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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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2/5
     (2006)      "Like a revved-up show and tell: call it show and tell and tell again." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1992)      "Miranda Richardson was the best thing about this film." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1984)      "Brilliantly exposes the dark underside of the supposedly happy and benign decade of the 1950s." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
1.5/5
     (1944)      "The bad guys ... are indistinguishable except for their hats, and our hero is indistinguishable from the deck furniture." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
1.5/5
     (2003)      "The digital effects, including many of the fight scenes, are terrible -- TERRIBLE!!!" [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1998)      "Has all the visual punch of ... Terry Gilliam and David Fincher, but lacks the narrative and thematic strength of either of those two." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1974)      "It's the wonderful combination of sly humor and intelligence that characterizes Carpenter's best work." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2005)      "Because it's not a festival of horrors, there's time for viewers to notice how well-made it is." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1965)      "If not for Christie's brilliant performance, I would say that this isn't much above a movie of the week." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1978)      "This is George A. Romero's best film." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
1/5
     (2004)      "Colossal, cheesy, and meaningless." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1951)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (1978)      "Every shot is suitable for framing." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1993)      "It was hysterically funny at times, but the urge to laugh had to compete with the urge to vomit." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1937)      "It's still a compelling film, and it features a novelty: Humphrey Bogart's name isn't at the top of the credits." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (1947)      "[A] deficient noir." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1988)      "Irons deserved an Oscar." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1975)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1951)      "The film manages to be suitably hard on the Nazi regime while providing one of the first sympathetic treatments of the German people." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2001)      "Tilda Swinton carries this movie on her capable shoulders, and with a lesser actress in the lead, I am sure that it wouldn't be getting the rave reviews it is." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1975)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1991)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (1987)      "The film's sole original conceit turns out to be quite silly." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1955)      "A rather straightforward primer on Freudian psychology that was full of some really great noir-influenced shots." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2006)      "Sweeps us along helplessly, basking in the sheer energy of it all." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1939)      "A close-to-brilliant comedy-Western ... until the end." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1945)      "Reveals the masochistic strain in film noir characters, who fume bitterly about their bad luck without ever taking responsibility for their actions." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1947)      "This programmer from RKO has most of the things you'd expect from a low-budget noir, and just enough innovation to please the casual fan." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1973)      "The filmmakers [realize] that they're working within a genre with firmly established conventions are but able to carve out a little niche for themselves." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2002)      "More an Amish reality show than a serious look into the topic." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1954)      "Everything that you need from a suspense thriller." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1919)      "Notable for its surprisingly modern attitude toward homosexuality." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1929)      "Weighed down by a terribly outdated acting style and leaden direction, but George Arliss's Oscar-winning performance makes it watchable." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "A smart, efficient little thriller that wears its heredity proudly." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1930)      "[Shearer] certainly deserved her Oscar for this one." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2004)      "The biggest laughs come from a cameo, which is never a good sign." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (1936)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (2002)      "A very entertaining documentary, further proof that a good doc can be as much fun as a fictional film." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
0.5/5
     (1975)      "This is not a good or enjoyable movie, no matter what the hip guy in your film class says." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
0.5/5
     (2005)      "Only my personal vow never to walk out of a movie kept me in the theater until the end credits." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1919)      "It's generally a smooth, arch, enjoyable romp." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2001)      "If the film fails on some levels, I would rather watch a film that shoots for the moon and falls short than a film that is happy being average." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (1930)      "A historical relic flawed by miscasting but almost redeemed by an unjustly misunderstood ending." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (1991)      "This is a perfect example of a situation where a film doesn't have to make sense to be a compelling and wonderful film experience." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (1992)      "A template for how to make a bad horror film." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
0.5/5
     (2000)      "Unable to add a single new thought or shot to the tired vampire genre." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (1936)      "Although it is a marked improvement on the original film, it's still a bit of a snooze, relying too much on forced comedy and not enough on suspense or fright." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2009)      "Built on a love of old movies, on the special camaraderie that exists when you're sitting there in the dark, screaming and laughing with a bunch of strangers." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (1982)      "This isn't your standard costume drama fare." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2004)      "Perhaps [Bertolucci] was ambivalent about his feelings for the time. Perhaps he was just sloppy." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
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