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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: A Haunted Subway Stop lures the Suicidal to Barcelona — “Last Stop: Rocafort St.”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

A great location is wasted and a true piece of Barcelona lore is exploited and clumsily “explained” in “Last Stop: Rocafort St.,” a supernatural thriller from director and co-writer Luis Prieto. There really is a subway stop where suicides are … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: Netflix decides the Time is Right for a Presidential Assassination Mini-series — “Death by Lightning”

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Let CBS/Paramount/Skydance pay extortion money and ABC/Disney shake in its boots. Netflix defiantly taps into the zeitgeist with a tale of President James Garfield and the guy who stalked and shot him. Michael Shannon plays Garfield, Matthew McFadyen is the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Ben Kingsley shows up to Scold “Young Washington”

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

Native tribes, troublesome Frenchies and those imperious Brits face “Young (George) Washington” during the Seven Years War, aka “The French and Indian War” now recognized as the “First World War” ever fought. Way back when Virginia’s young gentleman was just … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Long Lost Painting goes to “Auction” in the Most Complicated Ways

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

A “degenerate” artwork by Egon Schiele, long lost and then found…with a messy stolen-by-Nazis history. Alex Lutz and Léa Drucker are among the stars of a “Who really owns this?” art world saga. This “true story” drama by Pascal Bonitzer … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Quintessential Keaton, Parenting with a Feminist Message — “Baby Boom” (1987)

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The death of Diane Keaton over the weekend had a lot of us poking around streaming services, hunting for something to remind us of what made the Oscar winner an icon of her era. We settled into “Baby Boom” in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Life Shaped by Burns, the Bible, Baseball and Jack Buck — “Soul on Fire”

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Soul on Fire” is a touching faith-based bio-pic that pushes all the right emotional buttons. It rarely misses a beat and never misses a button. It’s about a child burned nearly to a crisp who survives through perseverance and a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Tron: Ares” — All Lit Up and No Place to Go

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Tron: Ares” is a shiny, shambolic bauble, a film of CGI red neon streaks that no longer obsesses about taking us inside the electronic video game metaverse, but with bringing the grim, unemotional and “programmed” ethos of the electronic ether … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Channing Tatum Charms the Socks off Kirsten Dunst, and us as “Roofman”

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

A dopey “on-the-spectrum” crook on the lam plot and two movie stars who know how to work a closeup headline the charms of the delightful and just dark enough “Roofman,” a caper comedy where the real caper is getting away … Continue reading →

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Oft imitated, never bettered, Diane Keaton: 1946-2025

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Diane Keaton has died. And good heavens, how do you even BEGIN an appreciation of this Oscar winning icon’s career? She came to fame as Woody Allen’s muse, enjoyed a career that lasted three full and fulfilling acts and lived … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE– “Tron: Ares” opens big, but not HUGE, “Roofman” might come in Second

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

The third reboot/incarnation of the trapped-in-a-video-game saga “Tron,” titled “Tron: Ares” and starring Jared Leto, did a meek Thursday night folded into an underwhelming Friday, which Deadline.com says added up to a $15 million opening day. That put it on … Continue reading →

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