Tomato 4/5 |
Mad Love - The Films Of Evgeni Bauer (1921) |
"[About After Death] Bauer's filmmaking skills exploded in the two years after his first feature." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Madame Curie (1943) |
"Surprisingly watchable, given its iffy subject matter." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Magnolia (1999) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 1/5 |
Making the Grade (1984) |
"The filmmakers had studied other teen comedies, but not closely enough to pick up any real feeling for their subjects." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Maltese Falcon (1931) |
"There isn't a single aspect of this film that wasn't greatly improved in the 1941 version." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 1/5 |
The Man (2005) |
"There's nothing here you haven't seen elsewhere." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
A Man Called Horse (1970) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Man on the Train (2003) |
"Richly imagined and quirky." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) |
"The measured pace creates a whole world of atmosphere." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) |
"Angela Lansbury [is] the most effective actor among a troupe of memorable roles." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"A polite attempt at a modest reimagination, and on those grounds it succeeds." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Manhattan (1979) |
"Woody Allen's best movie? It has my vote." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Manhunter (1986) |
"You can see the birth of such popular forensics shows as CSI in this film's blend of the police procedural and the horror film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
March of the Penguins (2005) |
"Had it been more interested in informing us than in telling a cute story, I wouldn't have been left disappointed in all of the questions it didn't answer." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Marie Antoinette (2006) |
"Fails to live up to the promise of its premise." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 1/5 |
Marie Baie Des Anges (1997) |
"By the time the plot (if you can call it that) went off the deep end ... I had already stopped caring." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Marlene (1987) |
"I think we learn much more about Dietrich than we would have if she had submitted to the usual paint-by-numbers, fawning Biography Channel type of film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Martin (1978) |
Click here to see the review. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Marty (1955) |
"Too self-conscious by half, the film both invites you in and makes you wonder if it's not all a trick." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Masters of Horror - Joe Dante: Homecoming (2005) |
"The genius of this film is that it literalizes the metaphor: these zombie soldiers aren't symbols of some larger issue, they're literally the costs of Bush's war." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) |
"It highlighted the main problem with the first film and exacerbated it: the Wachowskis are not profound, although they want to be." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |
"Is this a good movie? Hell, I don't know. I don't think so, although I liked it." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Me and My Gal (1932) |
"The wonder of Spencer Tracy is that he never looks like he's acting." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Medium Cool (1969) |
"Skillfully manipulates viewer expectations of fiction and nonfiction." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 0/5 |
Megaforce (1982) |
"The kind of bad that makes you wish you were somewhere, anywhere else." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Memento (2001) |
"The structure works because it manages to put the viewer in the same state as Leonard." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Menace II Society (1993) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Metroland (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Metropolis (2002) |
"One of the best animated films I have ever seen, and it is one of the finest films released in the US last year." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Miami Blues (1990) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"Literate and convincing." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Midnight Run (1988) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Milky Way (1969) |
"Most people will dislike this movie, or at least be bored to tears by it. I enjoyed it." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Miller's Crossing (1990) |
"It is consistently good, but I suppose I have come to expect more from the Coens." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"[Eastwood] appears to be in the middle of a Luis Bunuel-sized career renaissance." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Mimic (1997) |
"Followed its terrific first half with a descent into horror movie formulaic crap." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Minority Report (2002) |
"This is a great film. I can think of only one flaw, although the passage of time or subsequent viewings might bring up more." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Minus Man (1999) |
"The film's measured pace might not be for every viewer, but it added greatly to the tension." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Mission to Mars (2000) |
"The film just doesn't offer anything new to the genre, so why bother making it?" |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) |
"[Grant] has perfect comic timing and an amazing ability to contort his body in hilarious bits of physical comedy." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Modern Times (1936) |
"It will give you some hilarious examples of Chaplin's physical comedy and superb grace." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
The Monkey's Mask (2001) |
"Don't be fooled by the packaging: at the heart of it, it's a pedestrian detective thriller that doesn't have much going for it in terms of originality." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Monster (2003) |
"A very good film, if difficult to watch, and it contains one of the greatest performances I have ever seen." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Monster's Ball (2001) |
"An emotionally devastating movie." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Monte Carlo (1930) |
"Features the best screen performance by Jeanette MacDonald, an actress usually notable for her great soprano instead of for her acting chops." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Moon Is Down (1943) |
"The film's main problem is that it achieves one of the things it sets out to do: it makes the Norwegians faceless and anonymous." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Moonlight Mile (2002) |
"[Silberling] mostly succeeded in crafting an off-beat, uncomfortable (but in all the right ways), and genuinely funny and moving story out of this Movie of the Week material." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The More the Merrier (1943) |
"The film is best at the beginning." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) |
"One of the best suspense films ever made." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Moulin Rouge (1952) |
"A beautifully shot, measured movie that never really builds up enough sympathy for Lautrec to really move viewers." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
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