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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 Preview:  Parents try to save Their Cheating Adult Son’s Marriage — “A Little Prayer”

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

David Strathairn and Celia Weston are the parents, Will Pullen the straying son and Jane Levy the daughter in law and mother of their granddaughter whom they’re trying to help without “interfering” in this dramedy from the writer of “Junebug” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A French bull-“racer” starts finds empathy with the “Animale”

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Animale” is an intriguing French body horror thriller set in Camargue, the bull fighting capital of France. The first local woman to enter the ring with the young men who tempt, chase and are chased by local bulls starts to … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Luca lands Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield for “After the Hunt”

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

Sexual politics and generation gaps take center stage for this October “Awards Season” release from the filmmaker behind “Call Me By Your Name,” “Queer” and “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino. He’s the guy who likes pushing sexual buttons on the screen, the … Continue reading →

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Documentary Preview: A Chip off the Old Icon — “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

A singer songwriter, son of a famous died-too-soon singer-songwriter, wrestles with every bit of that legacy. This doc about Tim Buckley’s son Jeff Buckley is filled with testimonies to the kid’s talent and legacy and opens in August.

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Movie Review: Israeli history as remembered by “Shoshana” and her British lover

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

The director of “Welcome to Sarejevo, ” “A Mighty Heart” and “The Road to Guantanamo” reaches for another hot button topic with “Shoshana,” a historical thriller about the bloody birth of Israel. With global condemnation and outrage over Israel’s apartheid … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Madelyn Cline reads “The Map that Leads to You”

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

How to cure “The Gen Z stare?” Endless, affluent, carefree travel through Europe. The “map” we presume is on Google. “Outer Banks” starlet Madelyn Cline and KJ Apa play star-crossed lovers who meet on a Euro trip Josh Lucas plays … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Friends and lovers face “A Medieval Faire reject” executioner in the LGBTQ horror comedy “Road Head”

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Freestyle just picked this up for digital RE-release (it got a limited launch in 2021) July 29. There’s a chuckle or two in the trailer.

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Movie Review: As “Indie” as they come — “AJ Goes to the Dog Park”

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

“AJ Goes to the Dog Park” is a cheerfully cheesy semi-surreal indie film about what one dopey chihuahua owner will go through to get his dog park back. It’s twee in the extreme, with the occasional sophisticated effect — “No … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The Messy, Violent and Problematic birth of Israel seen through the eyes of “Shoshona” and Her Brit Beau

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

Timely? You think? July 25.

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Classic Film Review: Verhoeven showcases Hauer as his WWII Dutch “Soldier of Orange”(1977)

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Long before “Robocop” made him a household name and “Basic Instinct,” “Showgirls” and “Starship Troopers” made him infamous, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven gained international acclaim for a few films in his native Holland, the most enduring of which is his … Continue reading →

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