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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: Bill Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union and Pete Davidson — Trigger Happy “Riff Raff”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

Low rent gangsters keep their feuds all in the family? Ed Harris, Emanuela Postacchini and Lewis Pullman also star in this violent farce, which rolls out March 6.

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Movie Preview: “M3GAN 2.0”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

Nothing like an upgrade, amIright? The horror audience has been mostly AWOL for the past year. “Nosferatu” blew up, but “Presence” and “Companion” are far more indicative of the malaise that has set in with fans of that genre. Tepid … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? A Disabled Child, a Mom Determined to Save Him — “Lucca’s World”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Roger Moore

A guilt-ridden journalist tries everything, grasping at any “miracle treatments” straw, in an effort to save her disabled-at-birth son in “Lucca’s World,” an engrossing Around the World with Netflix weeper from Mexico. Based on the non-fiction book by Bárbara Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy in a Rodeo Love Triangle by Nicholas Ray — “The Lusty Men” (1952)

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

Which classic film to watch on a chilly Sunday afternoon often comes down to a coin toss for me. Does the day have a ’40s, ’50s melodrama vibe? That usually means it’s Douglas Sirk or Nicholas Ray time. And if … Continue reading →

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BOX OFFICE: “Dog Man” fetches $36, “Companion” pays off, “Valiant One” barely registers

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Dog Man,” the new animated comedy from Dav Piley’s “Captain Underpants” kids’ novel universe, is proving to be a very good dog indeed, opening by selling some $13 million more worth of (higher priced tickets) than “Underpants” did eight years … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: It’s a wedding, and Reese, Celia, Meredith, Geraldine and Will say “You’re Cordially Invited,” Y’all

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Commitment” is a cornerstone of the marriage contract. And it’s damned important in a romantic comedy about marriages as well. Say this for the cast of writer-director Nicholas Stoller’s “You’re Cordially Invited.” These kids — and Will Ferrell and Reese … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “The Sand Castle” is a child’s fantasy of war, loss and displacement

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

Today’s “Around the World with Netflix” film comes from Lebanon, a nation no stranger to strife and conflict like most of the Middle Eastern nation states surrounding her. Lebanon isn’t mentioned by name or treated directly as the subject of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Meet your compliant and cuddly new AI robotic “Companion”

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Companion” is a horrific and caustically cautionary sci-fi thriller about how the digitized alternatives to dating might go wrong. Very wrong. Signing on an impressive cast, writer-director Drew Hancock takes a big, roundhouse swing at “coupling” in a distracted, instant … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Combat at Its most Cliched — “Valiant One”

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

The bar was raised on combat films decades ago. Corny, tactically sloppy flag-wavers no longer cut the mustard. And thanks to the most documentary filmed in history — Iraq and Afghanistan — it’s not just the feature films that made … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Liam and Colm, Ciarán and Kerry “In the Land of Saints and Sinners”

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

“In the Land of Saints and Sinners” is an embarrassment of riches, a forlorn thriller cast with many of the greatest Irish character actors of their generation and featuring the cream of the next generation of Irish leading ladies. Of … Continue reading →

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