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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: An Indian Woman stands up to a “Pinch,” and Faces the Consequences

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Uttera Singh’s “Pinch” is a picture that runs on outrage. It shows us a sex crime and demonstrates how hard it is to get anyone — including women, her own mother and even herself — to take it seriously in … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Monstrous Hit-man takes on Masked Mass Murderers in Japan’s “Demon City”

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Roger Moore

Movies like “Demon City” are why we pay extra attention to that one credit in an action picture’s production — “action choreographer” or “stunt coordinator.” More that one actor I’ve interviewed over the years has mentioned he or she took … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Duhamel’s a hit-man laying low, but with “London Calling”

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

On the run from a London job “gone wrong,” forced to babysit a mob boss’s son (Jeremy Ray Taylor) and make a (Murderous?) “man out of him.” Aiden Gillen, EveryVillain Arnold Vosloo and Daniah De Villiers star in this Sept. … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Brit Baby Boomer lost in His Own World — “Billy Liar” (1963)

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Roger Moore

Falling into “Billy Liar” is no easy feat, even for a film buff, over sixty years after it was released. It’s been included in more than one list of “the 100 Best British Films Ever Made,” albeit in the bottom … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “The Naked Gun” remake gets a full trailer

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

August 1, Danny Huston is a villain, Pamela Anderson is a “person of interest” (loooove interest) and Liam Neeson is the most Dangerous Drebbin of  them all.

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Movie Preview: Malkovich and Fanny Ardant, “Mr. Blake, At your Service!”

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Roger Moore

John Malkovich acts in French?  He serves! He schemes! He shoots? Mon dieu!

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Movie Review: Julianne, Sydney and Domhnall know what goes down in “Echo Valley”

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Roger Moore

The questions pop to mind early and somewhat often in the new thriller “Echo Valley.” Wait, how did that tiny young woman lift…Her 60something mother chose what to dump a body in a lake…So did the ex-husband take up with … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Dragon” Flies High, “Materialists” cash in, “Stitch” clears the $800 million mark

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Roger Moore

Kids’ entertainment has been king of the box office this summer, as animated franchises turned into CGI assisted “live action” remakes have become the latest “sure thing” in that corner of the marketplace. First it was cell-animated fare of the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Foxx and DeNiro go head to head, “Tin Soldier”

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

The “tell” in this trailer is Scott Eastwood’s presence, front and center, in a thriller that pits two Oscar winners on opposite sides of a…revolution? Leguizamo and Rita Ora also star in this, which supposedly got a limited release in … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Brazilians look for Grandma in Israel — “Cheers to Life” (“Vida a Vida”)

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

You can see, hear and feel the strain in the Brazilian comedy “Cheers to Life (Vida a Vida),” the great effort expended to achieve “cute.” It’s sweet enough, and sweetly sentimental. But for a “finding your (living) roots” story that … Continue reading →

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