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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: An English Child’s Eye View of WWII — “Hope and Glory

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger Moore

There’s a glorious nostalgia to the great British director John Boorman’s World War II memoir, “Hope and Glory.” The sentiment is what sticks with you, a naive child’s memories of not the fear, violence and loss, but of the freedom, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Stormare wants Kinnear to find Duhamel, who’s gone “Off the Grid”

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

Career bit player Ricky Russert, who was in “I, Tonya” and TV’s “Outer Banks” and even the recent “MacGuyer” reboot , gets a featured role as a villain in “Off the Grid,” a Josh Duhamel star-vehicle about a scientist who … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: You’ll feel “Sweet Relief” when this inept indie thriller is over

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s a little known truth of indie film sets that the “indier” the film, the less likely you’ll be able to tell the cast from the crew when visiting the shoot. I came to this conclusion covering such low budget, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Pinter, Losey and Bogarde wind up the Clockwork Creepiness of “The Servant”(1963)

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s been so long since I reviewed anything scripted by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter that I had to refresh my memory about the traits associated with the phrase “Pinteresque.” Let’s see, an “atmosphere of menace,” suspense and tension heightened by … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A “Found Footage” horror comedy about faking Bigfoot

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it feel as if any “found footage” spoof should have come out, oh, 12-20 years ago? Of COURSE that title’s already been used (on a 2012 thriller, and a 2016 “3D” horror comedy). The … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Old friends, “Cannibus infused” cuisine, and a missile on its way to wreck the party — “Nuked”

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

It’s the year of apocalyptic movies, thanks to the last few years of American politics. Lucy Punch, Justin Bartha, Anna Camp and Natasha Legerro star in Deena Kashper’s “We’re all gonna DIE!” stoned farce.

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Netflixable? A Brazilian pop-star biopic — “Latin Blood: The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso”

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Roger Moore

From the moment little Ney de Souza Pereira spied cabaret and carnival icon Elvira Pagã on the stage, the die was cast and his young life had purpose. All those beatings he stubbornly endured from his military officer dad because … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Michelle Dockery’s not good with kids? “Please Don’t Feed the Children”

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Giancarlo Esposito also stars in this limited release (June 27). Gotta wonder if the title’s a “Twilight Zone” tease, with “Downton” Dockery involved. She’d have no trouble giving off that vibe or pulling that off. Just saying.

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Movie Preview: An amnesiac pregnant woman, a remote British Isle and Maxine Peake telling Erin Kellyman she’s not “Woken” enough to leave

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Yeah, the headline says it all. Looks tight though. Paranoid, the works.

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Movie Review: “The Life of Chuck” Dances for the Reason to Live at the End of the World

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Roger Moore

Speaking as a critic who’s been “blurbed” a few times over the decades, you’ve got to recognize the double-edged sword such “recognition” in the advertising on a poster for a movie is. That’s you, out there, effusive in your praise, … Continue reading →

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