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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? Hapless Swede gets in “Trouble” with Criminals, Convicts and Cops in this Comic Thriller

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Roger Moore

A good comic thriller knows how to frustrate the viewer in all the best ways — creating suspense through a collection of close shaves, near misses and moments when the heroine or hero “almost” gets away. A bad comic thriller … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Post Partum Truths, Tears and Laughter through the Tears — “Another Happy Day”

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Roger Moore

In “Another Happy Day,” Lauren Lapkus plays a new mother who knows she’s no good at mothering, a frustrated, sleep-deprived young woman feeling lost and alone until she meets that not-quite-relative who says what she most needs to hear. “I … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Edie Falco’s a Helicopter Mom to her adult kids in “I’ll Be Right There”

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Roger Moore

Edie Falco has her best role since “Nurse Jackie” in “I’ll Be Right There,” a dramedy about an over-extended mom still dropping everything for everybody’s else’s needs well past the point she should. Screenwriter Jim Beggarly (“Free Samples,” “A Country … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Nicole Kidman’s a CEO who likes a younger man to call her “Babygirl”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

A sexy thriller of the “I tell you what to do and you do it” persuasion. An older woman fighting back time with botox, etc., a younger man who gets her attention and then REALLY gets in her head, etc. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Lou Diamond Philips in Bad Guy Beard and  Drawl — “Get Fast”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

James C. Clayton also stars in this B Movie action pic about robbing from the wrong guys. The shoe and the movie drop Nov. 15.

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Netflixable? Navajo hoops team Overcomes Obstacles on and off the Court — “Rez Ball”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Rez Ball” is a feel-good sports dramedy tailor-made for teens and tweens. It may be groaningly predictable in its adherence to formula, as most any adult sports film/basketball drama viewer knows what’s coming and when, and can even be bark … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Clint Eastwood directs Kiefer, Collette, Zoey and J.K., with Nicholas Hoult as “Juror #2”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

Hoult’s on the jury of a trial of a drunk driving case he knows is bogus. Nov. 1.

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Movie Review: A Dash or Two of Daft comes with a serving of “Daaaaaali!”

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

As his entire public life was a performance — grandiose, extravagant and self-important to the point of silly — it’s no wonder actors have a lot of fun portraying the flamboyant surrealist Salvador Dalí. Sir Ben Kingsley chewed the canvas … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Holiday fun for the whole family! “Nosferatu”

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Roger Moore

Horror for the holidays (a Dec. 25 release) comes in the form of a new Robert Eggers (“The Witch,” “The Lighthouse,” “The Northman”) version of the classic vampire tale “Nosferatu,” starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Lily Rose-Depp and Bill Skarsgård, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” changed the Cinema and the way the World Views It

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Roger Moore

Few classic films have had the impact that “Rashomon” had on the world cinema when it premiered at the 1951 Venice Film Festival, and when it opened in the United States the day after Christmas that same year. Much of … Continue reading →

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