Ebert & Roeper - 03 23 08 - guest host Michael Phillips torrent

Ebert & Roeper - March 23rd, 2008 - with guest host Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune

---- New movies this week:
Drillbit Taylor
The Hammer
Sleepwalking
The Grand
Under the Same Moon

--- Next Week
21
--- Coming Soon
Leatherheads
Street Kings

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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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Drillbit Taylor - (skip this one) down - (skip this one) down
-- "dreamed up" by John Hughes - co-written by Seth Rogen - produced by Judd Apatow
-- Owen Wilson - Nate Hartley - Troy Gentile - David Dorfman - Leslie Mann

The Hammer - (sweet little LA story) up - (terrific little film) up
-- Adam Carolla - Oswaldo Castillo - Heather Juergensen

Sleepwalking - down - (quietly effecting) up
-- produced by Charlize Theron
-- Charlize Theron - Dennis Hopper - AnnaSophia Robb - Nick Stahl

The Grand - down - down
-- mock documentary
-- Woody Harrelson - Ray Romano - Werner Herzog (?!) - Cheryl Hines - David Cross - Gabe Kaplan (real life poker player) - Chris Parnell - Estelle Harris - Richard Kind

Under the Same Moon - (moving, despite itself) up - (very well done) up
-- from Mexico
-- Adrian Alonso - Kate del Castillo - America Ferrera

---Thumbs Up Video
--Phillips:
Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3
Smart Money - 1931
Picture Snatcher - 1933
The Mayor of Hell - 1933
Lady Killer - 1933
Black Legion - 1937
Brother Orchid - 1940

--Roeper:
The Mist - 2007 - (amazon)

-- films of Anthony Minghella
The English Patient - 1996 - (amazon)
Breaking and Entering - 2006 - (amazon)
Truly Madly Deeply - 1990 - (amazon)
The Talented Mr. Ripley - 1999 - (amazon)

---NEW ON VIDEO
Wristcutters: A Love Story - (happy thumbs) up - (original thumbs) up
The Kite Runner - (close) down - (powerful story) up
The Seeker - down - (no no no) down

---Phillips' Three to See (favorite movies currently in theaters)
3 - The Hammer - (sweet little LA story) up - (terrific little film) up
2 - The Bank Job - (big thumbs) up - (big thumbs) up
1 - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - up - up

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