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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: “M3GAN 2.0,” new and improved?

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

The mass murdering doll is redesigned and comes back to emerge s a social media star? Who saw that coming? June 27, the deadly “doll” is back.

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Movie Review: A writer, her mentor and “The Friend” Great Dane who takes over her life

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

You might have to be a dog lover to truly engage and “get” “The Friend,” a melancholy meditation on suicide, loss, character and our obligations to someone who has killed himself. And if you’re unsure about the depth of your … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Minecraft Movie,” whether we need it or not

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Roger Moore

Say this much for Warner Brothers. They got the tone for “Minecraft” right. The studio that turned Scandinavian Lego building block toys into blockbuster animated movies goes all juvenile in adapting Sweden’s biggest gift to pop culture since ABBA, and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hoteliers turn “Carjackers” on their Lunch Break

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Good villains make good thrillers,” the Master of Suspense taught us. And nobody loved Alfred Hitchcock or took his lessons to heart like the French. “Carjackers” has a doozy of a bad guy. And we know actor Franck Gastambide‘s status … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Vincent Cassel’s a Burned Out DJ who May Have One More “Banger” in Him

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

The DJ has been mixing beats long enough to have lost his hair, and have his stubble turn white. It’s been a long time since he acquired the nickname, “The Godfather of French Touch,” even longer since he was Emperor … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Dark Period in Korean History Remembered — “Harbin”

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Harbin” is a stately, somewhat tense Korean period piece bathed in the gloom that hangs over many an espionage thriller. Director and co-writer Woo Min-ho already has conventional thrillers (“The Drug King”), period piece thrillers (“The Man Standing Next”) and … Continue reading →

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Val Kilmer: 1959-2025

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Val Kilmer was, as many an obituary reminds us today, the poster boy for “difficult actor.” A true maverick, particular and ever-so-serious about his art, probably taking too many “go your own way” lessons from his idol, the post-peak Marlon … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The horrific choice facing Sally Hawkins? “Bring Her Back”

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

May 3, A24 takes another shot at having a horror hit this spring.

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Series Review: Is this any way to run “The Studio?”

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

If you’re a movie buff, of COURSE you’re loading up that trial subscription to Apple TV+ to catch “The Studio,” a cinema-loving and best-joke-on-set-wins silly spin on the messy way movies are made and the sniveling, lying cowards who make … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Shia LaBeouf is a Bad Irish influence on a lad who might be “Salvable”

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

Toby Kebbel, Aiysha Hart, Barry Ward and James Cosmo also star in this drama of backstreet brawling and burgling. British made, Irish-accented? We’re intrigued. May 2.

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