Ebert & Roeper: 5-27-06

Note: This is a strange one. Basically, it's a flashback episode of all but one of May's Early Summer Season with Blockbusters and other films reviewed earlier are now showing in theatres. And they're getting ready for the next season of "Ebert & Roeper" starting in June instead of September. Possibly due to Scheduling conflicts (too many early reviews to sped-up) and Ebert's illness before his pre-surgery appointment during the Summer and his final appearance leading to rotating guests. Also, there's a technical fault starting at 10:45 with a short clip of Ebert & Roeper review of "Over The Hedge" which is at the end of the program.

Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper reviews "Cars" (Delightful Disney-Pixar film that somehow became everyone's least favorite or underappreciated. But, it's still a great movie with Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Larry The Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, John Ratzenberger and Michael Keaton. From director, John Lasseter.), "X-Men: The Last Stand" (The weakest of the "X-Men" Film Franchise, confusing and complicated storyline, killing off the old and bringing new characters to life and so on. Plus, a miscast director Brett Ratner who did the "Rush Hour" Trilogy taking over for Bryan Singer. Thank goodness for "X-Men: Days of the Future Past" to fixed this problem!); "The DaVinci Code" (Very Overlong and Overrated Mess Mystery Thriller Based on the Best Selling Novel By: Dan Brown. From director, Ron Howard. Starring: Tom Hanks (who collaborated with Howard since "Apollo 13".); Audrey Tatou, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Ian McKellan and Alfred Molina.); "Mission Impossible III" (Easily, the best of the M:I Film Franchise and it just keep getting better and better until the Final Mission, "Dead Awakening: Part 2" will come out on May 23rd. Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Simon Pegg, Lawrence Fishburne and Ving Rhames. From director, J.J. Abrams.); "Poseidon" (Director Wolfgang Peterson's Modern Disaster Remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" with Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Andre Braugher and Stacy Ferguson aka "Fergie".); "Just My Luck" (Very Stupid Romantic Comedy that could have been written for Hilary Duff instead of Lindsay Lohan as the luckiest girl in the world until she falls in love with a handsome but unlucky and clumsy guy played by Chris Pine.) and "Over the Hedge" (A Hilarious Comic-Strip CGI Animated adaptation from DreamWorks! Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church and Allison Janney).

Thumbs Up Video: Ebert & Roeper's picks for the Memorial Day Weekend are "The Guns of Navarone", "Coming Home", "Three Kings" and "Something New".

And a recap of Today's program.

Recorded on KATU ABC 2 in Portland, Oregon with Commercials intact.