Phil Villarreal

Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% 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 , COEDMagazine.com , OK! Magazine
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society, Phoenix Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
1781
Total QuickRatings:
89
Location:
Tucson

Quick Ratings

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2/4 17% The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) " There's a lot to be said for restraint in a horror film, but the filmmakers went for too far of an extreme here." — COEDMagazine.com
Posted Jun 18, 2013
4/4 94% Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) " An excellent piece of introspective 1970s Americana." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jun 15, 2005
3/5 40% SpaceCamp (Space Camp) (1986) " Never quite hits orbit, but packs enough galactic goodies to merit a rental." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
5/5 78% Gentleman's Agreement (1947) " A frightening time capsule of ethnic intolerance." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
4/5 38% Palmetto (1997) " An unfairly bashed breath of fresh indie-style air." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
2/5 78% Addams Family Values (1993) " Bland, rote and not at all ooky enough." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
3/5 21% Major League 3: Back to the Minors (1998) " The final bloop single for a tired series." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
4/5 56% The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) " Stinging Coen brothers satire." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
1/5 38% Short Circuit 2 (1988) " One of those "why the?!?!" sequels." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
5/5 —— The Mack (2002) " Blaxploitation heaven." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
3/5 75% Under Siege (1992) " Vintage Seagal. Although that's not much of a compliment." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
5/5 97% Unforgiven (1992) " A near-great Western, weakened only by overt revisionism." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
2/5 93% West Side Story (1961) " A tough, dated sit-thru. At least much of the music still sings." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Jul 21, 2004
2/5 88% Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) " Way ovverated mishmash of an old-school chick flick." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2003
4/5 48% Father of the Bride Part II (1995) " An exuberant sequel to complete a near-perfect translation of the 1950s era comedies to the 1990s." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2003
2/5 80% Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) " Too slow and stodgy when it should be creepy." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Apr 30, 2003
5/5 80% Casino (1995) " Scorsese proves once again to be a true master of mob drama." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
3/5 80% Merlin (1998) " An overblown fantasy." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
3/5 50% We're No Angels (1989) " Falls short of its potential, but a fun lark nonetheless." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 75% The Firm (1993) " A riveting drama, continuing to build the star of Cruise." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 81% A Few Good Men (1992) " An underrated near-classic. No one who has seen this movie will forget it." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
2/5 33% Little Big League (1994) " Forgettable in every way. The kids-in-big-leagues theme is thankfully dead for now." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 84% Total Recall (1990) " Mind-bending psychodrama." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 90% The Lion King (2011) " Spectacular, but overrated in the scheme of great animated films." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 28% Black Sheep (1996) " A transcendent comedy starring one of the top - but most tragically fated - comedy teams of all time." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
3/5 24% White Man's Burden (1995) " Manages to approach significant social issues, but falters in its melodrama." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
3/5 34% Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) " Run-of-the-mill Seagal. Could be better, could be worse." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
2/5 50% Overboard (1987) " Mediocre in every way. Memorable only because of whimsical camp value." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 85% Fear of a Black Hat (1994) " Satire at its finest. Uproarious and endlessly creative." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
1/5 36% The Net (1995) " A lowly drama that wallows in overdrawn, unexciting metaphors." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 86% Eight Men Out (1988) " Sayles serves as a historian in this deft sports drama. One for the ages." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
4/5 90% Misery (1990) " A stunning, harsh drama that lingers in the memory because of its cruel strokes." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Dec 24, 2002
3/5 100% The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) " A solid, action-packed road trip, with heartened performances." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
2/5 27% My Girl 2 (1996) " Sappy and derivative. A sequel that never should have been made." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
3/5 72% Dirty Dancing (1987) " Nowhere near as good as its reputation. A cheesy mess, supported only by its nostalgia." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
2/5 31% The Three Musketeers (1993) " A stupid, bumbling misfire, which wastes a solid cast." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
4/5 71% The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) " One of the hallmark films of the 1980s, full of whimsical charm." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 9, 2002
5/5 44% Rocky IV (1985) " Fist-pumping, heart-jumping, chest-thumping fun." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
3/5 95% Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) " A serviceable adaptation, but nowhere near as whimsical as the animated version." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
4/5 76% Cape Fear (1991) " Very frightening. An inspired remake." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
3/5 82% Nine to Five (9 to 5) (1980) " Dolly Parton's supporting role as a secretary is the most memorable aspect." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
4/5 56% Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) " The trey runs together with the other films in the series, but that's a compliment, not an indictment, because every one is gripping." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
3/5 65% Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) " An entertaining guilty pleasure." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
4/5 20% The Amityville Curse (1990) " Eye-gougingly scary. If you don't want nightmares, don't watch this film." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
5/5 68% Point Break (1991) " Unfairly bashed. The true spirit of shirking society and catching a wave is captured here." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
5/5 97% All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) " One of the great war-is-folly epics." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
4/5 100% The Witches (1990) " Quite the entertainer. It's a little scary, but not too frightening for children." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
4/5 72% The Land Before Time (1988) " A very good animated film, but nothe where near intriguing enough to inspire copious sequels." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
3/5 91% Arachnophobia (1990) " It didn't live up to the hype, but most anyone whose seen it has walked away at least a little more afraid of spiders." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
2/5 18% Santa Claus - The Movie (1985) " Overblown and dull, it's not surprising that this film is largely forgotten." — Arizona Daily Star
Posted Aug 2, 2002
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