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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.”

Inspired by Pop-Tarts, the Netflix comedy serves jokes that are just as weird and flat.
Jeff Daniels leads a gifted cast in Netflix’s soapy adaptation of the satirical Tom Wolfe novel.
When you’ve got jaw-dropping stunts and the playful chemistry of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, who cares whether the plot holds up?
Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine make a dazzling duo in Prime Video’s love story with just the right amount of cringe.
Elisabeth Moss commands the screen as MI6 agent rescuing a woman key to stopping a terrorist attack.
The Chicago native and his fellow master of sarcasm teamed up for an especially entertaining edition of “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.”
At 70, the screen stalwart charms as reformed thief with a goofball brother and an inscrutable ex.
In a future when the government pushes human sacrifice, family members face a cruel but captivating dilemma.
Like no superhero movie before it, the subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain’s origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags.