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Total Reviews: 962
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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2/5
     (2009)      "The film seems constructed to short-circuit your attempts to invest anything in it." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2009)      "I'd actually advise people to buy a ticket, go grab a soy burger, and enter the theater halfway through." [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
     (2009)      "It should probably have been apparent to Apatow, well versed in the structure of comedy on film, that it was far too long." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2009)      "His techniques are so alienating that it's difficult to decide whether we're supposed to feel something for his pretty plastic people." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2009)      "Everything else [except the Basterds themselves] works so beautifully" [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2009)      "The Martinis are not filmmakers, and I wish they had paid more attention in their Production 101 classes." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2009)      "Abrams doesn't get the franchise that Roddenberry created." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2009)      "The Coppola who was master of the 1970s ... is back, and that should make every cinephile weep with joy" [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2009)      "Many other music docs and concert films can give you an idea of how great a band is live, but how many can truly make you feel like you're in the audience?" [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2009)      "A mind-blowing shot of misanthropic, black-comic genius." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2008)      "One of the most exciting and frightening sci-fi/horror films of the last decade." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2008)      "A feature-length elaboration on its own hilarious trailer." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2008)      "Overall, it's an enjoyable sequel, although not up to the admittedly high--heh--standards of the first installment." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (2008)      "Packs its share of compelling questions." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2008)      "From a technical standpoint, Smart People is incredibly lacking" [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2008)      "Serves as proof that Allen's heart isn't in it anymore." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "Concept: excellent. Setup: intriguing. Execution: well... too many interesting ideas bungled." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "Every complaint that's ever been made about comic books or comic book adaptations is accurate when applied to 300." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "This topic deserved better than America's Most Wanted." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2007)      "Defined by grand cinematic gestures that go nowhere." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
0.5/5
     (2007)      "This film's a minor cinematic crime entirely unworthy of my rhymes." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "An ugly, nasty, self-deluding piece of sadistic trash." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "The dull, obvious ending doesn't quite erase the successes of the first half, but it's a close one." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "A smart, efficient little thriller that wears its heredity proudly." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "Enchanting for most of its running time." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "Deus ex machina ... is the only driving force." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "Despite its structural flaws, it often delivers the goods." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2007)      "A little like a study of the American Civil War that discusses the Confederacy without mentioning the Union." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2007)      "It's optimistic, and maybe it doesn't have a heck of a lot to do with history, but it's a tale well told." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
1.5/5
     (2007)      "Even the funny bits are ruined by overemphasis." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (2007)      "Much of the dialogue sparkles with wit and humanity." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "The best thing about the film is a sweet, slightly damaged performance by Drew Barrymore." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2007)      "Literate and convincing." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2007)      "So many things go wrong in the film, but the music is intriguing ... certainly food for thought where the rest of the film leaves us starving." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
5/5
     (2007)      "An embodiment of what the digital revolution was supposed to provide but so often doesn't." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2007)      "The film doesn't know or care who Anwar El-Ibrahimi is outside of how his plight affects the white folks connected with him." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2007)      "It's the execution that matters, and for the most part ... the formula is executed well." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2007)      "A shockingly assured directorial vision." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2006)      "Realism is the main thing -- the only thing, really -- that this film has going for it." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2006)      "A muscular action film blissfully free of winking." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3/5
     (2006)      "A well-made and aggravating (in a good way) character study." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
3.5/5
     (2006)      "It's a hell of a setup, and for the most part Cuaron and company deliver on that promise." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4/5
     (2006)      "The most fun I've had at the movies all year." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2006)      "Like a revved-up show and tell: call it show and tell and tell again." [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   
  
2.5/5
     (2006)      "Unfortunately, nothing else in the film is even in the same galaxy as Hudson's song ['And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going']." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2/5
     (2006)      "This film is the least of the three: it lacks the novelty of the first film and the cleverly morbid humor of the second one." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
4.5/5
     (2006)      "Incredibly honest and emotional filmmaking that's not afraid to slip up in its pursuit of something beautiful." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
  
2.5/5
     (2006)      "The problem is not that they made the wrong movie, but that the movie they decided to make wasn't very good." [movie review]      Goatdog's Movies   
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