tale that begins jaunty and jokey and staggers into sinister in the most heavy-handed ways. Ananya Panday stars as Nella, a pretty young woman who … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Pierce Brosnan is an Ancient Irishman trying to get to a D-Day anniversary — “The Last Rifleman”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

White haired, stooped by age and as Irish as he ever lets himself be, we’ve not seen the ex-James Bond like this before. The late John Amos is in this one, with Jürgen Prochnow. It looks and feels exceptionally sentimental, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Liz Hurley’s a Mum who might have to pay the Pied “Piper”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

Candyman movies, Slenderman thrillers, “It!” again and again. Why not a modern day horrific Pied Piper? Stop giggling. Why not, indeed? Puts Elizabeth Hurley on the scary screen roughly at the same as her ex, Hugh Grant, starring as The … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Great Grandpa Stallone still taking on action, this time in “Armor”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

A Heist picture co-starring Jason Patric and a lot of lesser knowns, this one hits theaters and streaming Nov. 22. “Tulsa” kind of hints at it, but this trailer alone reminds us that “Rocky” came out almost 50 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: HBO interviews, recreates and reenacts and verifies a stereotype — “It’s Florida, Man”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

Yes, you can find versions of “Florida Man” is every state, especially in your more anti-social rural and MAGA precincts. Sure, most are white. But not all. This series, premiering Oct. 18, is part doc, part “Drunk History” as we … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Cryptic horror heist with thieves sure “Things Will Be Different”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

For “Things Will Be Different,” his debut feature, writer-director (and editor) Michael Felker tries and tries to find ways to strip predictability out of his supernatural thriller. But when you’re working in a genre with fixed expectations, that often means … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview:  An animated biography of a great French filmmaker — “The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

The French animator Sylvain Chomet of “The Triplets of Belleville” brings this influential French playwright and filmmaker’s upbringing and career to the screen in colorful, sentimental strokes. Let’s keep an eye out for this Song Classics release.

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Movie Review: Kinnaman’s a cop who goes Deaf and Faces his most Perilous Case — “The Silent Hour”

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Roger Moore

I swear, there must be an “example” screenplay in every film school’s Screenwriting 201 textbook, one with “dirty cops” who must be overcome, outsmarted and above all else SUSPECTED in a thriller that hopes to deliver a second or third … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle star in Arthur Miller’s “The Performance”

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Roger Moore

This film, directed by Piven’s sister — their parents are acting/comedy/improv royalty in Chicagoland — is making the festival rounds now, with a planned release in January. A pre-WWII story about a struggling Jewish tap dancer whose troupe gets a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Gable, Gardner and Grace switch partners on Safari — “Mogambo” (1953)

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Roger Moore

Every classic film fan has her or his go-to stars, just as film fans did back when the movies were young, or stepping into middle age. I’ll watch most anything with Bogart and/or Bacall, William Powell, Gary Cooper, Joel McRea, … Continue reading →

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