Ebert & Roeper - 12.23.07 - guest host Michael Phillips

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!



Ebert & Roeper - December 23rd, 2007 - with guest host Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune



---- New movies this week:

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

P.S. I Love You

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - (first reviewed 12.09.07)

Charlie Wilson's War

The Great Debaters



--- Next Week

Best of the Year



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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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National Treasure: Book of Secrets - down - down

-- Nicolas Cage - Jon Voight - Helen Mirren - Ed Harris - Diane Kruger - Harvey Keitel



P.S. I Love You - down - up

-- Hilary Swank - Gerard Butler - Harry Connick Jr. - Lisa Kudrow - Gina Gershon - Kathy Bates



Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - down - (big thumbs) up - (first reviewed 12.09.07)

-- John C. Reilly - Kristen Wiig - Jenna Fischer



Charlie Wilson's War - (can't quite) down - (loved) up

-- Tom Hanks - Julia Roberts - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Amy Adams



The Great Debaters - (very satisfying) up - (big thumbs) up

-- directed by Denzel Washington - ( Antwone Fisher )

-- Denzel Washington - Nate Parker - Forrest Whitaker - John Heard



---Thumbs Up Video

--Phillips:

The Jason Bourne Collection

Charmed - The Complete First Season

--Roeper:

James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set

Harry Potter Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set

Rocky - The Complete Saga Collection

The Hills - The Complete First Season - (cautionary recommendation - if the writers strike continues we'll be stuck with crap like this)



---NEW ON VIDEO

Eastern Promises - ("I liked this movie a lot...") up - ("very very strong film...") up

The Kingdom - down - (mild thumbs) up

The Heartbreak Kid - (way) down - (way) down



---Now In Theaters

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

Alvin and the Chipmunks - down - down

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



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