Nicolas Roacho Archives - The Daily Illini

Review | ‘Invincible’ returns with a powerful second season

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 16, 2024

‘50 years of Kansas’ and they still electrify the audience at Virginia Theatre

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 15, 2024

O.J. Simpson dead at 76

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 11, 2024

Review | Not so ‘Immaculate’ after all

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 10, 2024

Review | ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire;’ When is nostalgia too much?

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 5, 2024

Review | ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ is mind-numbing, monster sized fun

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • April 3, 2024

Review | ‘Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth’ breaks all of its limits

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 30, 2024

‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan to receive knighthood

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 28, 2024

Best of CU | Best Mexican Food: Maize Mexican Grill

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 28, 2024

Best of CU | Best Off-Campus Entertainment: AMC Champaign 13

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 28, 2024

Review | ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ plays it safe with disappointing sequel

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 12, 2024

96th Academy Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ drops the bomb, takes Best Picture

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • March 11, 2024

Review | ‘Dune: Part Two’: A modern sci-fi classic unlike anything else

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • February 29, 2024

Review | ‘Madame Web’: $10 and 116 minutes I’ll never get back

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • February 20, 2024

Review | ‘Argylle’ is a lazy, muddled mess

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • February 5, 2024

Review | Billy Joel returns with emotional ballad ‘Turn the Lights Back Onʼ

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • February 4, 2024

Carl Weathers dies at 76

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • February 2, 2024

Review | The Last of Us Part II Remastered is a great upgrade for a not-so-great price

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • January 30, 2024

96th Oscar nominations see ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Poor Things’ dominate

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • January 23, 2024

Review | buzz picks the best films of 2023

By Dhruv Baronia, Saagar Kolachina and Nicolas Roacho • January 9, 2024

buzz picks the most anticipated video games of 2024

By Pratim Vasireddy and Nicolas Roacho • January 3, 2024

Review | buzz picks the worst films of 2023

By Nicolas Roacho and Saagar Kolachina • December 30, 2023

Column | Is ‘The Exorcist’ still the ‘scariest movie of all time’ 50 years later?

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 26, 2023

Review | ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is a disappointing farewell to the DCEU

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 24, 2023

Jonathan Majors found guilty for harassment, assault, dropped by Marvel

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 18, 2023

The fifth day of buzzmas | Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas movie?

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 18, 2023

Review | ‘Wonka’ excels musically, brings fun addition to original story

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 18, 2023

The Game Awards 2023: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ awarded Game of the Year

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 8, 2023

Review | ‘Godzilla Minus One’ contains awesome carnage, humanizes characters well

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • December 3, 2023

Review | ‘The Marvelsʼ shows that the MCU continues to decline in quality

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • November 15, 2023

‘Alan Wake 2,’ ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ lead The Game Awards nominations

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • November 13, 2023

Review | ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ swings its way to greatness on PS5

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • November 13, 2023

Column | Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’ is still perfect 50 years later

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • November 9, 2023

SAG-AFTRA reaches deal with entertainment companies, ending 118-day strike

By Nicolas Roacho, Staff Writer • November 8, 2023

Review | ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ tries to please hardcore fans, fails to please general audiences

By Nicolas Roacho and Kiran Bond • October 29, 2023

‘Friends’ actor Matthew Perry dies at 54

By Lillie Salas, Nicolas Roacho and Kiran Bond • October 28, 2023

Column | ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is a triumph, stays true to Osage culture

By Nicolas Roacho, Contributing Writer • October 22, 2023

Review | ‘The Boys’ spinoff ‘Gen V‘ starts super-strong

By Nicolas Roacho, Contributing Writer • October 2, 2023

Review | What to know about ‘Saw Xʼ before watching

By Nicolas Roacho, Contributing Writer • September 30, 2023