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10 Things I Hate About You (1999) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"I can't figure out exactly when the film 10,000 B.C. is set, but it's definitely ancient times. Like before they had cars, guns or tabloid blogs. And definitely before they had cohesive plots or dialogue that made sense." |
Phil Villarreal |
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102 Dalmatians (2000) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
12 (2007) |
"Mikhalkov is probably a little too successful at re-creating the feeling of being trapped at a seemingly never-ending meeting." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
12 and Holding (2006) |
"The children are operating without a safety net or a script typed with kid gloves, and that makes it all the more easy to fear for and sympathize with them, even as the plot takes outlandish twists." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
12 Angry Men (1957) |
"A masterful work of debate and dialogue; of shifting momentum and the ideal of sticking to your scruples in the face of antagonistic groupthink." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"Lacks even one scene people will be talking about when today's 13-year-olds are 30." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
13 Tzameti (2006) |
"For a movie without color, there's very little here that's black and white." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The 13th Floor (1999) |
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The 13th Warrior (1999) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
1408 (2007) |
"It pins you into a claustrophobic chamber of terror for a surprisingly stomach-turning thrill ride." |
Phil Villarreal |
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15 Minutes (2001) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
16 Blocks (2006) |
"You spend much of the film with the same demeanor as Jack %u2014 excited but numbed, eyes winced, jaw clenched, just waiting for it to end." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
17 Again (2009) |
"Turns out there's more to Zac Efron than the grinning, vacant marionette from the High School Musical series." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"Goldberg plays the hapless- victim role to perfection. Forget two days %u2014 you could watch him stew for a week." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"Can a film be both 2 fast and 2 furious 2 B enjoyable? This age old question is answered with several affirmative engine roars." |
Phil Villarreal |
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200 Cigarettes (1999) |
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Tomato 4/5 |
200 Cigarettes (1999) |
"An underrated, entertaining lark of a Tarantinoesque film." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) |
"Part space opera, part cinematic symphony and part horror story, the film is a shape-shifting painting." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
21 (2008) |
"You'll have fun at 21 but will walk out of the theater a little bit lighter in the pocket, wondering where the time went." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
21 Grams (2003) |
"This is a movie that can be shown in film schools 50 years from now as an artifact of three of our era's finest actors at the top of their games." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
25th Hour (2002) |
"The profanity-laced dialogue is funny, true to the way grown best friends talk to one another, and a pleasure to listen to." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
27 Dresses (2008) |
"Expect Heigl to vie with Reese Witherspoon and Kate Hudson for the plumb Everywoman roles." |
Phil Villarreal |
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28 Days (2000) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
28 Days Later (2003) |
"Someone must have forgotten to tell director Danny Boyle the unwritten rules of movie zombies." |
Phil Villarreal |
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3 Strikes (2000) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
3-Iron (2005) |
"You realize that you've been more hypnotized than intellectually involved. The movie is nothing like a think piece, just a clever diversion, like a glossy action movie." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"These vamps could use stakes as toothpicks and garlic as garnish on their meals of human flesh. Their only weaknesses are a well-swung ax to the jugular and sunlight. Much like Larry King." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
300 (2007) |
"300 is rated R for 'RAAAAAR!' and is about as inspirational as Field of Dreams multiplied by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, plus infinity." |
Phil Villarreal |
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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) |
"The minimalist realism is a drawback as well as an asset." |
Phil Villarreal |
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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"You are hereby advised not to bring an actual soda to the comedy, because you'll laugh so hard you'll spit it out all over the seat in front of you." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
49 Up (2006) |
"In a way, each film is better than the last, because the new one includes much of the most impressive material from the past films." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
50 First Dates (2004) |
"This is Sandler’s first romantic comedy that puts romantic first." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
500 Days of Summer (2009) |
"It's a movie that makes me wish I were still a film critic so I could beg tens of thousands of readers to see it rather just the few who will read this post." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The 6th Day (2000) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
8 1/2 (1963) |
"Fellini was so incredibly creative that when he was mentally blocked, he turned his inner struggle into a phenomenal masterpiece of introspection." |
Phil Villarreal |
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8 1/2 Women (1999) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
8 Mile (2002) |
"Eminem wipes away his hubris, revealing a trembling, self-doubting kid on the way up." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1/4 |
88 Minutes (2008) |
"If one is the loneliest number, two is company, three is a crowd and four is an orgy, then eighty-eight must be the universal symbol for unwatchability." |
Phil Villarreal |
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8MM (1998) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
9 Songs (2005) |
"At least some skin flicks try to add a story to the sex." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
9 Songs (2005) |
"At least some skin flicks try to add a story to the sex." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/5 |
9 to 5 (1980) |
"Dolly Parton's supporting role as a secretary is the most memorable aspect." |
Phil Villarreal |