Richard Roeper
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Magazine Dreams (2023)
80%
3/4
““Magazine Dreams” is a portrait of a man who is running out of time to get it together lest he fall utterly and tragically apart.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 19, 2025
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The Alto Knights (2025)
39%
3/4
“It’s a privilege to witness one of the best actors of all time, still at the top of his game.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 19, 2025
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The Electric State (2025)
15%
1.5/4
““The Electric State” wants us to believe it has something important to say about technology taking over the world and the pitfalls of prejudice, but it’s a giant serving of empty calories.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 14, 2025
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Black Bag (2025)
96%
3.5/4
“This is a movie made by and starring artists who clearly love the genre, and aside from the technology, one could see this playing in theaters and pleasing crowds in the 1970s.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 13, 2025
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Opus (2025)
41%
1.5/4
“Green is clearly talented and delivers consistently arresting visuals, but the messages are delivered with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, and the performances from the skilled cast are often way, way over the top.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 13, 2025
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Novocaine (2025)
81%
2.5/4
“Despite the stylish direction from the duo of Dan Berk and Robert Olsen and winning performances by Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, “Novocaine” sputters to the finish line.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 13, 2025
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Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025)
83%
3.5/5
““Last Take” is a gut-wrenching reminder of a terrible tragedy that happened because mistakes were up and down the line — mistakes that were easily preventable if only the proper and safe measures had been taken.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 10, 2025
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Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025)
56%
3/4
“Morris is a master storyteller who expertly mixes together archival footage, new interviews and jarringly creative elements.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 7, 2025
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Mickey 17 (2025)
77%
3/4
““Mickey 17” occasionally loses momentum as it hammers home its points, but this is still a uniquely funny and timely tale.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 6, 2025
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Last Breath (2025)
80%
3/4
““Last Breath” maintains a sense of suspense throughout, and delivers a powerful emotional impact in its final scenes.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 28, 2025
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Riff Raff (2024)
59%
3/4
“Murray’s Boston accent wobbles a bit from time to time, but he and Davidson are hilarious and yet somehow suitably menacing as a couple of killers who will shoot you dead just because you happened to hear their names.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 27, 2025
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My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
95%
3.5/4
“Some of the resolutions of this myriad of conflicts and issues are perhaps a bit too tidy, but this is a richly layered and truly moving set piece, with a smart and insightful screenplay and great performances from the ensemble cast.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 27, 2025
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Millers in Marriage (2024)
56%
3/4
““Millers in Marriage” is all about how one navigates the second extended act of one’s adult life.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 21, 2025
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The Monkey (2025)
78%
3/4
“Everyone knows this is a gory B-movie where taste is not an issue, and they play their roles accordingly.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 21, 2025
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Cleaner (2025)
50%
3/4
““Cleaner” is “Die Hard,” just with different people.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 19, 2025
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The Gorge (2025)
63%
3/4
“This is a great-looking movie with star-power leads, and not for a second is any of it even close to being plausible, and we’re just fine with that.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 14, 2025
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Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
48%
3/4
“The pleasures offered in “Captain America: Brave New World” are neither grand nor groundbreaking, but they’re consistent and earned.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 13, 2025
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Rounding (2022)
63%
3/4
“Namir Smallwood is superb in his portrayal of James, who is either going to get it together or fall apart.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 12, 2025
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Love Hurts (2025)
19%
1.5/4
“If you think love hurts, try sitting through this without seriously considering a dash for the exits. Talk about painful.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 7, 2025
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Bring Them Down (2024)
90%
3/4
“With magnificent performances from the ensemble and a “Rashomon” technique that tells this horrific and hauntingly vicious story from two sides, “Bring Them Down” is one of those one-off movies that you owe it to yourself to see once.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 6, 2025
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Green and Gold (2025)
67%
3.5/4
“Even those of us who bleed Navy blue and burnt orange can embrace the messaging and the spirit of “Green and Gold.”” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 31, 2025
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Love Me (2024)
47%
2/4
““Love Me” is an empty-calories movie with not much food for thought.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 31, 2025
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Companion (2025)
93%
3.5/4
““Companion” is darkly funny and has some great jump scares, but it’s also a meditation on how some men have a default switch that makes it far too easy for them to be manipulative and abusive” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 29, 2025
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You're Cordially Invited (2025)
48%
3/4
“Ferrell and Witherspoon play off each other with impeccable timing, and the supporting cast is universally terrific.” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 29, 2025
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Into the Deep (2025)
24%
2.5/4
“This is a serviceable, suitably gory and intermittently scary film with some solid action sequences. ” –
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 24, 2025
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