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Review of The Miracle Club (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Jul 2023

The Miracle Club contains few surprises, but that’s kind of the point of these kinds of movies, yes…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Jul 2023

The cloak-and-dagger stuff with the appropriately named Grace is reminiscent of a mid-20th century Cold War film…

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Review of The Out-Laws (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 07 Jul 2023

As much as I’ve enjoyed Adam DeVine’s work, he’s played variations on this same guy for nearly two decades now (he’s 39) and the man-child…

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Review of Biosphere (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 06 Jul 2023

These neat little notes are dropped like so many breadcrumbs along the trail and offer some clever hints about the larger storyline, but that…

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Review of Prisoner's Daughter (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jul 2023

Catherine Hardwicke’s sharply drawn, slow-simmer domestic drama Prisoner’s Daughter has the cool vibe of an indie film from a generation…

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Review of Joy Ride (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jul 2023

I avoid saying a comedy is “laugh out loud hilarious” unless that’s literally true, but I laughed out loud at least a half-dozen times…

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Review of WHAM! (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Jul 2023

There’s no overreaching attempt to paint the band as anything more than they were, no roster of professors and music experts and somber social…

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Review of Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 30 Jun 2023

We’re left with the feeling that while Rock Hudson enjoyed an often-spectacular career and a rich and full and glamorous life, the real Roy…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Jun 2023

Dial of Destiny has a few clever ideas and some well-crafted action sequences, but the main plot line is creaky, corny and contrived, and the…

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Review of Run Rabbit Run (2024)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Jun 2023

It’s a great-looking ride with a few legitimate jump-scares and some suitably chilling imagery, but the finale leaves us frustrated and let…

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Review of Surrounded (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Jun 2023

With Surrounded, Mandler solidifies his standing as a talented and versatile filmmaker, with Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell burning up the screen…

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Review of No Hard Feelings (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 21 Jun 2023

In the hands of director and Stevenson High School grad Gene Stupnitsky (“Good Boys”), who co-wrote the screenplay with John Phillips,…

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Review of Asteroid City (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 20 Jun 2023

There are so many Wes-ian constructs at play here, so many deliberate attempts to keep us at a distance, it’s as if we’re standing on a…

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Review of Extraction 2 (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 Jun 2023

While Extraction 2 doesn’t match the original action thriller from 2020 as it embraces so many clichés I lost count, it’s still a rousing…

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Review of Maggie Moore(s) (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 Jun 2023

This is an uneven film with a couple of glaring inconsistencies, but director Slattery has a fine sense of framing and pacing, and the top-notch…

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Review of The Blackening (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 14 Jun 2023

With the ensemble cast doing superb work, The Blackening is a horror comedy that packs a serious punch…

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Review of The Flash (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Jun 2023

Despite a far-too-long running time and a second half that often relies on audience-pleasing gimmickry in favor of a compelling story arc,…

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Review of Flamin' Hot (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Jun 2023

Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hot is a well-made but overly conventional and borderline corny (pardon the pun) biopic chronicling the rags-to-riches…

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Review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 07 Jun 2023

Finally, a sci-fi action mega-movie filled with CGI battles in which barely distinguishable foes hurl each other about while delivering unspeakably…

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Review of Shooting Stars (2023)

By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jun 2023

An entertaining docudrama that rarely digs beneath the surface but serves as a bright and inspirational reminder of a time when basketball…

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