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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

Classic Film Review: “El Cid” (1961 — Still a Stiff?

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Roger Moore

Yup. That’s the answer to the rhetorical question posed by that bad-pun headline. Honestly, I’ve never understood any of the adoring or merely “tolerant” reviews of “El Cid,” a corpse of a corpse-on-horseback “history.” Charlton Heston, at his Big Man … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Falling In and Out of Love, “In Spite of Ourselves”

Posted on September 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s become a romance/romantic comedy cliche, that eager, disrobing, slam-your-partner-against-the-wall sex after the first date. And if “In Spite of Ourselves” accomplishes nothing else, at least it sticks a skewer in that “let’s get this out of the way” movie … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Shailene’s on the hunt for the “Unabomber”

Posted on September 29, 2026 by Roger Moore

The difference between “a true story” and “inspired by a true story/true events” is laid bare in “Unabomber,” an account of the tail end of the hunt for mad mail bomber Ted Kaczynski. The heroine, played by Shailene Woodley, is … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Cinema as Seen from the Projection Booth — “Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey”

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

You probably missed this sprawling, feel-good-about-cinema’s-future Australian documentary “Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey” when it made the rounds of film festivals and earned a limited release a couple of years back. Celluloid purists certainly wouldn’t have. Australian projectionist turned doc-maker … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The “Musk” documentary “They” don’t want you to see

Posted on September 26, 2026 by Roger Moore

The oligarchs in charge of Tik Tok, Facebook/Meta, Twitter and Youtube don’t want you to see the movie “Musk.” Hell, the Zuckerberglings don’t even want you to see the TRAILER to this documentary by Oscar winner Alex Gibney, the most … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Haunted Japanese Inn’s Worth Visiting, just “Never After Dark”

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

It’s rare that even a casual horror fan doesn’t greet a new Japanese ghost story with the words, “I LIKE IT already!” Even if the film is made by Tuscon-born one-time Mormon missionary (how he got into Asian culture and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pattinson & Weaver are ready for “Primetime”

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Primetime” is a “heavily fictionalized” account of “Dateline NBC’s” notorious, pedophile-entrapping “To Catch a Predator” series of hidden camera “gotchas” passed off as “reports” in the early 2000s. It’s a film that struggles to condemn and illuminate why TV news … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Brad and his Dog — “Heart of the Beast”

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Heart of the Beast” is a solid, formulaic adventure tale given a lift by leading man Brad Pitt and his connection to the German shepherd his character’s brought to the Alaskan wilderness with him. Uber, who plays Odin the combat … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The Long Struggle to “Free Leonard Peltier”

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Free Leonard Peltier” is about the half-century-long struggle to get Native American activist Leonard Peltier out of prison. Peltier, accused of murdering two F.B.I. agents during the Federal government’s intervention in a Native “civil war” at the Pine Ridge Indian … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Ethan Hawke’s Lorenz Hart Sings and Smokes, once in a “Blue Moon”

Posted on September 23, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Blue Moon,” conceived and released as an awards contender in late 2025, is a tuneful but talk-you-to-death take on a pivotal night late in the life of legendary song lyricist Lorenz Hart. Richard Linklater’s film clings to its “Unhappy Lives … Continue reading →

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