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Review of The Bucket List (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 10 Jan 2008

The Bucket List isn't so amazing that a viewing deserves a spot on your own bucket list, but at least it's safer than skydiving…

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Review of The Orphanage (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 10 Jan 2008

The del Toro touch spans every orifice of The Orphanage, from the elegantly gothic cinematography to the understated yet gnawing dread that…

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Review of Margot at the Wedding (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 03 Jan 2008

I was reminded of the rap battles in 8 Mile, only with the characters in Margot taking turns at spitting out insult-laden monologues in an…

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Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 26 Dec 2007

Subtlety isn't exactly the strength of screenwriter Robert Eisele, whose biggest previous credit is the 2004 ESPN movie 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story…

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Review of Juno (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 26 Dec 2007

Cody's writing is entrancing…

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Review of Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 20 Dec 2007

It's a mystery why Reagan didn't stop spinning in his grave long enough to incinerate all prints of this propaganda with his lie-destroying…

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Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 20 Dec 2007

You'll be twisted, manipulated and repulsed, but always entertained. You might also find yourself uttering God, That's Good…

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Review of The Dead Girl (2006)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 14 Dec 2007

The masterful film, which was also released on DVD this week, sends shivers up your spine and devastates you five times over, then has you…

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Review of I Am Legend (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 13 Dec 2007

I wouldn't want to watch I Am Legend again even if it were the last movie on Earth…

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Review of The Golden Compass (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 06 Dec 2007

The toned-down movie version isn't so much anti-religion as it is anti-entertainment…

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Review of What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 06 Dec 2007

If you're going to live by the word of the Church of Stop Shopping, a smart first step would be to avoid buying tickets to this film…

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Review of Kurt Cobain: About a Son (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 29 Nov 2007

Cobain narrates the tale of his all-too-short life, musing on his successes, loves, letdowns, motivations and depression…

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Review of No Country for Old Men (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2007

And boy howdy, does that dialogue howl like a basset hound pup who's just been yanked from his momma…

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Review of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2007

Hawke, in particular, puts on a blistering show of flustered regret…

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Review of The Mist (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2007

There's something out there in the mist…

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Review of August Rush (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2007

All this could totally happen, just like an oak tree might spurt out of the ground to start singing and dancing, the Arizona Cardinals could…

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Review of Enchanted (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2007

Adams is somehow more cartoonish than the animated version of Giselle at the beginning of the film…

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Review of Beowulf (2007)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 15 Nov 2007

If Beowulf doesn't beat out Ratatouille for the best animated picture Oscar, I'll tear off my own arm and cuss out Odin in Old English over…

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Review of Beowulf (1999)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 15 Nov 2007

If Beowulf doesn't beat out Ratatouille for the best animated picture Oscar, I'll tear off my own arm and cuss out Odin in Old English over…

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Review of Beowulf (1976)

By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 15 Nov 2007

If Beowulf doesn't beat out Ratatouille for the best animated picture Oscar, I'll tear off my own arm and cuss out Odin in Old English over…

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