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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: 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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BOX OFFICE: “Snow White” can’t fight off “A Working Man,” “Woman in the Yard” embarrasses “Death of a Unicorn”

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

Disney’s big-but-hardly-huge live action “Snow White” cleared the $50 million mark on its first week in release, and should add another $13 million+ on its second weekend, based on Friday’s turnout. But will it remain the top draw at the … 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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Movie Preview: DiCaprio, Penn, Benicio and Teyana in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another”

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Revolution” doesn’t begin here. It’s ongoing. Well, it stopped for a while. And now we’ve got to “get the band back together” to save one of their own. Oscar winners DiCaprio, Penn and del Toro are joined by Regina … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Jason Statham takes care of business in Ayer’s “A Working Man”

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Roger Moore

The Brotherhood, the elders of the Russian mafia in America, solemnly gather for a war council in Chicago. “We are facing a devil,” the mobster called Symon (Andrej Kaminsky) intones. And those gathered round him pause to hastily themselves — … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Russian Journalist tries to tell the truth about Putinism — ” Words of War”

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

Lot of Brits in this May 2 wide release. Truth in a time of conflict and fascist propaganda comes at a cost.

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Movie Review: Tony Jaa & Co. bring on the brawls in “Striking Rescue”

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

Muay Thai master Tony Jaa is back in action in “Striking Rescue,” a clumsily titled, ineptly subtitled and generically plotted Chinese thriller where the fights are to die for, the characters and plot not so much. Twenty-plus years since his … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Serious and Seldom Seen Sellers — “The Blockhouse” (1973)

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Roger Moore

Filmed on the whim of a liquor empire heir, a “true story” whose German Army WWII victims were changed to French and citizens of other occupied countries, “The Blockhouse” is one of the strangest titles in the later, quixotic career … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: All Cuisine’d up, “Waiting for Dalí “

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Roger Moore

The quality of twee is often strained, the Bard wryly noted. A tragedy, a comedy or even a romantic comedy is within the reach of some writers and screenwriters. But hitting that feather-weight sweet spot between droll and cute is … Continue reading →

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