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The Latest Articles by Richard Roeper

‘The Mean One’: Grinchy horror film’s entertainment value is two sizes too small

Gruesome Dr. Seuss knockoff has a lively star performance but ultimately becomes redundant and dull.

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‘Empire of Light’ splices together mismatched ideas at a struggling theater

Olivia Colman stars as the lonely staffer with mental health issues in disappointing effort from the talented Sam Mendes.

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‘Spoiler Alert’: Nice guys find one another for a beautiful, ultimately tragic love story

Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge have natural chemistry in a film that deftly blends wry humor with heartfelt drama.

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‘2nd Chance’: A bulletproof vest innovator tells his dramatic, sometimes dubious story

Fascinating documentary profiles Richard Davis, whose newfangled fabric saved hundred of lives.

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‘Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me?’: In great new special, comedian revives old-time Vegas

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Christmas movie quiz: Which of these plots is real?

Some of the holiday story lines here are authentic, and some are as fake as snow in July. Can you spot the fakes?

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‘George & Tammy’: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain act with all the intensity of the spitfires they’re portraying

Showtime melodrama about the tempestuous musical duo is helped by their strong acting and musical performances.

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‘White Noise’ adaptation plays like three movies, two of them great

Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig a wondrous couple in social satire that starts strong but loses steam.

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‘Violent Night’: Who’s got a hammer and an urge to kill? Must be Santa in enjoyable holiday thriller

David Harbour perfectly cast as a St. Nick skilled at fighting bad guys — so be good, for goodness’ sake

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‘Emancipation’ a decent action film that could have been so much more

Will Smith sticks to Movie Star mode as a family man dodging hunters, bullets, a gator and a snake while fleeing slavery.

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Funny ‘Christmas With the Campbells’ brings all the holiday warmth — and some weirdness too

Brittany Snow and Justin Long jingle their way through an off-kilter spoof of wintry love stories.

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‘Glass Onion’ not as sharp as ‘Knives Out’ but still will please the crowds

Daniel Craig returns as eccentric crime-solver Benoit Blanc in consistently funny mystery set on a private island.

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‘The Fabelmans’: Steven Spielberg, master of the spectacular, gets personal with a magical opus depicting a childhood like his

The director’s alter ego grows up with despairing parents, inspirational mentors and a yearning to make movies.

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In strong boot-camp drama ‘The Inspection,’ a gay man finds purpose in the Marines

Jeremy Pope gives a searing performance as the young man lacking direction, with Gabrielle Union a powerful force as the mother who initially disowns him.

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‘Bones and All’: Benign young cannibals enter the ‘Twilight’ zone

Like the YA vampires, Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet carry a lot of metaphorical weight as well-intentioned travelers with an uncontrollable yearning for human flesh.

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‘Strange World’: Explorers discover a land of eye-popping color, exotic creatures in fast-paced Disney adventure

It’s no ‘Encanto,’ but the family-friendly fun fest offers plenty of ingenious visuals and upbeat messaging.

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‘Poker Face’: Russell Crowe’s promising gambling film devolves into implausible heist

It’s a half-baked story, despite the star’s commanding presence and solid directorial skills.

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‘Welcome to Chippendales’: A colorful Hulu series portrays the dance troupe’s deadly origins

Masterful Kumail Nanjiani plays against type as the strip club’s real-life founder, insecure and jealous of the Chippendales choreographer.

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‘She Said’ gets it right in showing the work that went into exposing Harvey Weinstein

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan do finely calibrated work as the reporters determined to reveal the truth about the movie mogul’s sex crimes.

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‘Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?’ has fun with a ’90s blunder by the cola company

Breezy Netflix docuseries explains how the sodamaker almost had to buy a fighter jet for a savvy customer.

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‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ slides some mystery into its satire of an upscale marriage gone bad

Masterful stars Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes play to their strengths as the fractured Manhattan power couple.

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‘A Christmas Story Christmas’ fires off bits of nostalgia like Red Ryder BB’s

Peter Billingsley, star of the beloved 1983 holiday movie, returns as a dad going back to his Indiana hometown.

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‘The Menu’: Dark comedy is set in the foodie world and served with a side of horror

Leading a well-cast ensemble, Ralph Fiennes plays a mad genius of a chef whose meal for the dining elite starts snooty and turns deadly.

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Holiday Movie Preview 2022: Our 12 films of Christmas

These promising titles will take audiences to 19th century West Point, 1920s Hollywood, the distant moon Pandora and beyond.

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‘Tulsa King’: Stallone doin’ fine in Oklahoma as a transplanted N.Y. mobster

Movie star is perfectly suited for the instantly engrossing Paramount+ series from the creator of ‘Yellowstone.’

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