Recommends motion pictures to rent, lists cast and credits, and explains why men or women would enjoy the film

He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies

Roeper, Richard

Viera, Laurie

Reference

St. Martin's: Griffin

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 . . .

10 Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed: And Other Surprising Movie Lists

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Hyperion

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, offbeat 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.

Schlock Value: Hollywood at Its Worst

Over the last 40 years, Richard Roeper has attended White Sox games, watching as his team established a losing streak that was almost unparalleled in major league baseball history. In this account of what it was like to grow up a White Sox fan in a Cubs nation, Roeper covers the recent history of the organization, from the heartbreak of 1967 and the South-Side Hit Men to the disco demolition and the magical 2005 season when they became world champions. Encapsulating what it means to be a baseball fan, root for the same sorry team no matter what, and find vindication, this history of the White Sox is flavored with trivia; anecdotes about players, owners, and broadcasters; plus Roeper’s own humorous and personal reminiscences.

Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz

History

Americas

Chicago Review Press

An account of what it was like to grow up a White Sox fan in a Cubs nation, this title covers the history of the organisation, from the heartbreak of 1967 and the South-Side Hit Men to the disco demolition and the magical 2005 season when they became world champions.

You know what's really going on, don't you? Flight 93 secretly landed in Cleveland, where the passengers were whisked off to a NASA facility. Nostradamus predicted JFK Jr.'s plane crash, which was engineered by the One World Government. Online poker sites are rigged to knock out the short stacks. Donald Rumsfeld was behind the bird flu panic.
That's what it's like to live inside the mind of the 21st-century conspiracy theorist, who believes that all you have to do is look at the signs and you'll see what's really going on. And thousands if not millions of people actually believe this is the way the world works.
Debunked! is a breezy but fact-filled dissection of more than two dozen of the most popular urban legends and conspiracy theories of the 21st century. As he did in Urban Legends and Hollywood Urban Legends, and as he has done in dozens of columns for the Chicago Sun-Times over the last decade and a half, Richard Roeper lays out the basics of each conspiracy theory, quotes some of the true believers—and then tears the theory apart with his bare hands.
This book will provide you with invaluable ammunition for the next time you communicate with someone from that other, shadow world—that place where secret tribunals pull the strings and influence the outcome of everything from terrorist attacks to professional sporting events.

Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century

Humor

Recounts dozens of stories that have become part of contemporary folklore even though they have no basis in fact, and reveals the truth behind each legend

Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True

Career Pr Inc

Recounts dozens of stories that have become part of contemporary folklore even though they have no basis in fact, and reveals the truth behind each legend.

Puzzles & Games

New Page Books

Recounts stories written and circulated via email and the Internet regarding Hollywood stars past and present, from John Wayne's supposed draft dodge to Mel Gibson's barroom brawl, and reveals the truth behind such legends.

Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music

Was Marilyn Monroe really a size 16? Was Lucille Ball a communist? And what's the truth about the infamous bloopers on such shows as The Newlywed Game, Password, and The Tonight Show? In a town that thrives on rumor and gossip, urban legends proliferated long before the term was coined. Now the brightest new voice about the movies brings his distinctive style of investigative reporting and compelling storytelling to bear on the most persistent legends involving the people who bring us the movies, TV shows, and music we love so much. As co-host of Ebert &amp; Roeper and a celebrated syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roeper has devoted at least a column a week to the buzz from Hollywood and the countless urban legends that emanate from Tinsel Town. Now available in paperback, Richard Roeper recounts these stories in Hollywood Urban Legends, as he gives us the truth behind the most deliciously false stories about our favorite stars.

Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind Alll Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Film, Television, and Music

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Books by Roeper, Richard

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He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies

10 Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed: And Other Surprising Movie Lists

Schlock Value: Hollywood at Its Worst

Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz

Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz

Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century

Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True

Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True

Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music

Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind Alll Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Film, Television, and Music