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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

Documentary Preview: “AKA Charlie Sheen”

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

I can’t remember what project Martin Sheen was promoting when he got into the habit of asking journalists/interviewers to “pray” for his careening, trainwreck of a son, Charlie. Martin’s the one face we don’t see among those testifying in this … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: June Squibb is “Eleanor the Great,” an aged Holocaust Survivor who moves to Manhattan

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Brassy Eleanor makes the move, Erin Kellyman’s the journalism student who meets her, Chiwetel Ejiofor is the widowed TV anchor/dad of the journalism student and Scarlett Johansson is the director with clout who gets this New York story in front … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? From Teen Crush to “The Last Goodbye”

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

There are Filipino dramas and thrillers with some edge to them, and a few of those titles make it to Netflix. But romances, especially high school romances? Those come in one Filipino flavor — insipid. “The Last Goodbye” is a … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Guy Pearce, Bill Pullman, DeWanda Wise, Out West, “Killing Faith”

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

A little girl with a deathly supernatural touch, Wise (of “Jurassic World: Dominion”) is her protector, Pearce is the “Doc” who has no clue about what to make of her and Pullman’s the wicked preacher in a wheelchair who aims … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Lily James spearheads the Tinder/Online Dating Revolution — “Swiped”

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

Sept. 19, this “true story” feature film drops on Hulu. Provocative? A flash point in the “war on women?” You bet. Let’s hope Hulu finally hired publicists who get the word out to critics who then get the word out … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Just Beyond Paris, the “Suspended Time” of Covid is meant for Chat, Cooking and Reminiscing

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Roger Moore

At this late date, it’s difficult to find something new or fresh to say about “What we did during Covid lockdown,” as so many other filmmakers chose to use that time planning and even filming such stories. But the French … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Eddie and Pete and Keke haggle over “The Pickup”

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Roger Moore

Teaming Eddie Murphy with Pete Davidson for the armored car heist comedy “The Pickup” pays off pretty much exactly as you’d suspect. All that pairing-up two generations of “Saturday Night Live” comics guarantees are, well, “generation” jokes. “Your generation can’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Rainn and Lil Rel are paramedics at the breaking point — “Code 3”

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Aimee Carrero is the newbie, Rob Riggle is the guy you’d like to see act out a peanut allergy seizure. Sept. 12.

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Series Review: “Titans: The Rise of Hollywood,” a History of Hollywood on a “Drunk History” Budget

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Louis B. Mayer, the Hollywood mogul who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film studio still around today as Amazon’s MGM, was born Lazar Meir in Dymer, Ukraine, before emigrating to Canada and then the United States. William Fox, whose name remains emblazened … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: David Koepp’s script puts Liam Neeson and a couple of killer fungus fighting kids in “Cold Storage”

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Roger Moore

So, REAL strong “Andromeda Strain” played for laughs vibe coming from this “Virus” “Contagion” zombie apocalypse picture. Liam and Georgina Campbell and Joe Keery and nepo baby Sosie Bacon and Lesley MANVILLE and VANESSA REDGRAVE? David Koepp scripted most of … Continue reading →

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