Richard Roeper
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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 Ebert & Roeper with fellow film critic Roger Ebert.
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[edit] Early life
Roeper was born in Dolton, Illinois. 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.
[edit] 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. Ebert & Roeper premiered in 2000 and immediately enhanced Roeper's importance as a film critic, although, as a humorous news columnist, he has been criticized as lacking Ebert's reputation and expertise.
He is an occasional panelist on the NPR humorous news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
He has given some popular films 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 a negative review from him.
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 Tonight Show host Jay Leno.
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 of:
[edit] 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 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)
