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Review of The Holiday (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 07 Dec 2006

Characters in The Holiday kiss like reasonable people and don't get into silly arguments that artificially jeopardize their love lives…

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Review of Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 07 Dec 2006

Shut Up & Sing evolves into an engrossing sociological study about brand perception, the fickle nature of fame, the perils of spiraling media…

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Review of American Hardcore (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 30 Nov 2006

American Hardcore harkens back to the time when punk rockers were actual punks, not whining, prefabricated MTV pretty boys…

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Review of The Nativity Story (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 30 Nov 2006

The greatest story ever told has been made into one of the worst movies of the year…

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Review of Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 23 Nov 2006

Yeah, yeah. Cue the violin music. But also grab a tissue, because the film levels far more of an impact than you might expect…

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Review of Hair High (2004)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 23 Nov 2006

The film spoils itself %u2014 and not in the way Plympton has spoiled his fans so much before…

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Review of Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2006

You develop an eye on the exit sign and a new urgency to stop wasting your time on an unsatisfying film…

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Review of Tideland (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 16 Nov 2006

Tideland is frustrating for the way it refuses to coalesce…

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Review of Mutual Appreciation (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 16 Nov 2006

Bujalski stubbornly refuses to stick to the accepted constructs of story structure or character development, content to sit back and calmly…

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Review of Fast Food Nation (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 16 Nov 2006

You'd have to be either half-crazy or the most talented director alive to make the book into a film…

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Review of The Godfather Part II (1974)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 12 Nov 2006

A rare sequel to a great film that recaptures and expands upon the mastery of its predecessor…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 10 Nov 2006

For much of the film, Ferrell must suppress his showman instincts to pull off the schlub act…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 10 Nov 2006

For much of the film, Ferrell must suppress his showman instincts to pull off the schlub act…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2000)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 10 Nov 2006

For much of the film, Ferrell must suppress his showman instincts to pull off the schlub act…

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Review of The House of Sand (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 09 Nov 2006

Both characters make gradual evolutions, but don't blame audiences if they're too dazed and dry-mouthed to notice…

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Review of Babel (2008)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 09 Nov 2006

If last year's best-picture Oscar winner, Crash, argued, Can't we all just get along? Babel counters, Let's stop traveling and talking to each other…

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Review of Babel (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 09 Nov 2006

If last year's best-picture Oscar winner, Crash, argued, Can't we all just get along? Babel counters, Let's stop traveling and talking to each other…

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Review of Flushed Away (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 02 Nov 2006

Flushed Away is the new front-runner in the animated Oscar rat race…

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Review of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 02 Nov 2006

Borat movie no-stop laughy. Is funny as your Donald Mouse cartoons, and goodest comedy of year…

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Review of Time to Leave (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 02 Nov 2006

Those looking for the traditional Hollywood sweetness or payoffs will walk away disappointed, but the rough-hewn film offers riches to those…

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