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The Latest Articles by Richard Roeper

‘Air,’ about Nike chasing Michael Jordan, is year’s best film so far

Director Ben Affleck’s fast-paced period piece portrays a sneaker deal that revolutionized sports and business.

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‘Pretty Baby’: Brooke Shields recalls her bizarre childhood in a sometimes jarring documentary

Insightful Hulu bio revisits the scrutiny the actor endured as a teen, and even earlier, for her looks and sexuality.

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‘Murder Mystery 2’: Second Sandler-Aniston whodunnit louder, dumber than the first

Pyrotechnics are plentiful, but laughs are not.

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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ movie scores, thanks to perfect tone, spot-on casting

Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez have terrific buddy-movie chemistry in fantasy film that deftly balances high-stakes action, warm drama and clever comedy.

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‘Spinning Gold’: Off-key biopic spotlights music exec behind Donna Summer, KISS

Film about Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart enlists singers to impersonate pop, rock and soul legends, and they can’t live up to the originals.

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‘Unstable’: Rob Lowe’s tech workplace comedy has a promising startup

Breezy Netflix show pairs the engaging, agelessly handsome actor with his son.

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‘Tetris’: Taran Egerton fits perfectly into story of the classic game’s origins

Creatively stylized Apple TV+ movie uses some 1980s-style video game graphics to illustrate the twists and turns of getting Tetris from floppy disks to the world.

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‘Assassin’: It’s sad to see Bruce Willis in his final film, lacking his trademark twinkle

The screen legend, now retired after a dementia diagnosis, seems disengaged in the convoluted sci-fi actioner.

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‘Rabbit Hole’: Kiefer Sutherland on the run again, a little slower, a little warier

The action hero isn’t quite up to Jack Bauer speed anymore on frenetic Paramount+ spy thriller.

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‘Yellowjackets’ solves some mysteries, creates some more in Season 2

Showtime’s eerie, darkly funny hit solidifies its standing as one of the most memorable series of the decade.

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‘A Good Person’ a bad movie about some unreal people

Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman star in contrived, heavy-handed and tragedy-soaked drama from writer-director Zach Braff.

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‘The Night Agent’: A ring of the phone sets off young FBI agent’s fast-paced but complicated getaway

A scorecard would help sort out all the characters in Netflix’s slick and preposterous thriller series.

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Overlong ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ devotes many minutes to breathtaking action

Still a wanted man, Keanu Reeves’ assassin scuffles with interesting opponents, but some of the battles go on and on.

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‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ details the errors that worsened a deadly siege

The toll of the 51-day standoff between federal agents and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians still shocks in Netflix doc.

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On ‘Lucky Hank,’ Bob Odenkirk skillfully slides from ‘Saul’ to lecture hall

As a disillusioned professor on this smart, new AMC series, the actor finds the decency in a deeply cynical character.

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’: Sequel subjects the superhero, once fresh, to a generic showdown

Teenage Billy Batson’s alter ego muscles his way through loud, underwhelming action sequences.

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‘Boston Strangler’: Keira Knightley puts in the work as reporter on the trail of a killer

Period-piece specialist visits the more recent past in gast-moving crime drama about murders in the 1960s.

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‘Bono & The Edge’: Odd but interesting special teams U2 duo with cranky David Letterman

As the musicians show off Dublin and perform beautiful reimaginings of their hits, their funny fan provides some levity — and a big finish.

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If Season 3 is the end for ‘Ted Lasso,’ the coach is going out in style

Jason Sudeikis’ wonderful Apple TV+ series back in play with superb performances, crisp writing and some insight about Hallmark Christmas movies.

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Oscars 2023: Winning is ‘Everything’ as trippy film wins 7 awards

Stars Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan deliver inspiring speeches, and best actor winner Brendan Fraser offers another feel-good comeback story.

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Oscars 2023: Widely admired Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis exult in their wins

Meanwhile, the look of disappointment on also-ran Angela Bassett’s face provides a bit of realness.

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Oscars 2023: Jimmy Kimmel zings Tom Cruise, ‘Babylon’ in monologue with just a little edge

In case of another slap, host promises Michael B. Jordan, Pedro Pascal and Michelle Yeoh are ready to intervene.

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Sure things at tonight’s Oscars: Ke Huy Quan, a slap joke, and In Memoriam outrage

‘Everything Everywhere’ goes into the ceremony as the best picture favorite, but there is some genuine suspense to be had in three of the four acting categories.

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In ‘65,’ Adam Driver might just save the world; the movie, not so much

This loony, murky and muddled sci-fi action semi-thriller with A-list star Driver and talented writers takes a detour through B-Movie Lane in a film that isn’t compelling enough to make for silly popcorn entertainment but isn’t terrible enough to be labeled a disaster.

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Delroy Lindo, Kerry Washington play out a fascinating dynamic in warmhearted ‘UnPrisoned’

The return of her father from lockup complicates a therapist’s already anxious life in the relatively light Hulu series.

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