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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: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and Dazzling Tedium

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

James Cameron was very much running out of interesting things to say and show in his “Avatar” franchise with the second movie, “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The third film, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” confirms that fear and adds on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Seyfried’s the House Mistress, Sydney Sweeney’s “The Housemaid”

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Sydney Sweeney’s fans will come to the “The Housemaid” for the nudity and the explicit sex. Or so the cleavage-crammed advertising for this thriller would suggest the studio believes. But they’ll stay for the violence, the twists, the climax and … Continue reading →

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It’s an “Avatar” afternoon

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Let’s see if there’s anything to see or make a fuss about. Interesting way for James Cameron to spend his filmmaking capital and his last years as a major director, in any event. As the pre show ads are playing … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Lost in the Lush Longueurs of “Paris, Texas”(1984)

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

One has learned to temper one’s expectations when settling in to watch any Palme d’Or winner from the Cannes Film Festival over the years. One has. A “best picture” honor selected by an ever-changing jury of filmmaking peers from all … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: You Can’t Go Home Again, “Blue Eyed Girl”

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Realistic mid-life concerns and life reassessments earn a drab and generally colorless going over in “Blue Eyed Girl,” a dramedy with little real drama and even less comedy. Actress Marissa Coughlan, taking that “Write something for you to star in” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Mexico’s Oscar hope — “We Shall Not be Moved (No nos moverán)”

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

Dostoyevsky’s obsession with the unpunished murderers walking among us weighs heavily on the politics of the present. Criminals whose crimes against people, nations and the rule of law are committed in plain sight or proven in court roam free. People … Continue reading →

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So “Northern Exposure” (1990-95) stole from “Local Hero” (1983)?

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

I’ve never made a secret of my ongoing affection for Bill Forsyth’s classic fish-out-of-water comedy “Local Hero,” the sort of pixiedusted picture that conjured an adoration for small town Scotland even in people who’d yet to venture there when it … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Saudi son thinks “The Fakenapping” is How to Get Money Out of his Rich Dad

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Flashes of competence adorn the new Saudi action comedy, “The Fakenapping.” It’s not badly acted, and the few action beats make one wish director Amine Lakhnech had thrown in a few more car chases around scenic, modern after-dark Riyadh. The … Continue reading →

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Rob Reiner: 1947-2025

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Like most people I’d care to know, I was shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle this past weekend in Los Angeles. It’s the sort of crime that makes one leap to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Tasty Tangled Web — “Sew Torn”

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

I once covered the first day of the first class of a brand new film school. Directing students were learning how to rehearse a scene with actors, and one of them finished his turn running the set when he asked … Continue reading →

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