Tomato 3.5/5 |
Wake Island (1942) |
"A good, old-fashioned war movie, the kind of movie you watch with your dad on a Saturday afternoon." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Waking Life (2001) |
"The most visionary, beautiful, awe-inspiring, and life-affirming cartoon I have ever seen. It's near the top of the list for any film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Waking the Dead (2000) |
"I really liked the fragmented structure and was impressed as usual by Billy Crudup." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"Biopics are among my least favorite genres because of the almost inevitable problems, but this was a pretty good biopic." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
War and Peace (1968) |
"There's literally not another film in the world like it." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2/5 |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"It doesn't work as a science fiction epic, it doesn't work as a tale of families bonding in the face of tragedy, and it certainly doesn't work as a mingling of the two." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Way of the Gun (2000) |
"So well-written, so clever, so innovative, and so aware of its place in the grand scheme of things that it is strangely empty of anything except technical skill." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"There are some surprising and good things about the film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964) |
"A window into a world I hadn't known existed: the Soviet comedy." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Werewolf of London (1935) |
"The combination of uninspiring leads and a somewhat half-hearted script makes it tough going, even at a trim 75 minutes." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
White Heat (1949) |
"Cagney is a force of nature in this movie, alternately frightening and pathetic." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
The White Parade (1934) |
"Its somewhat unlikely [Best Picture] nomination is neither an embarrassment to the Oscars ... nor a strong credit to the judgment of the Academy." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
White Zombie (1932) |
"An entrancing and spooky masterpiece of sorts." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) |
"Features some of the best physical comedy in years, courtesy of Matthew Perry." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Wicker Man (1973) |
"An astoundingly successful horror film." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) |
"Don't let the giddy Jazz Age prologue or the deliriously happy ending fool you: this is one of the bleakest films from the 1930s that I've ever seen." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Wild Zero (2000) |
"The film is silly, to be sure, but it's done with such unbridled enthusiasm that it makes you want to go along unquestioningly." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Wilde (1997) |
"[A] well-done biopic." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Splat 2.5/5 |
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996) |
"When the filmmakers decide to jazz it up with crazy camera angles and rapid cutting, along with screaming and shooting, it just gets lost." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Wilson (1944) |
"This is an odd sort of biopic, the kind they don't make anymore." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Wings (1927) |
"The strengths of the film are the great battle sequences ... and the shining moments when the beautiful Clara Bow is onscreen." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 5/5 |
Wings of Desire (1987) |
No article available. |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Winter Guest (1997) |
"The film deals with personal inter-generational interactions in a manner that is touching and realistic." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
With a Friend Like Harry (2001) |
"Encourages yelling at the screen." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Wolf Man (1941) |
"It's not as boring as Dracula, but not nearly as inventive as, say, Bride of Frankenstein." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4/5 |
Woman in the Dunes (1964) |
"One of the most beautiful black and white films ever made." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Wonder Boys (2000) |
"The ending, when it comes, is poignant and true, and it comes at exactly the right place." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 3/5 |
Workingman's Death (2006) |
"Visually, technically, the film is undeniably a work of art, with all aspects -- sound, editing, cinematography, music -- coming together in a stunning symphony." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
World's Greatest Dad (2009) |
"A mind-blowing shot of misanthropic, black-comic genius." |
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
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