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The Latest Articles by Richard Roeper

‘Chad and JT Go Deep’: Pranksters achieve moments of hilarity playing idiot activists in California

The bits are sometimes juvenile, sometimes amusing in fake Netflix documentary series.

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‘Spin Me Round’: Erratic pasta-restaurant comedy doesn’t quite stick

Alison Brie and the cast are fantastic, but the story veers unsuccessfully from light to dark to silly.

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‘House of the Dragon’: HBO’s entertaining prequel has all the gore, gravity and gut-punch power of ‘Game of Thrones’

The location shots are beautiful and lush, and the strong cast includes familiar veterans along with some greatly talented relative newcomers.

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‘Beast’: Revenge-minded lion hunts Idris Elba in a gorgeous but goofy horror safari

The big cat shows astonishing tracking and survival instincts as he preys on a tourist, his two daughters and his friend

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‘Look Both Ways’: It’s two fun romcoms in one as Netflix film shows a pair of paths for heroine

Utterly endearing Lili Reinhart plays a contented mom in one scenario and an ambitious dreamer in the other.

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‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ a campy and straightforward entertaining entry in the Marvel saga

She-Hulk’s look adds to the campy fun of this borderline silly but always entertaining chapter in the never-ending Marvel saga.

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‘Better Call Saul’ series finale a fitting end to a brilliant television journey

“Better Call Saul” evolved into arguably the greatest spin-off series in the history of television, a near-equal to “Breaking Bad.”

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Brilliantly acted, written ‘Bad Sisters’ is wildly appealing series

From the get-go, this extremely well-acted and darkly hilarious series has an addictively wicked appeal.

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Solid Netflix doc takes no sides in revisiting Manti Te’o and his girlfriend hoax

Two-part ‘Untold’ film reveals pain still felt by the former Notre Dame linebacker as well as the remorse of the catfisher who duped him.

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‘The Princess’: HBO’s mash-up of old Diana footage tells us nothing

While well-edited, the collection of clips with no context or narration ends up seeming pointless, and rather hypocritical.

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‘Day Shift’: Jamie Foxx hunts vampires in humdrum Netflix action film

Weak buddy-movie premise pairs the tapped-out hero with a geeky partner (Dave Franco).

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‘Five Days at Memorial’: How Katrina forced life-or-death decisions at a New Orleans hospital

Vera Farmiga leads the strong cast of Apple TV+ series that provokes thought about a grave ethical issue.

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‘Emily the Criminal’: Aubrey Plaza takes up credit card fraud in a performance several points above prime

As a desperate woman embracing her dark side, actor does richly layered work in neo-noir thriller.

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ a smart horror comedy about some very dumb people

Instead of banding together when the bloodshed starts, narcissistic millennials and Gen Z-ers start backstabbing one another in devilishly funny slasher satire.

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‘I Just Killed My Dad’: Strong true-crime series recalls a teen’s violent response to years of abuse

Anthony Templet, who confessed immediately after the shooting, tries to explain himself in skillfully made, three-part documentary on Netflix.

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‘The Sandman’ finally comes to life with dream cast and surreal visuals

Netflix giving us a lush, moody and ambitious adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s graphic novels.

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‘Sharp Stick’: Everyone in Lena Dunham’s troublesome film starts out lost, stays there

Naive young woman has a disturbing sexual awakening in movie from the creator of ‘Girls.’

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‘Prey’: Terrific Hulu action film pits rising star against the Predator

Amber Midthunder, captivating and powerful, plays a Comanche teen taking on the translucent monster in 1719.

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‘I Love My Dad’: Not much funny about a cruel man tricking his suicidal son

Patton Oswalt plays the estranged father posing online as a young woman in the off-putting would-be comedy

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‘They/Them’: Slasher stalks LGBTQ teens at a ‘conversion’ camp in Peacock’s twisty horror movie

Wonderful young actors play the campers getting guidance from a disarmingly kind counselor (Kevin Bacon).

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Wildly entertaining ‘Bullet Train’ handles its plot turns with finesse

Brad Pitt brings all his star power to a high-speed action film that transcends the usual cookie-cutter assassin stories.

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‘Paper Girls’: Time-traveling tweens repeat themselves in sluggish sci-fi series

In the future, the kids on the Prime Video show keep meeting their grown-up selves, a plot turn that becomes tedious.

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‘Alone Together’: As COVID-19 starts a pandemic, Katie Holmes starts a sweet relationship

Actor also writes and directs lovely romantic drama.

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‘Not Okay’: Social media movie has logic problems but also much to like

The always wonderful Zoey Deutch stars as an influencer wannabe whose deception goes too far.

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‘Thirteen Lives’: Ron Howard’s film depicts Thai cave rescue at both epic and intimate scale

Heroes dive for hours to save the trapped boys in intense, real-life adventure.

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