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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: South Africans bungle their overreaction to “The Shakedown”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Shakedown” is an intermittently amusing dark comedy about blackmail and the “accidents” that happen when inexperienced folks overreact to it. An over-achieving “wellness and medical” insurance broker irks his dopey mistress and she threatens to expose him, wrecking his … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Jackie Chan has a “Panda Plan”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Roger Moore

So Jackie Chan plays himself, a legendary big screen action star, who gets trapped in a terrorist attack on a…zoo? I always marvel at how nimble and determinedly athletic Jackie Chan is at 70. I need to take a Tylenol … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Clooney and Pitt “Meet Cute” — As lone “Wolfs” aka “cleaners

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

Brad Pitt and George Clooney were doing the Hollywood bromance thing long before Ryan and Hugh. And even though they’ve appeared in four films together, the two hunky sixtysomethings were overdue for a “meet cute” action comedy. That’s what “Wolfs” … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A bargain priced mansion? Horror hides behind the “Cellar Door”

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

A movie that reminds us “there’s always a catch,” and of the dark hearts of real estate agents. Lawrence Fishburne, Jordana Brewster and Scott Speedman star in this thriller.

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Movie Review: Plus-size teen designer finds her tribe and her mission, bringing back the “Empire Waist”

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Empire Waist” is a laugh-out-loud teen comedy about a girl’s emotionally fraught journey from making herself “invisible” to accepting who she is and embracing attention from her peers. Claire Ayoub’s debut feature is witty but utterly predictable, uplifting in all … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: An Afterlife Comic Thriller on an Indie Budget — “Me, Myself & the Void”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

This looks and sounds not half bad. Self-distributed? Still might be worth a look Oct. 1.

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Movie Review: The Illusory Haitian-American Dream just beyond the “Mountains”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Mountains” is a simple, intimate one-family’s view version of the “American “Dream” that could not be more timely. In this film, that one family is Haitian. Set in and around Miami’s “Little Haiti,” Monica Sorelle’s debut feature is built on … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Florence Pugh is all in on Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Oscar winner Rachel Weiss and Emmy diva Julia Louis Dreyfus star in this May “Black Widow” spinoff. Looks…violent. And Russian. With an asterisk.

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Movie Preview: Teen “Treasure Trackers” aim for family action comedy fun

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

A “mythic treasure,” a Halloween curse? A high school trio take their shot in this Oct. 1 release. Cooper Tomlinson and Kim Sandwich and Charity Rose star on it. 

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Movie Preview: “Gladiator II” with have his “vengeance”

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

The new trailer — this one is the Brit version of Trailer 2 — plays up the odds, the new star and the vengeance. Nov. 15

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