Phil Villarreal

Agrees with the Tomatometer 72% of the time.

Biography:
Phil Villarreal blogs about movies at becauseitoldyouso.com. His book Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel is due out Sept. 1.
Favorites:
Waking Life, Swingers, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs, Rocky, True Romance
Publications:
Arizona Daily Star , COED.com , OK! Magazine
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society, Phoenix Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
1798
Total QuickRatings:
89
Location:
Tucson

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
3.5/4 97% Gravity (2013) " It's a movie that's not afraid to go deep or stare blankly at you to see if it can get you to blink first. " — COED.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/4 99% The Wizard of Oz (1939) " This refresh makes more sense for people who want to spend a reasonable amount to get one of the greatest films ever made in eyeball-blistering HD. " — COED.com
Posted Oct 1, 2013
3.5/4 84% This Is the End (2013) " The funniest movie -- and it's not even close -- released so far this year comes from revitalized writer/actor/director Seth Rogen." — COED.com
Posted Oct 1, 2013
4/4 91% The Little Mermaid 3D (1989) " Disney sure knows how to blast its classics with Blu-ray, and its high-class treatment of the 1989 seaside romance is among its best efforts." — COED.com
Posted Oct 1, 2013
2.5/4 89% From Here to Eternity (1953) " The 1953 wartime romance, which won the best picture Oscar, hasn't aged so well but still packs its share of old-school star power." — COED.com
Posted Oct 1, 2013
3.5/4 88% Rush (2013) " If you really hate sex, fast driving, drinking and Norse gods smoothing chassis than you will absolutely despise Rush. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
3/4 64% Unfinished Song (2013) " This is a movie to buy your grandparents. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 24, 2013
3/4 93% Room 237 (2013) " It's just as much fun to laugh at the obsessed commentators as it is to listen to their way too deeply thought-out arguments. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 24, 2013
3/4 76% The Kings of Summer (2013) " Thier defiance and cluelessness makes for continuous laughs, and there's also plenty of adolescent angst to make things emotionally powerful." — COED.com
Posted Sep 24, 2013
2.5/4 79% Iron Man 3 (2013) " The effects are solid and the pacing is quick, but there's just not much more room for the characters to grow." — COED.com
Posted Sep 24, 2013
3.5/4 94% Halloween (1978) " The movie holds up as an edgy thriller and is an example of director John Carpenter at the top of his game." — COED.com
Posted Sep 24, 2013
3.5/4 75% The East (2013) " The psychological thriller is fascinating from beginning to end." — COED.com
Posted Sep 17, 2013
2/4 59% The Bling Ring (2013) " The flimsy tale of celeb-obsessed kids desperate to live the high life carries little weight and has trouble finding much of a point. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 17, 2013
4/4 84% Slacker (1991) " Writer/director Richard Linklater's 1991 opus, which just about single-handedly started the indie film movement, has never looked better and hasn't aged a bit. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 17, 2013
1.5/4 67% World War Z (2013) " If you're a devoted fan of the novel, expect to be angered by how little the movie has to do with its source material. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 17, 2013
1/4 33% The Family (2013) " Remember the octopus that always picked the winners of soccer games? That's what Robert De Niro is, only his talent is always managing to choose horrible scripts. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
4/4 87% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " My pick for the best movie of the summer, the brilliant take on the series provides hope that Abrams' efforts to revive Star Wars will go just as well. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 10, 2013
3/4 60% Riddick (2013) " All hail Riddick, killer of everything that moves - poorly-drawn cartoon or not - sayer of smooth, t-shirt-worthy bravado and romancer of lesbian Starbuck. " — COED.com
Posted Sep 6, 2013
3.5/4 95% Stories We Tell (2013) " A heartbreaking, illuminating documentary." — COED.com
Posted Sep 3, 2013
3/4 50% Now You See Me (2013) " A fun, magic-themed con flick that is baffling throughout in the best of ways." — COED.com
Posted Sep 3, 2013
2/4 83% From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) " The real world-set story misses out on the whimsy and magic of the most wondrous Ghibli films." — COED.com
Posted Sep 3, 2013
1/4 3% Getaway (2013) " The real getaway here was the one the filmmakers pulled on the studio, having heisted giant paychecks for minimal work or thought. " — COED.com
Posted Aug 30, 2013
2/4 49% Pain & Gain (2013) " The leads are almost too good at playing clueless, boneheaded innocents and do what they can with thankless, non-demanding roles. " — COED.com
Posted Aug 27, 2013
2/4 49% The Great Gatsby (2013) " Entertaining in spurts, the movie wears itself out by trying way too hard." — COED.com
Posted Aug 27, 2013
3/4 89% The World's End (2013) " There's not much more you can ask from a movie like this. It's a rare drinking comedy that doesn't require you to be drunk to enjoy it." — COED.com
Posted Aug 23, 2013
1/4 4% Scary Movie 5 (2013) " Barely watchable, rarely funny and head-shakingly pathetic for 95 percent of the runtime, this is the embarrassment on which the series will hopefully finally slump to its merciful death." — COED.com
Posted Aug 20, 2013
2/4 64% Epic (2013) " The boilerplate Fox animated tale is as bland as its title." — COED.com
Posted Aug 20, 2013
4/4 93% Amour (2012) " Director Michael Haneke's drama is tough to watch but rewarding for its emotional devastation." — COED.com
Posted Aug 20, 2013
1.5/4 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " The sequel just brings back the survivors and has them look around with palms raised going 'now what?'" — COED.com
Posted Aug 16, 2013
1/4 7% The Big Wedding (2013) " One of the dopiest, most wretched and dull specimens in a genre not exactly known for quality, the slog has you shaking your head from beginning to end. " — COED.com
Posted Aug 13, 2013
3/4 68% Elysium (2013) " It all looks so darned real, you'd swear it was filmed on location of a 15-year-old's hyperactive, sci-fi-addled brain. " — OK! Magazine
Posted Aug 9, 2013
3/4 27% Planes (2013) " There is much to hate about this movie. Far more than there is to love, in fact. But I appreciate the dangerous turn so much that the glee overtook the Dane Cook-baked misery." — COED.com
Posted Aug 7, 2013
3/4 71% The Sword in the Stone (1963) " Disney's kiddie-aimed 1963 retelling of the King Arthur legend looks dapper in HD." — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
3/4 50% Robin Hood (1973) " Disney's 1973 take on the band of fabled righteous British robbers may not rank among the classics, but it still provides a fun portal back to childhood. " — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
3/4 82% The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) " Strong showings from the leads, as well as the lively narrative, keep things evolving despite the dreadfully somber and over-serious tone." — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
3/4 54% Oblivion (2013) " Tom Cruise shows he's still got it in this stunning post-apocalyptic action flick, playing a pilot who helps maintain order on a ravaged earth." — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
3.5/4 98% Mud (2013) " A dirty, ragged and snaggle-toothed Matthew McConaughey devours one of the best roles he's seen in years." — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
4/4 100% The Earrings of Madame De... (Diamond Earrings) (1954) " The sizzling 1953 French love story from the great director Max Ophuls makes its Blu-ray debut in impressive form. " — COED.com
Posted Aug 6, 2013
2/4 64% 2 Guns (2013) " The movie has 2 Guns, all right, but nowhere to point them." — COED.com
Posted Aug 2, 2013
1/4 28% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) " Retaliation is not just the subtitle but exactly what this horrid movie does to you for daring to throw caution to the wind and take a chance on it. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 30, 2013
2/4 69% The Wolverine (2013) " By the end of the movie, Wolverine sort of manages to convince you everything would be better if he found a way to go off and die like he wants to." — COED.com
Posted Jul 26, 2013
2/4 38% Admission (2013) " It's hard to screw up a brainy romantic comedy with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey as the leads, but this thuddingly awful movie manages to nail the task. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 16, 2013
2/4 46% Bullet to the Head (2013) " Awful one-liners, head-shaking fight scenes and shootouts and a braindead plot made me wish the screenplay had managed to follow the instructions of its title and off itself before it wound up on screen." — COED.com
Posted Jul 16, 2013
1.5/4 62% Evil Dead (2013) " This remake strips away all the charm, rounds up a cast of no names, sets them up in a cabin in the woods and offs them one-by-one with zombie-like demon spawn." — COED.com
Posted Jul 16, 2013
2/4 79% 42 (2013) " Many people I respect call this one of the greatest baseball movies. But I'm wondering what amazing movie they must have seen while I was stuck with a sappy, melodramatic oversimplification of the story." — COED.com
Posted Jul 16, 2013
3.5/4 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " Hopefully come Oscar time, the Kaiju are recognized for their outstanding performances in this high-class art film. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
2/4 38% Dead Man Down (2013) " The dank, drab affair slogs along, leaving Farrell and Rapace little chance to strut their charms. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 9, 2013
1.5/4 9% The Host (2013) " Her body is possessed by some sort of spirit-alien who causes her to provide running commentary on everything she says and does via idiotic narration. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 9, 2013
3/4 —— Robot Chicken DC Comics Special () " No one's better than the Robot Chicken crew at skewering pop culture via crazy narration and intentionally awful stop-motion animation. " — COED.com
Posted Jul 9, 2013
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