Ebert & Roeper - 11 11 07 - guest host Michael Phillips torrent

Ebert & Roeper - November 18th, 2007 - with guest host Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune

---- New movies this week:
Beowulf
Margot at the Wedding
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Enchanted
Southland Tales
Love in the Time of Cholera

--- Next Week
The Mist
I'm Not There

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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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Beowulf - (20 good minutes) down - (hell of a good time) up
-- directed by Robert Zemeckis - ( Matchstick Men - Cast Away - Contact - The Polar Express - etc. )
-- Ray Winstone - Anthony Hopkins - Robin Wright Penn - Angelina Jolie - John Malkovich

Margot at the Wedding - (excellent film) up - (big thumbs) down
-- written & directed by Noah Baumbach - ( The Squid and the Whale - etc. )
-- Nicole Kidman - Jennifer Jason Leigh - Jack Black

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - (surprised) up - down
-- written & directed by Zach Helm - ( writer of Stranger Than Fiction )
-- Dustin Hoffman - Natalie Portman - Jason Bateman

Enchanted - up - up
-- Disney animated / live action film
-- Amy Adams - Susan Sarandon - Patrick Dempsey - Rachel Covey - James Marsden - Timothy Spall

Southland Tales - down - (abstract crap) down
-- Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson - Sarah Michelle Gellar - Seann William Scott - Justin Timberlake - many former SNL members

Love in the Time of Cholera - (well intentioned disappointment) down - (guilty pleasure) up
-- Javier Bardem - Giovanna Mezzogiorno

---Thumbs Up Video
--Phillips:
Hairspray - 2007 - (amazon)
--Roeper:
Live Free or Die Hard - 2007 - (amazon)

---NEW ON VIDEO
Rescue Dawn - down - up - "a tough movie going experience... it's also a film you won't soon forget..."
Amazing Grace - up - down

---Now In Theaters
Lions for Lambs - (fumbled thumbs) down - (admirable with flaws thumbs) up
Rails & Ties - down - down
Fred Claus - down - (mild thumbs) up

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