RICHARD ROEPER

'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 ''Ebert & Roeper'' with fellow film critic Roger Ebert.

Contents

Early life

Film critic

Books by Richard Roeper

References

External links

Early life

Roeper was born in Dolton, 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.

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. 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.
He is an occasional panelist on the NPR humorous news quiz ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''
Roeper has given some box-office hits thumbs down. '' and '' both received negative reviews 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 ''The 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:

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
1	''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''	''Memento''	''Gangs of New York''	''In America''	''Hotel Rwanda''	''Syriana''	''The Departed''
2	''Traffic''	''Vanilla Sky''	''25th Hour''	''Mystic River''	''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''	''The New World''	''The Queen''
3	''The Claim''	''Mulholland Drive''	''Minority Report''	''Lost in Translation''	''The Aviator''	''Crash''	''Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima''
4	''The Contender''	''A Beautiful Mind''	''Y Tu Mama Tambien''	''21 Grams''	''Sideways''	''Munich''	''United 93''
5	''Wonder Boys''	''In the Bedroom ''	''Adaptation''	''Elephant''	''House of Flying Daggers''	''Nine Lives''	''The Lives of Others''
6	''Finding Forrester''	''Amores Perros''	''Signs''	''The Barbarian Invasions''	''Million Dollar Baby''	''Capote''	''Babel''
7	''You Can Count on Me''	''Dinner Rush''	''Rabbit-Proof Fence''	''The Station Agent''	''The Terminal''	''Brokeback Mountain''	''Notes on a Scandal''
8	''Sunshine''	''Happy Accidents''	''About Schmidt''	''Whale Rider''	''Kill Bill Vol. 2''	''A History of Violence''	''The Good Shepherd''
9	''Cast Away''	''The Deep End''	''One Hour Photo''	''Monster''	''Spanglish''	''Walk the Line''	''Little Miss Sunshine''
10	''Almost Famous''	''Shallow Hal''	''About a Boy''	''Seabiscuit''	''Collateral''	''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''	''Blood Diamond''

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

1. http://birthdatabase.com/query.php?textfield=RICHARD&textfield2=ROEPER

External links

★ Ebert and Roeper

★ TV Tome Biography

★ Internet Movie Database Biography

★ Richard Roeper Site at Chicago Sun-Times

★ Movies.com - Movie Reviews and other information from Ebert and Roeper