Ebert & Roeper  -  February 17th, 2008 - with guest host [url=https://movies.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/author/rev_auth_scott/index.html]A.O. Scott[/url], film critic for The New York Times

---- New movies this week:
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489099/]Jumper[/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023481/]Step Up 2 the Streets[/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416236/]The Spiderwick Chronicles[/url]  -  (terrible thumbs) down - (mediocre effort) down
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832266/]Definitely, Maybe[/url]
--- and in a direct to DVD segment:
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445935/]Bordertown[/url]
[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466839/]I Could Never Be Your Woman[/url]

--- Next Week
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/]Vantage Point[/url]
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/]Be Kind Rewind[/url]

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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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[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489099/]Jumper[/url]  -  down - down  -  ( \"good looking crap\" )
-- directed by Doug Liman - (Go - The Bourne Identity - Swingers - Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
-- Hayden Christensen - Samuel L. Jackson - Rachel Bilson - Diane Lane

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023481/]Step Up 2 the Streets[/url]  -  (goofy thumbs) up - (not quite thumbs) down
-- Briana Evigan - Robert Hoffman

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416236/]The Spiderwick Chronicles[/url]  -  (terrible thumbs) down - (mediocre effort) down
-- Freddie Highmore - Sarah Bolger - Nick Nolte - Andrew McCarthy - Mary-Louise Parker

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832266/]Definitely, Maybe[/url]  -  UP - UP  -  ( \"appealing, smartly put together movie...\" )
-- Ryan Reynolds - Abigail Breslin - Elizabeth Banks - Rachel Weisz - Isla Fisher - Kevin Kline


DIRECT TO DVD SEGMENT:

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445935/]Bordertown[/url]  -  2006  -  down - up  -  ( \"well intentioned but overwrought\" )
-- Jennifer Lopez - Antonio Banderas

[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466839/]I Could Never Be Your Woman[/url]  -  UP - UP  -  ( \"...though it does have it\'s problems\" )
-- written & directed by Amy Heckerling - (Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Clueless - Johnny Dangerously - European Vacation)
-- Michelle Pfeiffer - Paul Rudd - Saoirse Ronan

	---Thumbs Up Video
		--Scott:
			[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478134/]In the Valley of Elah[/url]  -  2007  -  [url=https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Elah-Tommy-Lee-Jones/dp/B0011V7PSC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1203376057&sr=1-1](amazon)[/url]
		--Roeper:
			[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/]American Gangster[/url]  -  2007  -  [url=https://www.amazon.com/American-Gangster-Two-Disc-Collectors-Washington/dp/B0011HOEY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1203375826&sr=1-1](two disc version)[/url] - [url=https://www.amazon.com/American-Gangster-Three-Disc-Deluxe-Washington/dp/B0011HOEYY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1203375826&sr=1-3](also in a three disc version)[/url]

	---NEW ON VIDEO
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/]Michael Clayton[/url]  -  (big thumbs) up - (big thumbs) up
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804522/]Rendition[/url]  -  down - down
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0757361/]Margot at the Wedding[/url]  -  (excellent film) up - (big thumbs) down

	---Now In Theaters
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770752/]Fool\'s Gold[/url]  -  (way) down - (way) down
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494652/]Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins[/url]  -  (mild) down - (way) down
		[url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/]In Bruges[/url]  -  (worth a visit) up - (big thumbs) up  -  \"make an extra effort to see it\"

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