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The Latest Articles by Richard Roeper

Bill Walton doc bursts with joy and color — like the aging hippie himself

‘30 for 30’ bio traces his life as high school and UCLA phenom, activist, NBA pro and controversial commentator.

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Teenage LeBron forms lifelong bonds in entertaining Peacock film ‘Shooting Stars’

Engaging young actors play the future superstar and his loyal high school teammates.

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‘Across the Spider-Verse’ amazes with its many, visually glorious worlds

Animated sequel has all the elements of a great summer blockbuster but keeps the story spinning too long.

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‘Sanctuary’ creeps are less interesting than they think they are

Rich businessman and his predatory dominatrix play mind games in the empty-calorie sexual drama.

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Monster gives a grieving family more grief in stylish horror film ‘The Boogeyman’

Widowed man’s children have reason to be afraid of the dark.

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When ‘FUBAR’ gives Arnold a terrible joke, soon he’ll be back with another

On the veteran action hero’s first scripted TV series, the premise is tired and the comedy stinks.

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Halle Bailey’s emergence as ‘The Little Mermaid’ star goes swimmingly

Charismatic singer wins us over in live-action Disney remake that comes close to wearing out its welcome.

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Everyone’s avoiding the bitter truth in smart, authentic film ‘You Hurt My Feelings’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus delivers smashingly good work as a novelist who overhears her husband being bluntly honest.

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Tag along with best buds Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne on funny show ‘Platonic’

Actors revive their ‘Neighbors’ chemistry on immediately addictive Apple TV+ series

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‘Deep Impact,’ ‘Armageddon’: How two ’98 movies tackled doom from above

25 summers ago, filmgoers had their choice of cataclysmic comet movies — one with big stars and big noise, the other smarter and better.

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A few laughs can’t justify new ‘White Men Can’t Jump’

Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow star in pointless Hulu remake that’s only occasionally amusing.

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‘Fast X’ draws out the chases, fights to the point of tedium

The death-defying, logic-defeating stunts are just as audacious, but the excessive running time feels like a test of patience.

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As he tends to plants, a man buries his loathsome past in gripping ‘Master Gardener’

Joel Edgerton delivers powerful work as Narvel, who turns to the soil to regenerate himself.

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On fascinating ‘Working’ series, Barack Obama learns how people make a living in this moment

The ex-president takes inspiration from Studs Terkel, keeping the Netflix docuseries’ focus on the individuals doing the jobs.

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Anna Nicole Smith doc details the model’s path to stardom and scandalous collapse

In Netflix film ‘You Don’t Know Me,’ friend and relatives look back at her difficult childhood, her improbable marriage and her heartbreaking final years.

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Hapless survivors are mankind’s last hope in funny Netflix series ‘Mulligan’

Nat Faxon, Tina Fey, Dana Carvey and Chrissy Teigen provide voices in animated satire about rebuilding after a worldwide disaster.

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‘The Mother’: Jennifer Lopez can do it all — except play a convincing mercenary

Her heroics, as an expert operative showing her daughter how to kill, strain credulity in dumb Netflix action movie.

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‘Hypnotic’: Ben Affleck’s sci-fi thriller builds to a slam-bang twist ending

William Fichtner and Alice Braga offer great supporting performances in an uneven but at times mesmerizing and dazzling mind-bender of a film.

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Michael J. Fox finds the humor in his plight in moving documentary ‘Still’

While gimmicky at times, Apple TV+ film offers some poignant glimpses of the star’s Parkinson’s symptoms and his 1.21-gigawatt personality.

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‘BlackBerry,’ about the device’s rise and fall, presses all the right buttons

This is one of those whip-smart, character- and story-driven gems that grabs you from the start and never lets go.

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Terrific ‘Class of ’09’ shows FBI trainees at three stages of their lives

Disorienting leaps between timelines mar Hulu series that delivers expertly rendered action sequences and timely commentary about A.I.

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Thought-provoking film ‘Subject’ examines the aftermath of being in a documentary

People from ‘Hoop Dreams,’ ‘The Staircase’ and other classics advise caution before giving others the power to tell your story.

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Girl meets creepy boy in off-putting rom-com ‘Love Again’

Man exploits a texting glitch to deceive a grieving widow, and all with the help of Celine Dion.

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‘Silo’ a fascinating descent into underground world of the future

Part conspiracy thriller, part social commentary, part police procedural, Apple TV+ series holds our interest with intriguing characters and effective twists and turns.

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‘Bupkis’: When Pete Davidson plays himself, the more absurd it gets, the more real it seems

Joe Pesci, Edie Falco bring their A games to Peacock series leaning into the ‘SNL’ comedian’s closely watched life.

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