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Movie Reviews by Michael W. Phillips, Jr. - Page 9 of 27

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Review of Hero (2015)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 02 May 2006

Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts…

Review of Hero (1989)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 02 May 2006

Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts…

Review of Hero (1982)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 02 May 2006

Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts…

Review of Hero (2012)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 02 May 2006

Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts…

Review of Hero (1983)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 02 May 2006

Each scene is a painting; within those paintings is a ballet of movement, in the guise of wire-aided martial arts…

Review of The Champ (1931)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

Beery, a former vaudeville comedian and cross-dresser, is an expert at physical comedy: his drunk act isn't very realistic, but it's fun to watch…

Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

It almost completely lacks the moody atmosphere and tight pacing of the previous two films…

Review of The New World (2005)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

There are so many mysteries in this film, and Malick's greatest achievement was to suggest them without forcing answers on us…

Review of Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire (2004)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

A rendition of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's classic vampire story 'Carmilla,' tossed in a wannabe-Tarantino blender with soft-core porn and zombies…

Review of Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

It's a fun movie, with a clever premise and the usual dependable performances by Rathbone and Bruce…

Review of Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

Once the fireworks start, though, it's nonstop action and suspense, with a particularly ingenious ending that pits Holmes against the killer's ego…

Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

The pacing is slack, the big mystery not mysterious enough, and the showdowns between Holmes and Moriarty a bit too silly for my taste…

Review of The Champ (1931)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

Beery, a former vaudeville comedian and cross-dresser, is an expert at physical comedy: his drunk act isn't very realistic, but it's fun to watch…

Review of The Pearl of Death (1944)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

It's certainly not the worst film in the series, but it's pretty weak…

Review of Decision Before Dawn (1951)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 01 May 2006

The film manages to be suitably hard on the Nazi regime while providing one of the first sympathetic treatments of the German people…

Review of Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 18 Mar 2006

Wilder's work is known for its bitter cynicism and able balancing of absurdity with dead seriousness, but this film, while enjoyable, shows…

Review of Workingman's Death (2005)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 18 Mar 2006

Visually, technically, the film is undeniably a work of art, with all aspects -- sound, editing, cinematography, music -- coming together in…

Review of Final Destination 3 (2006)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 25 Feb 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…

Review of The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 25 Feb 2006

An unheralded near-masterpiece, The Eagle and the Hawk is among the strongest antiwar statements put on film…

Review of Broken Flowers (2005)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 04 Feb 2006

It's about questions, not easy answers, and its refusal to provide them might frustrate some viewers unaccustomed to Jarmusch's elliptical style…

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