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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

Book Review — “The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: The Influences and Inspirations Behind the Iconic Films”

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

This fall’s North American box office success of such anime franchises as “Chainsaw Man” and “Demon Slayer” and the vast collection of such titles on offer from Netflix underscore the soaring popularity and international appeal of the Japanese animated art … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Dog Eat Dog/Winner Take All Job Market leaves Him with “No Other Choice”

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

This festival darling, the latest from Park Chan Wook (“Old Boy”) has echoes of the Michael Caine dark comedy about (literal) cutthroat corporate life, “A Shock to the System.” Long term unemployment means you’ve got to do something to better … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Joel Edgerton can’t stop boys from bullying boys — “The Plague”

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Terrible twos” and teens have nothing on Tweens when it comes to imagininative cruelty, shunning and making you question what you know and who you think you are. This Dec. 24 release wears lots of newfound labels — “body horror” … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Guillermo del Toro and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is Gothic horror rendered in the grandest strokes. The expansive, baroque settings are grandeur incarnate, with grandiose performances pitched to fill every pixel of the Grand Guignol frame that the scarlet, grey and gloomy green backdrops … Continue reading →

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Movie Previews: So how “real” will Fuqua’s “Michael” Jackson bio pic or Netflix’s “King of Pop” get?

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

Seems like this would be the most challenging music biopic of them all to keep honest for a  deep dive. An NPR program a few years back tackled the subject of Michael Jackson and why Black people have been disinclined … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Dolph and Michael Jai White roll their eyes at the Dork who says he’s “the best” — “Exit Protocol”

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

You’d think these sorts of things would be figured out at a table read, if not in the audition. Give your leading man his pages, make him read some of the fifth rate Raymond Chandler “tough guy” voice-over narration you … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Diane Keaton’s lone doc directing credit, “Heaven” (1987) earns a restoration/re-release

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

The recent passing of Oscar winning actress Diane Keaton is reason enough to revisit one of her few directing credits, the lone documentary on her resume. “Heaven,” which she completed and Island Pictures released back in 1987, when Keaton was … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: Elle Fanning and “Predator: Badlands” open big, “Nuremberg,” “Sarah’s Oil,””Christy” and “Die My Love” not so much

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

Adding the dismembered android upper half of Elle Fanning to the ancient but not-quite-played-out “Predator” franchise is paying off as it rolled up some $14 million+ Thursday night and Friday, on its way to a $40 million opening weekend. Deadline.com … Continue reading →

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Christmas comes early? For a Miyazaki fan, you betcha

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

Can’t wait to read and review the new book by Nicolas Rapold. Great anime is always a grand escape, like visiting a museum where the artwork tells a tale.

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Documentary Review: A “Caterpillar” figures a change in Eye Color will Make him a Butterfly

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Caterpillar” presents itself as a gay man’s documentary journey of self-discovery, when it’s really about body dysphoria/dysmorphia and faddish cosmetic surgery taken to its extreme. David Taylor, a Miami hairdresser is biracial, wrestling with a troubled childhood, acceptance and obsessive … Continue reading →

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