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Richard Roeper

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
—	30%	Broken City (2013)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	92%	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	63%	Game Change (2013)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	51%	Trouble with the Curve (2012)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Jan 22, 2013
—	52%	This is 40 (2012)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Jan 22, 2013
3/4	59%	The Last Stand (2013)	" To call "The Last Stand" gratuitously violent is to pay the movie a compliment. It's sort of the whole point." — Chicago Sun-Times Posted Jan 18, 2013
4/5	81%	The Impossible (2012)	" This is an unforgettable tribute to the determination of a very special family." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jan 17, 2013
3/4	30%	Broken City (2013)	" I can't tell you with a straight face "Broken City" is "any good," but I can make the case you'll have a good time even when the screenplay is breaking bad." — Chicago Sun-Times Posted Jan 17, 2013
3/4	66%	Mama (2013)	" "Mama" succeeds in scaring the wits out of us and leaving some lingering, deeply creepy images ..." — Chicago Sun-Times Posted Jan 17, 2013
3.5/5	32%	Gangster Squad (2013)	" Gangster Squad" is a highly stylized, pulp-fiction period piece based on true events." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jan 11, 2013
2.5/5	45%	On the Road (2012)	" Well-intentioned and well-made but self-indulgent exercise tries really hard but falls short." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jan 4, 2013
3.5/5	51%	Promised Land (2013)	" This is a solid if at times too conventional tale of a classic moral conflict." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jan 4, 2013
2/5	61%	Jack Reacher (2012)	" The dialogue is often unintentionally funny and Cruise's performance is all wrong." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 23, 2012
3/5	38%	The Guilt Trip (2012)	" A breezy, funny and warm road-trip comedy." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 20, 2012
2/5	52%	This is 40 (2012)	" At times "This is 40" is brutally funny and brutally honest. Just as often, it's painfully shrill and unpleasant. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 20, 2012
4/5	69%	Les Misérables (2012)	" This is an unforgettable movie going experience, sure to garner multiple Oscar nominations." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 19, 2012
2/5	38%	Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)	" Hyde Park on the Hudson' is a forgettable historical footnote." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 18, 2012
4/5	88%	Django Unchained (2012)	" Tarantino gives us an American Spaghetti Western that's a bloody good time from start to finish. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 14, 2012
2.5/5	65%	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)	" There's no denying the majesty in Peter Jackson's visuals but he's taken a relatively slim children's book and stretched it beyond the limits." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 14, 2012
5/5	93%	Zero Dark Thirty (2013)	" 'Zero Dark Thirty' is the best movie of 2012." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 14, 2012
0/5	4%	Playing for Keeps (2012)	" Smarmy. Dopey. Sloppy. Lazy. Creepy. Tone-deaf. Predictable. Embarrassing. Lousy." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 7, 2012
2/5	75%	Killing Them Softly (2012)	" 'Killing Them Softly' collapses under the crushing weight of the director's narcissism." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 4, 2012
3.5/5	63%	Hitchcock (2012)	" Filmed with lots of style and a macabre sense of humor the master himself would have enjoyed." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 4, 2012
1.5/5	74%	Rise of the Guardians (2012)	" Less-than-compelling storyline." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Dec 4, 2012
4.5/5	92%	Silver Linings Playbook (2012)	" Just about everybody in the cast of David O. Russell's strange and disturbing and deeply romantic new film has the chance to act with a capital A." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 21, 2012
5/5	88%	Life of Pi (2012)	" One of the most remarkable films in recent years." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 21, 2012
2.5/5	48%	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)	" The fifth and final entry in the historically successful "Twilight" franchise is the most self-aware and in some ways the most entertaining." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 19, 2012
4/5	89%	Lincoln (2012)	" "A richly detailed interpretation of all the backroom deals, political horse- trading and compromises Lincoln and his allies had to make to put an end to slavery in America." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 13, 2012
4.5/5	92%	Skyfall (2012)	" This is perhaps the most visually stunning Bond movie ever made. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 7, 2012
4/5	78%	Flight (2012)	" Denzel Washington gives one of his most nuanced and impressive performances. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 4, 2012
4/5	86%	Wreck-it Ralph (2012)	" 'Wreck-It Ralph' combines a fresh idea with a true love for retro pop culture. It's hard not to love this movie." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Nov 1, 2012
4/5	67%	Cloud Atlas (2012)	" It's a polarizing, ambitious, sometimes beautiful and occasionally maddening epic. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 25, 2012
4/5	82%	Seven Psychopaths (2012)	" This is one of the best times I've had at the movies in years." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 14, 2012
5/5	96%	Argo (2012)	" 'Argo' is one of the best movies of the year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 14, 2012
.5/5	21%	Taken 2 (2012)	" A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 14, 2012
3.5/5	81%	Pitch Perfect (2012)	" This is one of the strangest and also one of the more entertaining movies of the year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 5, 2012
4.5/5	87%	Frankenweenie (2012)	" "Frankenweenie" is a chill-inducing delight." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Oct 3, 2012
3.5/5	93%	Looper (2012)	" Writer-director Rian Johnson establishes himself as an original talent who clearly believes storytelling must prevail." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Sep 30, 2012
3.5/5	51%	Trouble with the Curve (2012)	" Trouble With the Curve" is a solid double down the line." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Sep 22, 2012
4.5/5	85%	End of Watch (2012)	" Writer/director David Ayer gives us an authentic, sometimes shockingly gruesome ride along. " — Richard Roeper.com Posted Sep 20, 2012
3.5/5	59%	10 Years (2012)	" '10 Years' is a surprisingly solid variation on a familiar tune." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Sep 19, 2012
3.5/5	64%	The Good Doctor (2012)	" Orlando Bloom gives one of his most interesting performances; It's a creepy, effectively chilling piece of work." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Sep 4, 2012
3/5	58%	Sparkle (2012)	" Sparkle shamelessly piles on the clichés, but it's an entertaining ride throughout." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 30, 2012
0/5	48%	Hit & Run (2012)	" The worst." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 30, 2012
3.5/5	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" Paranorman has a unique look that's equal parts old school and cutting edge." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 30, 2012
.5/5	55%	Bachelorette (2012)	" I'm ready to forget I ever saw it." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 30, 2012
4/5	67%	Lawless (2012)	" Bad-ass from start to finish." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 23, 2012
1.5/5	34%	The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)	" "There comes a point where "Odd Life of Timothy Green" is just too sentimental and too odd."" — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 16, 2012
4/5	65%	The Campaign (2012)	" It's way over the top, but then again, so are most modern political campaigns. Lots of funny s--- here." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 10, 2012
4.5/5	74%	Hope Springs (2012)	" Director to Jones: "Just be yourself." Works for me. Master class in acting from the two leads." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 9, 2012
3/5	31%	Total Recall (2012)	" Casting and visuals are an upgrade, but we get far too many action sequences and not enough of the mind games." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Aug 3, 2012
4.5/5	77%	Killer Joe (2012)	" One of the three best performances of McConaughey's career." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jul 26, 2012
0/5	29%	Red Lights (2012)	" One of the worst movies of this or any other year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jul 26, 2012
4.5/5	87%	The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	" TDKR completes on the great trilogies in movie history." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jul 19, 2012
4/5	56%	People Like Us (2012)	" Some of the strongest writing in any movie so far this year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 29, 2012
4/5	78%	Take This Waltz (2012)	" Brilliant performances in a smart, insightful film." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 28, 2012
4.5/5	55%	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)	" Steve Carell and Keira Knightley make for one of the most unlikely and yet one of the most touching romantic couples of the year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 26, 2012
3.5/5	43%	To Rome with Love (2012)	" Not as creative as "Midnight in Paris," but it's a funny, quirky, frothy diversion." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 22, 2012
3.5/5	35%	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)	" Of course it's ridiculous and tasteless and grotesque. It's ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 22, 2012
3/5	78%	Brave (2012)	" Gorgeous visuals, terrific message, but a decidedly second-tier plot and not a single unforgettable character." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 21, 2012
0/5	21%	That's My Boy (2012)	" Vulgar, tasteless, mean-spirited and most offensive of all--not funny." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 15, 2012
2/5	41%	Rock of Ages (2012)	" Every time an actor belts out a hit, you're reminded that the original, however cheesy, was better." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 15, 2012
2.5/5	34%	Lola Versus (2012)	" Too self-conscious, too slight, too few insights." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 14, 2012
5/5	74%	Prometheus (2012)	" Brilliant. Epic. Haunting. Grotesque. Great." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 8, 2012
3.5/5	48%	Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)	" Vastly superior to Mirror, Mirror in every way. Great work from Charlize Theron." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Jun 1, 2012
3.5/5	70%	Men in Black III (2012)	" It's that rare threequel that doesn't suck. Great special effects, surprising amount of heart." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 24, 2012
—	25%	Mansome (2012)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted May 24, 2012
3.0/5	25%	Mansome (2012)	" An amusing if slight look at the grooming, preening and stylistic ways of the 21st century man." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 23, 2012
4/5	58%	Hysteria (2012)	" One of the smartest, funniest and most charming movies of the year." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 23, 2012
2/5	34%	Battleship (2012)	" Big loud stupid dopey shameless cliched overbearing and did I mention stupid?" — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 18, 2012
2/5	22%	What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)	" Exactly what you'd expect. And that's not a good thing." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 17, 2012
3/5	58%	The Dictator (2012)	" Of course it's offensive and tasteless. That's the point. Sometimes the jokes are excruciatingly funny." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 11, 2012
2/5	38%	Dark Shadows (2012)	" Bipolar film that's equal parts comedy and horror show, with neither element particularly effective." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 9, 2012
—	13%	The Bounty Hunter (2010)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted May 5, 2012
4.5/5	90%	Bernie (2012)	" Has a little bit of an East Texas Fargo feel. Jack Black gives one of his best performances." — Richard Roeper.com Posted May 2, 2012
4.5/5	93%	Marvel's The Avengers (2012)	" One of the great joys of Marvel's The Avengers is its sense of humor about itself." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 30, 2012
3.5	23%	The Raven (2012)	" It's 'Saw' meets 'Sherlock Holmes.' "" — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 27, 2012
3.5	64%	The Five-Year Engagement (2012)	" Sometimes uneven and sometimes beyond gross, but more often it's funny, smart and different." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 27, 2012
—	22%	Raven (2012)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Apr 27, 2012
2/5	20%	The Lucky One (2012)	" Well-acted schmaltz with some gaping plot holes." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 20, 2012
3/5	26%	L!fe Happens (2012)	" Cliched premise rescued by some sharp one-liners and an endearing cast." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 13, 2012
1.5/5	38%	Detention (2012)	" Tries way, way, way too hard. A directorial drum solo that quickly wears out its welcome." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 13, 2012
3/5	38%	Lockout (Unrated) (2012)	" Yes, it's cheesy and derivative. But Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace elevate the material, and it never takes itself seriously." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 11, 2012
—	54%	Bully (2001)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Apr 6, 2012
4.5/5	87%	Bully (2012)	" There's no doubt 'Bully' should be required viewing in every classroom in America" — Richard Roeper.com Posted Apr 5, 2012
2/5	50%	Mirror Mirror (2012)	" 'Mirror, Mirror' is a trippy version of the Snow White story." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Mar 31, 2012
4/5	85%	The Hunger Games (2012)	" Well-paced, well-directed and extremely well acted entertainment." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Mar 22, 2012
3.0/5	85%	21 Jump Street (2012)	" I didn't think we needed a '21 Jump Street,' but it's actually kind of funny." — Richard Roeper.com Posted Mar 15, 2012
—	58%	Red State (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	17%	I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	61%	Final Destination 5 (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	41%	Straw Dogs (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	69%	Tower Heist (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	22%	The Sitter (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	90%	Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	82%	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	85%	The Ides of March (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	58%	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012
—	96%	The Muppets (2011)	— ReelzChannel.com Posted Mar 10, 2012

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