Richard Roeper
Entertainment columnist
Richard Roeper, a Sun-Times contributor since 1987 and a Chicago native, is the author of seven books and the former co-host of “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” He is the film critic for ABC-7’s “Windy City Live.”
As A&E doc reports, the cartoonishly lascivious Bob Guccione found fame and fortune as a publisher but lost every penny and alienated his children.
Villains spoil McCall’s retirement in entertaining franchise entry that works as modern-day ‘Death Wish.’
Oscar winner delivers as usual, but she’s stuck in a plot that goes right off the tracks.
Story of awkward gay girls trying to score has an edgy, cheerfully warped sense of humor
Young Sunny Sandler plays a frazzled teen in Netflix film that leans wonderfully into the culture of the Jewish coming-of-age celebration.
Blockbuster film set in 1962 introduced rising stars and launched a soundtrack boom.
True story of a videogame champ Jann Mardenborough moving to the real track sometimes seems more like a corporate promo.
Race against the clock slowed by ludicrous dialogue, obvious plot turns.
Bloody thriller, filmed in Chicago, makes some points about women in culture between the laughs and the shocks.