Ebert & Roeper - 04.20.08 - guest host Michael Phillips

Ebert & Roeper - April 20th, 2008 - with guest host Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune



---- New movies this week:

88 Minutes

The Life Before Her Eyes

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (first reviewed on 4.6.08)

The Forbidden Kingdom

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

The Visitor



--- Next Week

Iron Man

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Baby Mama



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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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88 Minutes - (way) down - (way) down

-- Al Pacino



The Life Before Her Eyes - down - up

-- directed by Vadim Perelman - ( House of Sand and Fog )

-- Uma Thurman - Evan Rachel Wood - Eva Amurri



Forgetting Sarah Marshall - UP - UP

-- Jason Segel - Kristen Bell - Russell Brand - Jonah Hill - Mila Kunis - Paul Rudd - Bill Hader



The Forbidden Kingdom - (pretty sharp) up - (liked it a lot) up

-- Jackie Chan - Jet Li - Michael Angarano



Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? - (way) down - (way) down

-- documentary



The Visitor - (way) up - (way) up

-- Richard Jenkins - Haaz Sleiman - Danai Jekesai Gurira



---Thumbs Up Video

--Phillips:

The Savages - 2007 - (amazon)

--Roeper:

Charlie Wilson's War - 2007 - (amazon)

Friday Night Lights The Second Season (TV) (amazon)



---NEW ON VIDEO

Starting Out in the Evening - (big thumbs) up - (big thumbs) up

The Orphanage - (mild) up - up



---Phillips' Three to See (favorite movies currently in theaters)

3 - Young @ Heart

2 - The Visitor

1 - Forgetting Sarah Marshall



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