Ebert & Roeper - 12.16.07 - guest host Michael Phillips

Ebert & Roeper - December 16th, 2007 - with guest host Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune



---- New movies this week:

I Am Legend

Alvin and the Chipmunks

The Perfect Holiday

Sweeney Todd

Youth Without Youth

The Kite Runner



--- Next Week

Charlie Wilson's War



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SPOILERS - The following list gives the thumbs up or thumbs down vote which the movies received. (Phillips - Roeper)

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I Am Legend - (big thumbs) up - (big thumbs) up - ( "strong" )

-- Will Smith - dog



Alvin and the Chipmunks - down - down

-- Jason Lee - David Cross



The Perfect Holiday - down - down

-- Queen Latifah - Terrence Howard - Morris Chestnut - Gabrielle Union - Charlie Murphy



Sweeney Todd - up - up - ( "one of the must see movies of the holiday season" )

-- Johnny Depp - Helena Bonham Carter - Sacha Baron Cohen - Alan Rickman



Youth Without Youth - (not quite) down - (for adventurous filmgoers) up

-- Tim Roth - Bruno Ganz - Alexandra Maria Lara



The Kite Runner - (close) down - (powerful story) up

-- directed by Marc Forster - ( Finding Neverland - Stranger than Fiction - Monster's Ball )

-- Khalid Abdalla - Homayoun Ershadi



---Thumbs Up Video

--Phillips:

Blade Runner 5 Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition - 1982 - (amazon)

--Roeper:

Once - 2006 - (amazon)



---NEW ON VIDEO

The Simpsons Movie - up - up

Stardust - UP - UP

Balls of Fury - (big) thumbs down - (big) thumbs down



---Now In Theaters

The Golden Compass - up - up

Atonement - down - up

Juno - (loved) UP - (loved) UP - ( "wonderful movie" )



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