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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: Patricia Clarkson goes to war with Goodyear — “Lilly”

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

A Supreme Court case from back when it was a legitimate branch of government is the basis for this “true story” of the lesser wages, sexual harrassment and general abuse Lilly Ledbetter faced at The Biggest Tire Company. The always-formidable … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: It’s the perfect time for a fresh documentary look at Leni “Riefenstahl”

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

Every time a Republican president stages an SUV convoy at a NASCAR race, every “strong leader” poster or video visual served up to paper-over what weaklings this or that “Dear Leader” actually are, every Z that Russians spray paint on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kidman tries to make “Holland,” Michigan “To Die For”

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

When she read the script for “Holland,” Nicole Kidman must have seen a little of “To Die For,” the dark comedy that was her big break, the movie that set her up for Hollywood fame, Oscars and all that went … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A post-apocalyptic thriller that’s Born to Be Brutal — “Steppenwolf”

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

This nihilistic stomp through Mad Max Kazakhstan has a “Here’s your future, should you refuse to evolve” vibe. No, this “Steppenwolf” has nothing to do with the band, the comic book character or the Herman Hesse novel that inspired them … Continue reading →

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Richard Chamberlain: 1934-2025, Mr. Miniseries of “Thornbirds” and “Shogun” dies the day before his 91st Birthday

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Richard Chamberlain, whose death was confirmed today, came to fame as a “teen idol,” the “McDreamy” of his day playing a young physician on the TV version of “Dr. Kildare.” He had a few shots at big screen stardom — … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Luis Buñuel serves up Colonialism’s “Death in the Garden” (1956)

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Of all the “star entrances” the classic cinema has given us, from the “Stagecoach” rolling up on stranded John Wayne to Orson Welles, glimpsed in the shadows in “The Third Man” and Marlene Dietrich, dolled up and ready to sing … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Sofia Carson indulges her dead mother’s insistence on finishing “The Life List”

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

The one real surprise in the Netflix romance “The Life List” is a somewhat logical twist in the finale, one that finishes this Sofia Carson star vehicle with a solid-enough tug at the heartstrings. It doesn’t wipe away the watchable … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Transgender Journey through the storm-traumatized Philippines — “Asog”

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

On the many islands and languages present in the Philippines, there are a couple of widely accepted words for transgender and transexual — bakla and asog or “tomboy. That suggests that there’s less mussing about with pronouns and somewhat less … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Hiddleston stars in “The Life of Chuck” for Stephen King and Mike Flanagan

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Mia Sara, Chewitel Ejiofor, Karren Gillan and Mark Hamill also star in this “Truman Show” vibe “genre bender” from the director of “Doctor Sleep” and the guy who wrote the book “Doctor Sleep” was based on. An “ordinary guy” named … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Satire that Doesn’t Satisfy — “Death of a Unicorn”

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

Could it be that “Death of a Unicorn” isn’t as clever as the folks who made seemed to believe? Oh it certainly could. What was sold in the trailers as a dark, droll and possibly gory farce raised expectations. And … Continue reading →

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