Tomato 3/5 |
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) |
"Of all the crackpot political films to come out of Hollywood ... this is surely the crackpottest, and must really be seen to be believed." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Game (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Gangs of New York (2002) |
"Daniel Day-Lewis gives a performance that can only be called magesterial." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Garden State (2004) |
"The film's saving grace, ironically, is that earnestness." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Gates of Heaven (1978) |
"More to it than I initially gave it credit for." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Gattaca (1997) |
"A high-tech version of 1984, and is all the more scary because of our rapidly advancing technology that makes the film not seem so farfetched." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Gaucho (1928) |
"What was new was a considerably darker tone than other swashbuckling adventures." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Gay Divorcee (1934) |
"As far as musical comedies go, this one wasn't musical enough." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The General (1927) |
"One of the greatest films of the silent era." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
"Preachy but enjoyable." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) |
"The scariest moments in this film have nothing to do with gut-munching and everything to do with evolution, when the zombies don't behave the way they're supposed to." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is utterly lacking in charisma ... His complete lack of presence is deadening to the film because he's in almost every scene." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Get Smart (2008) |
"A feature-length elaboration on its own hilarious trailer." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) |
"Little details, as well as Whitaker's performance ... elevate this film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Ghost in the Shell (1995) |
"I was pleasantly surprised." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) |
"There are various nice touches that keep this film from straying too far over the line between campy and ridiculous." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Ghost Ship (1943) |
"Among RKO's best horror films." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Ghost World (2001) |
"I wanted to hug Ghost World, and I was sad to see it end." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Gift (2001) |
"In lesser hands, this film would have been pretty bad." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Gimme Shelter (1970) |
"There are so many great and terrible things about this documentary." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Girl Crazy (1943) |
"[Garland and Rooney] seem like old pros at making the plot machinations seem at least a little fresh." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Girl on the Bridge (1999) |
"The entire film hinges on the performances." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"His techniques are so alienating that it's difficult to decide whether we're supposed to feel something for his pretty plastic people." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gladiator (2000) |
"For summer fare, it wasn't half bad." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Glass Key (1942) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
Gleaming the Cube (1989) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) |
"All of the actors are great, clearly enjoying the opportunity to sink their teeth into some meaty lines." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Glory Road (2006) |
"The problem is not that they made the wrong movie, but that the movie they decided to make wasn't very good." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Go Fish (1994) |
"The film's limited budget prompted some creative editing and filmmaking techniques." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) |
"It's not angry or loud; it hopes that the truth spoken at a moderate level is stronger than lies trumpeted on national television." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
The Golden Compass (2007) |
"Deus ex machina ... is the only driving force." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Good Girl (2002) |
"Idiosyncratic and highly original." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) |
"Strathairn gives a sly, quiet, unfussy performance as Murrow that sneaks up on you." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Good Thief (2003) |
"The film had a natural rhythm that was almost musical." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Gosford Park (2001) |
"A visual feast." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 0.5/5 |
Gothika (2003) |
"Muddled and stupid." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Grand Hotel (1932) |
"Sometimes moving, sometimes funny, and almost always entertaining." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Great Dictator (1940) |
"Funny, beautiful, and chilling." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
The Great White Hope (1970) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) |
"It's huge, overbudget, dazzling, and entertaining, but you'd be hard-pressed to remember more than one or two of the characters or specific events." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Grizzly Man (2005) |
"Out of those 100 hours of footage, a filmmaker could have made dozens of possible documentaries. The one that Herzog chose to make is a compelling, crazy near-masterpiece." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Guinevere (1999) |
"I admire the filmmakers because they steadfastly refused to tack on a Hollywood ending." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |