Ebert & Roeper - 01 06 08 - guest host A O Scott torrent

NOTE: Inexplicably, the picture goes black with no sound for about 10 seconds during the review of There Will Be Blood. This review will eventually appear on the Ebert & Roeper site if you wish to see the missing part.

Ebert & Roeper - January 6th, 2007 - with guest host A.O. Scott, film critic for The New York Times

---- New movies this week:
The Bucket List
The Orphanage - (from Spain)
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
There Will Be Blood
Honeydripper
Persepolis

--- Next Week
The Worst Movies of 2007

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SPOILERS - The following list gives the thumbs up or thumbs down vote which the movies received. (Scott - Roeper)
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The Bucket List - down - (kind of liked it) up
-- Jack Nicholson - Morgan Freeman - Sean Hayes - Rob Morrow

The Orphanage - (mild) up - up
-- from Spain
-- presented by Guillermo del Toro - (Pan\'s Labyrinth)
-- Belen Rueda

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep - down - down
-- Alex Etel - Emily Watson - Ben Chaplin - Brian Cox

There Will Be Blood - (huge thumbs) up - (huge thumbs) up - \"unforgettable filmgoing experience\"
-- based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair
-- written & directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - (Magnolia - Boogie Nights - Punch-Drunk Love - etc. )
-- Daniel Day-Lewis - Dillon Freasier

Also in theaters now:

Honeydripper - up - up
-- written & directed by John Sayles - (Matewan - Lone Star - Men with Guns - City of Hope)
-- Danny Glover - Charles S. Dutton

Persepolis - (big thumbs) up - (big thumbs) up
-- animated film - \"an epic and deeply moving story about an Iranian\'s girl\'s post revolution journeys\"

---Thumbs Up Video
--Scott:
3:10 to Yuma - 2007 - (amazon)
--Roeper:
Zodiac - 2007 - (amazon)

---NEW ON VIDEO
Shoot \'Em Up - up - down
Death Sentence - down - down
Sunshine - down - down - ( beautiful but disappointing )

---Now In Theaters
National Treasure: Book of Secrets - down - down
Charlie Wilson\'s War - (can\'t quite) down - (loved) up
The Great Debaters - (very satisfying) up - (big thumbs) up

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