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Richard Roeper
Tomatometer-approved critic
http://www.richardroeper.com/
Movies reviews only
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MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024) |
Directed with just the right amount of stylistic flair by the talented Muta’Ali, it is a worthy companion to documentaries such as Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga, and the Fyre Festival documentaries. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 29, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
In this thunderous prequel, Anya Taylor-Joy burns with intensity. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Babes (2024) |
When I say Babes is one messy comedy, I mean that in the best possible way. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Hit Man (2023) |
In the offbeat comedy, Powell confirms his leading-man credentials and shows sizzling chemistry with co-star Adria Arjona. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Atlas (2024) |
Atlas borrows its plot from better movies, and its murky vision of the future just looks phony. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 24, 2024
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Wildcat (2023) |
With pinpoint production design, makeup and wardrobe capturing the 1950s time period, exquisite cinematography and brilliant work by talented actors who get to sink their teeth into some meaty roles, Wildcat is an inventive and haunting mood piece... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 17, 2024
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IF (2024) |
This well-intentioned and intermittently clever blend of live action and animation is so murky and slow-paced the grown-ups will get restless, while it falls short when it comes to creating truly memorable CGI characters and providing a true sense of joy. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 17, 2024
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The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) |
“The Strangers: Chapter 1” is a well-paced, 91-minute thrill ride that provides a steady helping of jump scares while ending on a note that has us eagerly anticipating the next chapters in the saga. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 16, 2024
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I Saw the TV Glow (2024) |
It's equal parts psychological horror film, 1990s TV nostalgia trip, coming of age story and dysphoria allegory. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 10, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
All that and a bag of chimps. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 10, 2024
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Aisha (2022) |
Wright and O'Connor's arguably best work yet... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 10, 2024
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The Idea of You (2024) |
The potential “ick” factor is played for just the right combination of cringe humor and legit insights... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 03, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
When you’ve got jaw-dropping stunts and the playful chemistry of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, who cares whether the plot holds up? - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 03, 2024
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Unfrosted (2024) |
If there was a thing called the IMDB Witness Protection Program whereby you could get your name taken off the credits of a particular project, this would be that project. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted May 03, 2024
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Downtown Owl (2023) |
The filmmakers also fumble an absolutely cringe-y subplot about the football coach... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
Sweat-drenched and emotionally bruising. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Boy Kills World (2023) |
The ultraviolent Boy Kills World hits you over the head with gimmicks. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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The People's Joker (2022) |
Like no superhero movie before it, the subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain's origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Humane (2024) |
There are some delightfully squeamish scenes — but this is primarily a psychological thriller, an update/variation on The Fall of the House of Usher... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Cash Out (2024) |
At 70, Travolta still exudes a certain movie-star twinkle in the heist thriller, which plays like a solid, B-movie riff on The Thomas Crown Affair. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 27, 2024
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Sasquatch Sunset (2024) |
Godspeed to those who will embrace its epic-level gross-out factor. I guess I’m just more of a Bucky Badger guy. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 20, 2024
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We Grown Now (2023) |
Lovely and lyrical yet haunting and heartbreaking... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 20, 2024
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) |
This is a Guy Ritchie action-comedy through and through, which means it's going to be a stylish, cartoonishly violent, slick and relatively mindless popcorn movie. We'll take it. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 20, 2024
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Abigail (2024) |
The acting, practical and special effects and production design are all superb. The script is repetitive, tedious and a whole lot of ho-hum. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 20, 2024
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The Absence of Eden (2023) |
In this taut and gripping drama from director/co-writer Marco Perego, Saldaña delivers arguably her most impactful performance yet in a film that mirrors today’s headlines... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 11, 2024
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Damaged (2024) |
The ride here is dark and uncompromising. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 10, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
With horrific wars raging in other parts of the world, and with politically charged violence part of the fabric of this country, “Civil War” will hit home no matter where you live. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 10, 2024
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Monkey Man (2024) |
Dev Patel comes out swinging in the monumentally entertaining and bare-knuckled revenge flick... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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The Greatest Hits (2024) |
The Greatest Hits takes a big pretty swing in the genre with a sentimental premise that might have you rolling your eyes — but only if you're a COLD-HEARTED CYNIC WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN LOVE. (Just kidding. As far as you know.) - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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The First Omen (2024) |
Directed with an intense, fever-dream style by Akasha Stevenson, featuring an electric performance by Nell Tiger Free and stellar work from a supporting cast led by Sônia Braga and Bill Nighy... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 05, 2024
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Wicked Little Letters (2023) |
The chief delight in Wicked Little Letters is watching Colman and Buckley in action; it's really not much of a mystery, as the culprit is revealed to us long before the townsfolk catch on. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Apr 03, 2024
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) |
Despite the addition of some new characters (human and otherwise) the film comes across as a relatively uninspired and fairly forgettable chapter in the Monsterverse saga. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 28, 2024
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The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024) |
A scathing and well-deserved takedown... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 28, 2024
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Asphalt City (2023) |
Not for one second, not for one frame, does director Jean Stéphane’s bruising and bloody New York City drama thriller drive even near the neighborhood of subtlety. This is a stark, pitch-black, violent and gruesome waking nightmare of a story. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 27, 2024
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Sleeping Dogs (2024) |
Sobering but also rich dramatic material... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Road House (2024) |
Part fight showcase, part generic crime thriller, the Roadhouse remake tosses its plot this way and that. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Ramy Youssef: More Feelings (2024) |
His humor is as sharp an Obsidian blade, and his punchlines often land with a terrific and cheerfully politically incorrect sting. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Immaculate (2024) |
If your faith can be shaken by a movie, work on your faith. As a critic, I was underwhelmed and unimpressed. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 22, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
While “Frozen Empire” sometimes overdoes it with the 21st-century green-screen stuff, and there are a few lags in the action around the midway point, this is a big and boisterous and just plain fun amusement park ride of a movie. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Knox Goes Away (2023) |
This is Keaton’s film to carry every step of the way, and he turns in a typically fine and layered performance as a man who might find relief in the loss of his memories, given all the dark acts he’s committed. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 18, 2024
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Shirley (2024) |
Regina King does great justice to the legacy of Shirley Chisholm, delivering a performance filled with power, humor, warmth and grace. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Problemista (2023) |
To say Problemista is not for everyone isn’t really a negative. My guess is that Julio Torres would readily agree with such an assessment, given how heavily this admirably bold but uneven satire leans into the Surrealist Film Playbook... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 09, 2024
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Cabrini (2024) |
Cabrini is the beautiful reminder of the human being behind the name. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 09, 2024
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Ricky Stanicky (2024) |
This is not to disparage the talents of likable stars Zac Efron and John Cena, not to mention a terrific supporting cast. I’m not sure even an out-of-retirement Daniel Day-Lewis and an in-his-prime Eddie Murphy could rescue this material. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 09, 2024
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Damsel (2024) |
With Millie Bobby Brown delivering inspired and strong work as a dragon-fighting Final Girl, this is one “Damsel” who doesn’t need anyone to rescue her, thank you very much. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 08, 2024
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Dune: Part Two (2024) |
Even as we marvel at the stunning and immersive and Oscar-level cinematography, editing, score, visual effects, production design and sound in Denis Villeneuve’s Part Two, we’re reminded at every turn that this is an absolutely crazy story... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 02, 2024
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Spaceman (2024) |
Director Renck and cinematographer Jakob Ihre deliver consistently arresting visuals, from the rendering of the Chopra Cloud to the muted color palettes back home to the flashback sequences... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Mar 02, 2024
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Ordinary Angels (2024) |
I can’t think of a single plot development that will surprise you and sometimes that’s OK. Sometimes it’s enough to sit back and settle in for a Comfort Viewing Movie... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Feb 24, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
Frequently hilarious and fantastically trippy... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Feb 24, 2024
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Bob Marley: One Love (2024) |
Straightforward and conventional, yet consistently involving... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Feb 17, 2024
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