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Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) [1] is an American columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor. [2] [3] From 2010 to 2014, he co-hosted The Roe and Roeper Show with Roe Conn on WLS-AM. [4]
In September 2000, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper became the permanent co-host and the show was renamed At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper and later Ebert & Roeper. [5] [61] In 2000, Ebert interviewed President Bill Clinton about movies at The White House. [62] In 2002, Ebert was diagnosed with cancer of the salivary glands.
Reviewing the series for Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper gave a rating of 3.5/5 and said, Laid might be an acquired taste and could be accused of being less than tasteful, but it's funny as hell and even kind of sweet in its own warped way."
Dilys Powell (The Sunday Times) Vasiraju Prakasam (Vaartha) Nathan Rabin (The A.V. Club) Rex Reed (New York Observer) B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly) Frank Rich (Time, New York) Carrie Rickey (Philadelphia Inquirer) Shirrel Rhoades; Richard Roeper (Chicago Sun-Times, At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper) Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader) Jonathan Ross
After Siskel died in 1999, [2] Ebert worked with various guest critics until choosing Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper as his regular partner in 2000. [3] Ebert suspended his appearances in 2006 for treatment of thyroid cancer, with various guest hosts substituting for him.
Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times rated the film 3.5 stars out of 4 called the film a "small but ambitious and metaphysical and deeply poetic gem with big ideas, stunningly original visuals of Chicago — and beautifully honed performances from a cast that includes talented young actors and some veteran performers who bring a grounded, real-world, seen-it-all wisdom to their respective and ...
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Looking back all these years later, it's something of a miracle that, in the days before texts and emails, when you had to communicate by fax and messenger and landline phone calls, so many performers who were used to being the biggest star in the room ...
Richard Roeper writing for the Chicago Sun-Times said "The series is fascinating in that aspect, of culling together so many common traits of these insane sociopaths" yet he was put off by its style, saying that "No subject matter should be off-limits to satire, but the juxtaposition between the upbeat, tongue-in-cheek narration ... and the straightforward documentary visuals comes across as ...