Background
Roeper, Richard was born on October 17, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Margaret Roeper.
( A hilarious collection of essays, riffs, and lists that ...)
A hilarious collection of essays, riffs, and lists that celebrate the insanity of Hollywood--for anyone who loves the movies. Richard Roeper, like the rest of us, adores the movies. In this uproarious, off-beat book, he gives us a whole new set of critical lenses for assessing the movies and the people and the industry that make them. With his characteristic acerbic wit, he weaves short essays with lists that work together to explain where Hollywood succeeds--and where it so often frustrates, disappoints, and fails us. But while Roeper devotes most of the book to mockery and ridicule, this book is, in the end, a love letter to film. Some of the essays and lists included in Schlock Value: • Comical statistical breakdowns, including career batting averages of actors • Reviews of Hollywood finances, including budgets, salaries, and ticket prices • A proposed moratorium on pet projects, e.g., Kevin Costner's The Postman or John Travolta's Battlefield Earth • The age differences between Woody Allen and his various leading ladies • Actors appearing around the world in television commercials, including a list of the biggest stars that do overseas commercials--and the products they push Schlock Value is the perfect book for anyone who loves grumbling and complaining about the movies--but still can't help spending their weekends and evenings in front of the screen.
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(Film critic Richard Roeper has seen thousands and thousan...)
Film critic Richard Roeper has seen thousands and thousands of films -- and not all of them were pretty. But as a result he's stored up enough movie knowledge to write this hilarious collection of movie lists. Some of the irreverent, offbeat, and inventive lists in this book are: * 5 Things That Happen When a Wrongly Accused Fugitive Walks into a Bar, a Restaurant, or a Convenience Store * Age Difference Between Michael Douglas and His Leading Ladies * 11 Movies that Employed James Brown's "(I Got You) I Feel Good" to Indicate that a Character Feels Good! * 5 Reasons Why George Bailey Isn't Such a Wonderful Guy in It's a Wonderful Life * 7 Films in Which Ben Affleck Cries Like a Big Fat Baby * The Gross-Out Hall of Fame * 13 Great Perks of Being a Movie Character And so many more . . .
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Roeper, Richard was born on October 17, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Margaret Roeper.
Bachelor, Illinois State University, 1982.
Freelance writer, 1982-1987. Syndicated columnist Chicago-Sun Times, since 1987, New York Times. Regular contributor, film crtic WBBM-television-Columbia Broadcasting System 2, Chicago, since 2002.
And co-host Ebert & Roeper, since 2000. Talk show host Station World's Largest Store -FM, Chicago. Commentator Fox Thing in the Morning, Station WFLD-television, Fox television, Chicago.
Contributor, film critic World's Largest Store -Channel 7.
( A hilarious collection of essays, riffs, and lists that ...)
(Film critic Richard Roeper has seen thousands and thousan...)
Member American Federation television & Radio Artists, Chicago Newspaper Guild.