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Richard Roeper
Tomatometer-approved critic
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Movies reviews only
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His Three Daughters (2023) |
The searing movie — starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne at their emotional best — will resonate with anyone, especially people with siblings. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Speak No Evil (2024) |
Speak No Evil eventually goes full-on with the familiar horror movie blood-spattering, but the social satire in that well-executed build-up is the real strength of the film. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Dead Money (2024) |
The sharp screenplay by Josh Wilcox nails the poker lexicon yet never gets so deep in the weeds that the non-player would be lost. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Uglies (2024) |
Everything about Uglies is average. Not terrible enough to be campy, not deep or provocative or visually impressive enough to merit further chapters in the story. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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The Substance (2024) |
The Substance is often nauseating and seldom edifying... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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My Old Ass (2024) |
One of things I love about writer-director Megan Park’s funny and smart and heart-tugging sci-fi comedy/drama/romance is there’s no attempt to explain how it’s possible...it simply happens. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 18, 2024
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Will & Harper (2024) |
These are two old friends, trusting each other, being honest with one another, sharing with one another. It’s just lovely. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Sep 14, 2024
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Adam Sandler: Love You (2024) |
There’s a touch of the surreal in the comedian’s consistently funny but sometimes melancholy Netflix special. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 30, 2024
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Slingshot (2024) |
The Swedish director Mikael Håfström, whose best-known American film is the chilling 2007 Stephen King adaptation 1408, employs jump scares and quick cuts to capture the looming sense of danger... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 30, 2024
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The Wasp (2024) |
...a plot development straight out of a Hitchcock movie, and it kicks The Wasp into a completely different gear... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 30, 2024
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Reagan (2024) |
A fawning biopic light on subtlety.
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| Posted Aug 30, 2024
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Incoming (2024) |
Some of the things people do in the cheerfully gross movie range from morally questionable to flat-out criminal. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 24, 2024
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The Killer (2024) |
In lesser hands those touches might be heavy-handed, but thanks to a legendary director at the top of his game, this is easily one of the best action movies of the year. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 24, 2024
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Blink Twice (2024) |
Striking visuals and smart dialogue distinguish Kravitz's gonzo directorial debut... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 21, 2024
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The Union (2024) |
The whole premise — that an agency is enlisting average schmoes for high-stakes secret missions — makes no sense. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 17, 2024
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The Deliverance (2024) |
Lee Daniels’ effectively chilling albeit somewhat formulaic horror story “The Deliverance,” which is inspired by the story of Latoya Ammons and her family after they moved into a rental home in Gary, Indiana... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 17, 2024
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Skincare (2024) |
The twisted and darkly unnerving comedic thriller Skincare is basically I, Tonya, only with boutique spas instead of ice skating. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 17, 2024
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Alien: Romulus (2024) |
A film that has a cool and retro and kind of 1980s vision of the future that feels authentic to the timeline. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 15, 2024
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Cuckoo (2024) |
Writer-director Tilman Singer has delivered a tightly spun piece of twisted folklore, which has echoes of films such as The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby and The Island of Dr. Moreau... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 09, 2024
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It Ends With Us (2024) |
Lively is tasked with carrying the full weight of the story in “It Ends With Us” and she’s up to the challenge, but this is an uneven and turtle-paced romantic drama that feels like a missed opportunity. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 09, 2024
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The Instigators (2024) |
The Instigators pastes bits of plot into a disappointing mess. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 09, 2024
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The Sixth Sense (1999) |
A film that left an indelible footprint on the popular culture, a film that remains one of my favorite titles of the 1990s in any genre... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 09, 2024
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Sing Sing (2023) |
Colman Domingo does award-worthy work as an unjustly imprisoned man dedicated to helping others at Sing Sing express themselves. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 03, 2024
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024) |
It's to the benefit of the viewer, and to the historical record of cinema, that Meryman kept that friggin' machine running for so many hours so we could hear from one of the most memorable icons Hollywood has ever known, in her own voice. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 03, 2024
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Trap (2024) |
A well-crafted shell with nothing inside. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Aug 02, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
It’s all great fun, and it’s just enough to overcome the uninspired direction, mid-level special effects and hit-and-miss humor. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 23, 2024
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Wild Wild Space (2024) |
Directed with a solid, no-frills, straightforward approach by Ross Kaufmann and inspired by the best-selling book by the terrific journalist Ashlee Vance... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 22, 2024
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Twisters (2024) |
A wonderfully mindless adventure... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 19, 2024
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Sorry/Not Sorry (2023) |
Sorry/Not Sorry, from directors and producers Caroline Suh and Cara Mones, shines a spotlight on the difficult questions raised when someone’s egregious actions result in them being “canceled.” - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 12, 2024
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024) |
With Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum igniting the fuse with good old-fashioned, Grade A movie-star chemistry, Fly Me to the Moon is a “go” from the get-go. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 12, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
By the time Day One reaches its beautifully rendered and deeply moving conclusion, we're all in. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 04, 2024
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Fancy Dance (2023) |
Lily Gladstone does quality work as the absent woman's sister, searching for her while bonding with her anxious daughter. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 04, 2024
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Chestnut (2023) |
Cron’s feature debut is indicative of a filmmaker with exciting potential and there are moments when Chestnut achieves some perfect indie vibes...but we’re left with the distinct feeling that these people aren’t as interesting or as complicated... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 04, 2024
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Space Cadet (2024) |
Peppy and harmless but unbearably dumb. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 04, 2024
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Boneyard (2024) |
This is a B-movie through and through, but thanks in large part to a deep cast of familiar faces and reliable character actors, it's a solid crime thriller that respects the true-life blueprint of the story. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 04, 2024
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MaXXXine (2024) |
The danger in watching Ti West’s lurid and blood-spattered and wildly entertaining 1980s period piece “MaXXXine” is you can get so caught up in cataloging all the pop culture references that you’ll have to remind yourself to stay focused on the story... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 03, 2024
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024) |
"Axel F" is the very definition of passable, comfort-viewing, nostalgia-tinged entertainment. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jul 02, 2024
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The Bikeriders (2023) |
Adding to the stylized weirdness, which somehow works because everything about this movie has a kind of hazy, dreamlike quality: The decidedly non-Chicago accents affected by the greatly talented actors who play the three main characters. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Black Barbie (2023) |
Writer-director Lagueria Davis delivers a comprehensive look at the history of Black Barbie and her forerunners and poses poignant and timely questions about the importance of diversity in dolls. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Thelma (2024) |
At 94, screen veteran June Squibb gets her first leading role and carries the movie with style. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (2024) |
Comprehensive, entertaining and star-studded. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness (2024) |
On the whole, Kinds of Kindness is a mixed bag of tricks and treats. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Daddio (2023) |
Though it’s set inside a taxi, the movie never seems static as the conversational stakes rise. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Ghostlight (2024) |
A quietly compelling film that shows how power of theater brings teens and parents together. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Brats (2024) |
Now, some 40 years later, actor- filmmaker Andrew McCarthy examines the phenomenon and tries to figure out why he's still impacted by the "Brat Pack" stigma in the emotionally authentic and nostalgia-tinged documentary... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Reverse the Curse (2023) |
Even though that ending includes an epilogue we could see coming like a hanging change-up right down the middle, you can’t help but choke up... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 13, 2024
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Inside Out 2 (2024) |
Inside Out 2 is an exuberant, brilliant swirl of teenage emotion. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
A cruddy buddy-cop comedy that mars the franchise. - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 07, 2024
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The Watchers (2024) |
Though Ishana Night Shyamalan demonstrates promise as a filmmaker and delivers some arresting visuals and a few good jump-scares, The Watchers feels like a cover band’s take on familiar scary movie themes, with little in the way of original ideas... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Am I OK? (2022) |
Johnson and Mizuno have an easy and comfortable chemistry; the acting is utterly authentic in their exchanges... - Chicago Sun-Times
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| Posted Jun 04, 2024
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