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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 Buddy Comedy with “Idiots”

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Idiots” is a buddy comedy with raunchy promise, funny players and no pace. I mean NONE. If this was “Midnight Run,” which it resembles, it’d be “Midnight Stroll.” If it was “The Last Detail,” which also figures in its plotting, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Ridley’s Believe in it, or Don’t — “The Dog Stars”

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Roger Moore

“The Dog Stars” is the sort of movie that late August is infamous for — a dog that the studio couldn’t figure out how to fix or market into a success, so they dumped it on Labor Day Weekend. It’s … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Catfight for the (Middle) Ages — “The Lion in Winter” (1968)

Posted on August 26, 2026 by Roger Moore

It was a gilded age for high-minded British cinema, of larger than life actors taking on epics as heroes and antiheroes — a life of “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Becket,” “Cromwell,” a dash or two of Shakespeare, and “A Man for … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Teresa Palmer obsessively Counts Everything — “Addition”

Posted on August 25, 2026 by Roger Moore

Movies built around mental maladies have a couple of consistent shortcomings, both of which the Teresa Palmer OCD dramedy “Addition” struggles with, start to finish. There’s a tendency to treat something serious as cute and quirky. Obsessively counting everything from … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Freefall — A Reckoning for Boeing” celebrates Heroes and Names Villains

Posted on August 24, 2026 by Roger Moore

The new Netflix documentary, “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing,” is another “Boeing: What Went Wrong/Downfall of Boeing” expose. But this one celebrates the whistleblowers within the airliner manufacturer who sounded the alarm and often paid a price for it as … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Statham at Sea means “Mutiny”

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Roger Moore

When Jason Statham growls, “Trust me, I’m coming back for everybody,” what self-respecting hostage wouldn’t consider themselves as good as rescued? J.Sta’s latest, “Mutiny,” is a “Die Hard” at sea that, thank to “Mesrine” director Jean-François Richet, uses that laybrinthine … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Spa Weekend” is every bit as Bland as it Sounds

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Roger Moore

It turns out, putting the two dudes who scripted “The Hangover” (and “Bad Moms”) in charge of writing and directing a midlife crisis moms at a spa farce wasn’t the smartest move ever. “Spa Weekend” — a title as colorless … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kidnapped in Ukraine? The Russkies never see the “Man of War” coming to the Rescue

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Roger Moore

LaMonica Garrett gives off strong Michael Jai White vibes in the title role of the new American commando in Ukraine thriller “Man of War.” I LOVE Michael Jai White. Garrett, of TV’s “1883” and “The Terminal List,” stands out like … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Rose Byrne is one “Tow” away from Homelessness

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

Get past the gorgeous, glamorous star power in the cast and a tone that lurches from cute to Kafkaesque and the homeless-woman-goes-to-court dramedy “Tow” will still hit you right in the ol’heartstrings. A sentimental tale told with a bitter bite, … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Filmmaker Father Reckons with the Loss of his Son — “Remake”

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

The grim finality of loss hangs over legendary filmmaker Ross McElwee’s “Remake.” A meditation on grief, guilt and an obsession to honestly and frankly document one’s life and share it with the world, it may not be the last film … Continue reading →

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