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Review of Horse Feathers (1932)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 28 Oct 2006

Under the loose but capable direction of Norman Z. McLeod, the Marxes leap from one lunatic set piece to the next…

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Review of Shortbus (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 25 Oct 2006

Is this movie just an excuse to film a bunch of people having sex? As far as I'm concerned, yup…

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Review of The Queen (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 25 Oct 2006

Helen Mirren does all she can to ensure she won't be getting invited to Buckingham Palace ever again…

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Review of Death of a President (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 25 Oct 2006

Theater bans give Death of a President the appeal of forbidden fruit, which is just enough to make watching the slipshod film a giddy experience…

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Review of Running with Scissors (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 25 Oct 2006

The film makes you laugh, and feel bad for laughing, only to blindside you with another sick joke…

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Review of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 19 Oct 2006

You don't watch A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. You get mugged by it…

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Review of The Prestige (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 18 Oct 2006

It's a battle that's played out every day at recess in kids' imaginations: Who would win in a fight between Batman and Wolverine…

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Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 18 Oct 2006

Marks Eastwood's continuing march to prove he's a modern John Ford…

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Review of Jerry Maguire (1996)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 14 Oct 2006

Jerry Maguire doesn't stop until it shows you the quan…

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Review of Double Indemnity (1944)

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

Thanks to DVD, Phyllis will always be there waiting for you. Same chair, same perfume, same anklet, ready to make you wonder what she wonders…

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Review of Double Indemnity (1973)

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

Thanks to DVD, Phyllis will always be there waiting for you. Same chair, same perfume, same anklet, ready to make you wonder what she wonders…

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Review of Employee of the Month (2004)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 05 Oct 2006

You'll find 10-gallon drums of peanut butter and toilet paper by the case in the store. The only things that don't come in high volume are the laughs…

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Review of Employee of the Month (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 05 Oct 2006

You'll find 10-gallon drums of peanut butter and toilet paper by the case in the store. The only things that don't come in high volume are the laughs…

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Review of The Departed (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 04 Oct 2006

The Departed is Scorsese grabbing New Hollywood by its ear to teach it a lesson the old-fashioned way…

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Review of The Science of Sleep (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

Gondry's film certainly looks at life in a different way, and it refreshingly allows you to do the same, so long as you keep your eyes open…

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Review of Boynton Beach Club (2005)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

Boynton Beach Club can warm a heart of any age…

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Review of Open Season (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

If you're old enough to read this, odds are the first thing you want to know about Open Season is: How much is this going to annoy me…

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Review of The Guardian (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

The Guardian is one of the worst movies to come out this year because it's such a crass, unwieldy mess of military-flick clichés…

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Review of Quinceañera (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

Though it doesn't ride quite as smoothly as that Hummer limo Magdalena fantasizes over, the film succeeds as a heartfelt slice-of-life examining…

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Review of Open Season (1974)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 27 Sep 2006

If you're old enough to read this, odds are the first thing you want to know about Open Season is: How much is this going to annoy me…

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