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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 Preview: Radha Mitchell’s an Aussie who gets bad news in London — “Take My Hand”

This “true story” weeper is about a woman who chased her dream to London, only to get diagnosed with MS years later. “I want to go home” where there just might be an old flame willing to “Take My Hand.” … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Settling Australia got you feeling dirty? Perhaps it’s time to take “The Devil’s Bath”

An 18th century tale of the horrors of settling Terra Australis? Color me…intrigued. Shudder has this one, which will enjoy a brief theatrical release June 21, and stream thereafter.

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Classic Film Review: Rita, Mitchum and Lemmon make a Caribbean Bust, but a dry-run for Bond — “Fire Down Below”(1957)

Robert Parrish was a child actor, then one of the best editors in Hollywood before he became a film director. And while he was no David Lean, still the most famous editor to cross over into calling all the shots … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Estranged Parents, Granddad and others just want what’s best for Autistic “Ezra”

An engaging, accomplished cast and an insistently light tone recommend “Ezra,” another road trip bonding tale about autism and loved ones struggling to understand it. The audience is always in on the “teachable moments” in movies from “Rain Man” and … Continue reading

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Movie Preview — “Venom: The Last Dance”

Never much of a fan of these films. A few laughs, but not much beyond that. Slim pickings, even for a comic book adaptation. A few pronoun jokes, a little of the old ultra-violence, and then we get our Tom … Continue reading

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Death to Prequels! Bring back “In Media Res!”

If you’re not old enough to remember the original, unadulterated opening credits crawl to “Star Wars,” I envy you your youth, and pity you not growing up in a cinematic era where the value inherent in the Latin phrase “In … Continue reading

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Film Distributor, Publisher admit Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules” is one great, big fat lie — pull the film and the book

Ex-con, con artist and beloved conservative “academic” Dinesh D’Souza’s latest wingnut documentary wasn’t his biggest hit. But he’s made a pretty good living filming distortions of fact and history that play like Sean Hannity’s talking points on $787 million dollar … Continue reading

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Netflixable? “Bionic” athletes get mixed up in heists in the Brazil of the Near Future

A couple of good action beats and half-decent climactic fight don’t alter the impression of “Bionic,” a cheesy Brazilian thriller about the bionic future of sports, and the crime that can be carried out when there are literal super humans … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Saoirse Ronan on Orkney — “The Outrun”

An alcoholic’s memoir becomes a Saoirse Ronan drama. Looks scenic and dreamy, sounds literary, if a tad overfamiliar. Keep an eye out for this one.

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Movie Review: Kevin Hart Stops Trying — “Die Hart: Die Harter”

Just when you thought Kevin Hart was maybe figuring out that the “action star” shtick wasn’t really meant for “the little man.” Just when you figured Netflix was the only sucker to buy into this wildly successful comic and product … Continue reading

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