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The Latest Articles by Richard Roeper

‘Frasier’: I hear the blahs a-calling on sitcom’s uninspired reboot

On new Paramount+ episodes, Kelsey Grammer slides effortlessly back into his signature role. But there’s no Niles or Daphne, just predictable scenarios and standard-issue one-liners.

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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ possesses none of the original’s thrills

With the devil inside two girls now, this film has double the exorcisms but about 10% of the Scare Value of the 1973 classic.

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‘Totally Killer’ blends horror, time travel into a cheery slasher comedy

Cast is great, dialogue is snappy and sometimes the story even makes sense.

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‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ an engrossing achievement by the late, great William Friedkin

Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Clarke star in Showtime’s crisp version of the classic, updated to the present day to allow for more diversity.

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‘She Came to Me’ characters are too unbearable to be funny

Peter Dinklage and Marisa Tomei star in the strange story of a N.Y. composer, his high-strung wife and a seductive tugboat captain.

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‘The Royal Hotel’ offers subtle menace as drunks harass the new help at a remote pub

Julia Garner (‘Ozark’) and Jessica Henwick do impressive work as the backpackers stuck working at a foreboding Australian tavern.

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‘The Road Dog’: Every line, every sad club feels real in portrait of a self-destructive comic

Veteran stand-up Doug Stanhope gives a brilliant performance as a comedian who squandered every chance at happiness and stardom.

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‘Reptile’: Benicio Del Toro’s mesmerizing detective elevates a convoluted thriller

As Netflix film tracks his investigation of a murder, it lingers on his relationships with his wife (Alicia Silverstone) and fellow cops.

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‘Heist 88’: Drab Chicago crime thriller just robs you of your time

Despite some juicy real-life source material and the great Courtney B. Vance in the lead, choppy Showtime film goes about its business in clunky, strained fashion.

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AI thriller ‘The Creator’ is intelligently shot but artificially scripted

The robot bad guys aren’t really that bad in this great-looking sci-fi parable that suffers from schmaltzy dialogue and questionable dramatic choices.

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‘The Kill Room’: Thurman, Jackson show great chemistry in a dark, well-acted art satire

The two ‘Pulp Fiction’ actors play schemers from very different walks of life.

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UFO series ‘Encounters’ won’t sway any skeptics

Netflix documentaries offer intermittently interesting info on four alleged sightings but nothing anywhere near proof.

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‘Fair Play’ a searing, nicely sordid psychosexual thriller in the world of high finance

The toxic romance of two analysts at a hedge fund turns bitter when one gets promoted.

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As ‘The Exorcist’ turns 50, some things to look for in the classic that elevated horror

The movie is returning to theaters and there’s a new 4K Ultra HD package you can possess — unless it possesses you first.

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Provocative ‘Deadlocked’ doc surveys the key Supreme Court appointments of recent decades

On Showtime’s comprehensive series, experts put the decisions of Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist and other legal minds in context.

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‘The Continental’ stylishly sets up the hotel for John Wick

Gritty Peacock series set at the New York inn where elite assassins stay but don’t slay.

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‘Young Love’ brings a Chicago family to endearing, animated life

Laugh-inducing Max series follows the sitcom formula in building out the lives of trio from Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ short.

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‘The Super Models’ profiles 4 icons of style with substance

Apple TV+ docuseries looks back at the successes and setbacks of an era’s foremost faces of fashion: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington.

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Enthralling new ‘Chicago Stories’ docs recount milestone events in rich detail

Films on WTTW-Channel 11 offer context for key junctures from the Our Lady of the Angels fire to Mayor Richard J. Daley’s urban renewal efforts,

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Netflix film ‘The Saint of Second Chances’ looks back at Mike Veeck’s highs and lows

Memorable documentary profiles Bill Veeck’s charismatic son through Disco Demolition, some dark years, a zany comeback in St. Paul and a family heartbreak.

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‘Dumb Money’: It’s worth investing your time in subversively funny take on GameStop stock saga

Lively performances by Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson make sure the complex financial story never feels like a lecture.

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‘A Haunting in Venice’: Ghostly sights stump Poirot (briefly) in instantly involving murder mystery

Kenneth Branagh is joined by wonderful international cast including Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Dornan.

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‘The Morning Show’: Newscasters can’t stay out of the headlines on Apple’s juicy 21st century soap

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and now Jon Hamm play the supposedly smart people doing intriguingly dumb things.

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‘Welcome to Wrexham’ keeps passing ball to the fascinating players and fans

As celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bring money and attention to underdog Welsh footballers, they avoid stealing focus on the team’s charming documentary show.

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‘The Changeling’: Overlong horror series offers only occasional flashes of brilliance

LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo star in frustratingly uneven Apple TV+ adaptation of the best-selling adult fairy tale.

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