Tomato 4/5 |
Panic (2000) |
"Macy is ... remarkably good." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Everything is perfectly planned and laid out." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 0/5 |
Paparazzi (2004) |
"The worst film I have seen in a long, long time." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000) |
"If this film is not as good as the first one ... it piles even more evidence up that says that three teenage boys were convicted of a crime they didn't commit." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) |
"Utterly convincing." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Passage to Marseilles (1944) |
"A slightly above average war thriller." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Passion Fish (1992) |
"McDonnell makes it work, with the help of Sayles' wonderful script." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Paths of Glory (1957) |
"This is a terrifically powerful film; polemical and propagandist, yes, but so immensely effective." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Peeping Tom (1960) |
"Its frank depiction of violence and somewhat sadistic delivery understandably upset the stodgy British public, who were used to prettier fare from Powell." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Penalty (1920) |
"The reason the film still works instead of surviving merely as a somewhat hysterical anti-communist message film is Lon Chaney's performance." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Perfect Storm (2000) |
"The special effects, especially that awe-inspiring final wave featured on the promotional material, are truly awesome." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Perfumed Nightmare (1983) |
"Both naive and worldly." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Peyton Place (1957) |
"It's by turns gripping and silly. I suppose that's what makes good soap." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"What might have been a pretty decent claustrophobic thriller turns into a Mr. Rogers moral lesson (be nice to the pizza delivery guy)." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Pianist (2002) |
"Adrien Brody's Oscar-winning performance is nothing short of miraculous." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
Picnic (1956) |
"A real meatball." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"A reasonably fun and poignant family story ... and an ending that almost successfully wrapped everything up in a neat holiday bow." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Pied Piper (1942) |
"[It] keeps things moving and shows a real knack for balancing the comedic and more serious aspects." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Planet of the Apes (2001) |
"Had enough of a fun story and great visuals to make it worth my five bucks." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Pledge (2001) |
"The film's stately pace emphasizes Jerry's slow transformation, and there are a number of wonderful scenes, both visually and structurally." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Point Blank (1967) |
"Heady stuff, and the third best film of 1967." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Poison (1991) |
"The stories don't really work together, and Haynes attempts to compensate by intermingling them, trying to force viewers to see patterns." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Pola X (1999) |
"Grand and poetic and overcooked, which I'm sure Melville would have been proud of." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Possession (2002) |
"This has been done before, but it works really well here." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Predator (1987) |
"One of the best sci-fi/action films ever made." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) |
"Only develops any real energy toward the end." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
Prince of Darkness (1987) |
"The setup is great; the payoff leaves you more than a little bit disappointed." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Producers (1968) |
"I agree that it was funny. I did not find it one of the funniest of all time." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Producers (2005) |
"Someone involved in the production made the horrible mistake of not telling the actors that they weren't on stage anymore." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
The Protector (2006) |
"These early fights, as goofy and inventive as they are, build up our goodwill toward Jaa, [but] the limb-breaking, tendon-severing finale dispels it." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Psycho (1960) |
"I understand that the gods of film will rain fire down upon my head when I say this, but I didn't think Psycho was as good as it was supposed to be." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"[A] strange and wonderful synthesis of two radically different styles." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Purple Noon (1960) |
Click here to see the review. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Purple Rain (1984) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) |
"The screenwriting 101 plot points tick off like clockwork, but Will Smith delivers a solid, likable performance that will likely result in an Oscar nomination." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Pygmalion (1938) |
"Leslie Howard strikes the perfect note as the super-efficient Professor Higgins." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |