Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959)^[1] is a columnist/film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and, since September of 2000, has co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper with fellow film critic Roger Ebert. is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. ... At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper is a movie review television program featuring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Early life

Roeper was born in Chicago, Illinois to Bob and Margaret Roeper. He graduated from Illinois State University in 1982 and began working as a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1987. The topics of his columns range from politics to media to entertainment, and he has written several books on film criticism and urban myths. Roeper also has been a radio host on WLS AM 890 in Chicago. He also hosted shows on WLUP-FM, WLS-FM and WMVP-AM in Chicago. He won three Emmy awards for his news commentaries on Fox in the 1990s, and was the film critic for CBS in Chicago for three years in the early 2000s. He was voted the top newspaper columnist in the country in 1992, and has been voted best columnist in Chicago a half-dozen times. Roeper was named one of People Magazine's sexiest bachelors in 2001. He is considered a semi-professional poker player and has appeared on ESPN and at many circuit events. For the last few years Roeper has been dating an actress whom he recently escorted to the Hollywood Film Festival Awards, but he keeps this quiet as he doesn't want to create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Illinois State University is a public university in Normal, Illinois and is the oldest public institution of higher education in the state. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. ... Urban Legend is also the name of a 1998 movie. ...

Film critic

After Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert died in 1999, the series was renamed Roger Ebert & The Movies and featured rotating co-hosts. In what would become an on-air audition that ultimately was whittled down to Joyce Kulhawik, Michaela Pereira, and Roeper, the latter was offered the opportunity to co-host the popular film review show with fellow Chicago Sun-Times columnist Roger Ebert. The series was renamed to Ebert & Roeper at the Movies in 2000 and immediately enhanced Roeper's importance as a film critic. He continues to write his nationally syndicated, award winning general interest columns, and he also contributes long reviews to the Sun-Times and to newspapers across the country. Eugene Gene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was one of the worlds most successful film critics. ... Joyce Kulhawik is the arts and entertainment anchor for WBZ-TV News in Boston. ... -1...

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Roeper has given some box-office hits thumbs down. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl both received negative reviews from him. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a film, released on Wednesday, December 19, 2001, directed by Peter Jackson with a runtime of 178 minutes (2 hours, 58 minutes). ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ...

Beginning in August 2006, while his cohost Roger Ebert was recovering from surgery for thyroid cancer, Roeper was joined by guest critics, including Clerks director Kevin Smith and The Tonight Show host Jay Leno. Thyroid cancer is malignant growth of the thyroid gland. ... This article is about the film. ... For other persons named Kevin Smith, see Kevin Smith (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Douglas Muir Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ...

Roeper has given lists of his ten favorite films of the year, annually, since he began co-hosting the show in 2000. Here are the films that each list comprised:

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Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which has been variously characterized by published film critics as an odd mixture of science fiction, romance, and reality warp [2], part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond[3] a love story, a struggle for the soul, or an... This article is about the film. ... Mystic River is an Academy Award winning American film released in 2003, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The New World is a 2005 movie directed by Terrence Malick and starring Colin Farrell. ... The Queen. ... The Claim is a 2000 British Western/romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom. ... For the street in Los Angeles, see Mulholland Drive. ... Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story of the same name. ... Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Crash is an Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Marines raising the US flag on Iwo Jima in a publicity still from Flags of Our Fathers. ... Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島からの手紙) a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning critically-acclaimed [1][2][3]war film starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya among others, and directed by Clint Eastwood, is about the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of Japanese soldiers. ... For other uses of this term, see Contender. ... A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician. ... Movie poster for Y tu mamá también Y tu mamá también (literally And your mother, too, but released in anglophone markets under the original Spanish title) is a 2001 Mexican movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón that tells a coming-of-age story about the road trip of... 21 Grams is a 2003 drama written by Guillermo Arriaga and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. ... Sideways is a 2004 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy/drama film, co-written and directed by Alexander Payne. ... Munich is a 2005 drama film starring Eric Bana. ... United 93 (formerly named Flight 93) is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning docudrama written and directed by Paul Greengrass that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... Wonder Boys is a 2000 film adaptation of the Michael Chabon novel of the same name. ... In the Bedroom is a 2001 movie directed by Todd Field and starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, and William Mapother. ... film poster Adaptation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... House of Flying Daggers (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), is a 2004 action/romance movie directed by Zhang Yimou. ... Nine Lives may refer to: In film: Ni Liv, Nine Lives, (1957), a Norwegian-language movie The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, 1974 adult animated film Nine Lives (2002 film), a horror film [1] Nine Lives (2005 film), written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia Nine Lives, an episode of... The Lives of Others (original title in German: Das Leben der Anderen) is an Academy Award-winning German film, marking the feature film debut of writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. ... Finding Forrester is a 2000 movie, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant, about a teenager, Jamal Wallace, played by Rob Brown, who is accepted into a prestigious private high school. ... Amores perros is a Mexican film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2000. ... Signs is a 2002 science fiction thriller film directed by M. Night Shyamalan starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, and Abigail Breslin. ... The Barbarian Invasions (French: Les Invasions barbares) is a French Canadian comedy/drama film directed by Denys Arcand. ... Million Dollar Baby is an Academy Award winning 2004 dramatic film directed by Clint Eastwood. ... Capote is an Academy Award-winning 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. ... Babel is a 2006 dramatic film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. ... Bold text You Can Count on Me is a 2000 movie, starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin and Matthew Broderick, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. ... Dinner Rush (2000) is an independent feature film, written by Brian S. Kalata and Rick Shaughnessy. ... Map of the actual Rabbit proof fence showing the trip from Moore River to Jigalong. ... Promotional poster for The Station Agent The Station Agent is a 2003 US independent film about a dwarf who moves to live in an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude. ... The Terminal (2004) is a movie about a man trapped in the JFK International Airport Terminal when he is denied entry into the United States, but cannot return to his country of origin due to a revolution there. ... Brokeback Mountain is an acclaimed and controversial Academy Award-winning 2005 film that depicts a sexual, romantic, and emotional relationship between two alleged men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. ... Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated film adapted from the 2003 novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller. ... This article is about the 1999 István Szabó film. ... Happy Accidents is a 2000 film starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent DOnofrio. ... About Schmidt is a 2002 American film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt and Hope Davis as his daughter Jeannie. ... Whale Rider is a 2002 movie based on the 1987 novel by New Zealand Māori author Witi Tame Ihimaera. ... Kill Bill is the fourth feature film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino released in two parts: Volume 1 & Volume 2. ... A History of Violence is 2005 film, directed by David Cronenberg. ... The Good Shepherd is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 film directed by Robert De Niro (his second directorial effort after A Bronx Tale) and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with an extensive supporting cast. ... For other uses, see Castaway (disambiguation). ... The Deep End was a film released in 2001 which stars Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic and Jonathan Tucker. ... One Hour Photo (2002) is an American psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams. ... Monster is a 2003 film about the life of female serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in 2002 for killing seven men in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Spanglish is a 2004 American film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman. ... For the song, see I Walk the Line. ... For the childrens book character, see Little Miss Sunshine (character). ... Almost Famous is a 2000 film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and released in 2000. ... Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black and Jason Alexander. ... About a Boy is RUBBISH !!!! :( == Headline text == Link titleLink titleLink title About a Boy is a 2002 film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the book of the same name by Nick Hornby. ... Seabiscuit is a 2003 American drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. ... Collateral is a 2004 Academy Award-nominated Dreamworks SKG/Paramount Pictures American drama/thriller/crime film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie, with un-credited rewrites by Mann and Frank Darabont. ... The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 comedy film starring Steve Carell and directed by Judd Apatow. ... Blood Diamond is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 adventure/drama/thriller film. ...

Books by Richard Roeper

• He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies, with Laurie Viera (1999)
• Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully(Weeee!) Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music (2001)
• Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True (2001)
• Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists (2003)
• Schlock Value: Hollywood at Its Worst (2005)
• Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz (2006)

References

External links

• At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper official web site of the show
• TV Tome Biography
• Internet Movie Database Biography
• Richard Roeper Site at Chicago Sun-Times