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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: Medieval Resistance that may have Inspired Robin Hood — “The Uprising”

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Roger Moore

I can’t say that one of my favorite filmmakers, Paul Greengrass, made the wisest decision in trying to make a famous “Off with their heads!” peasants’ rebellion the basis for the legend of Robin Hood. The legend seems to date … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Just Close the Curtains on this “Knightfall”

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Knightfall,” the latest title of a thriller that had other working titles, is a B, C or D movie starring the dye-job-fools-no-one son of the funniest James Bond and a little known actress who looks as if she was cast … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Legend of the Steppes Gives the Mongols What For — “Rise of the Conqueror”

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

A Danish American bit-player rolls the dice as star and co-writer of a big-screen Medieval combat period piece in “Rise of the Conqueror,” a good looking but strained bit of mid-Mongol Empire history shot where all of this really happened … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Buddy Comedy (?) with Organ Donation and a Big Body Count — “Runner”

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

The distributing studios may sweat over the fact that MGM’s “Runner” showed up on streaming just as Angel Studios’ “The Runner” was trotting into theaters. One stars Gal Gadot as a lawyer/mother sprinting across London to murder a prosecution witness … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: The Sweetest Stoner Comedy of them all — “Saving Grace” (2000)

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

A lot of stars slipped into allignment to get the twee British pot comedy “Saving Grace” into theaters. It featured Brenda Blethyn in the title role, fresh off two recent Oscar nominations. The film co-starred and was scripted by Craig … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Husbands in Action” serve up Korean Goofballs in a Kidnapping Caper

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Roger Moore

If you watch one screwball Korean action comedy this year… Damn. I just can’t pull the trigger on that sort of endorsement for “Husbands in Action,” a dopier-than-dopey kidnapping caper that “TV-MA” rating or not, seems aimed at kids. It’s … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Not Your Grandpa’s “Grand Tour”

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Roger Moore

The dropping of a new series of “The Grand Tour” held about as much interest for me as the announcement that the BBC is re-engineering “Top Gear” for another run, this time with a comedian/car-nut as its center. It’s TV, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Eyes Off the Prize? Civil Rights Justice “By Any Means”

Posted on September 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

The all-too-human lust for vengeance collides with the faint hope for justice in “By Any Means,” a Civil Rights thriller set in the “Mississippi Burning” timeline. It’s a violent “true enough for Hollywood” tale of torture and summary executions in … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Godawful Gal can’t get “The Runner” up to Speed

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Roger Moore

The star is generally too easy a target when you’re looking for the ways a movie goes wrong. So if we’re cutting Gal Gadot any slack at all for the debacle that “The Runner” turned out to be, let’s zero … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ryan R. and Kenneth B. gun for “Top Gun” — “Mayday”

Posted on September 2, 2026 by Roger Moore

Let’s go with “adorably awful,” because “delightfully dumb” seems like a stretch. “Mayday” is a pseudo-serious send-up of “Top Gun” starring two guys who should know better, but whose way with a punch line ensures it’ll at least serve up … Continue reading →

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