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Scott Phillips

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Biography:

Scott Phillips holds a degree in print journalism from the University of Georgia. His first film review was published in 1988. Scott has been the Executive Editor and Senior Writer for The Movie Isle since its inception in November 2017. In September 2019, Scott joined the WRBL News Team (a CBS affiliate in Georgia) and currently hosts The Screen Scene at WRBL.com.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Hellcat (2025) 89% EDIT “the film is a cinematic teeter-totter. Just as you’re certain you know what’s going on, it swings in a different direction. It zigs when you expect a zag. Hellcat deserves to find its audience. I look forward to Bodell’s next film.” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Noise (2024) 67% EDIT “the screenplay finds new ways to toggle ... between Is it supernatural? and Is there a simple explanation? For every character who’s a Mulder, there’s a character who’s a Scully. Unlike so many horror films, I found the conclusion to be very satisfying.” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Stuntman (2024) 100% EDIT “I love movies about making movies, and Stuntman is a great addition to the genre.” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review The Wailing (2024) 75% EDIT “I hate the term “elevated horror”. It implies horror films can’t reach the heights of non-genre cinema. I prefer to consider The Wailing a piece of “ambitious horror”. Label it as you wish. It may be the best horror film of the year (in any language).” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review The Forbidden City (2025) EDIT “Mainetti’s films have an epic scale and grandeur that belie their very reasonable budgets. Be sure to see this one on the big screen if it plays an arthouse near you.” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Fragment (2024) EDIT “... a poignant look at guilt, shame and redemption. ” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Sham (2025) 81% EDIT “Sham is a masterful combination of insightful screenwriting, compelling performances and unintrusive direction. ” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review She Taught Me Serendipity (2024) EDIT “She Taught Me Serendipity is just the kind of little gem you hope to find at a festival like Japan Cuts. ” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Serpent's Path (2024) 80% EDIT “Serpent’s Path (2024) is a compelling, astute crime film.” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review My Sunshine (2024) 88% EDIT “What follows is (thankfully) less about sports and more a beautiful coming of age story about finding your purpose in life. ” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Cloud (2024) 93% EDIT “Kurosawa can be a merry prankster in the midst of the mayhem, and Cloud has him at the peak of his powers. ” – Forbes Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% EDIT “I ... found the film to be a compelling, insightful and frequently hilarious look at how our country has lost its collective mind over the past six years.” – Forbes Jul 18, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “This Superman brings back the colorful visuals, the humor, the clever quips in the midst of battle, the lightheartedness of the vintage comics.” – Forbes Jul 8, 2025 Full Review The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) 97% EDIT “The entire film is grand without being pretentious. It preserves a story that's over eighty years old yet makes it as absorbing as any modern screenplay.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review DJ Ahmet (2025) 92% EDIT “The young cast is so charming and the setting is so singularly interesting, that it makes old (and possibly tired) themes feel new again.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Sorry, Baby (2025) 97% EDIT “Eva Victor's screenplay is an understated marvel as is the production as a whole. She is at the top of my list of filmmakers to keep an eye on.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Omaha (2025) 89% EDIT “The ending is a punch to the gut ... Powerful film-making.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review The Things You Kill (2025) 95% EDIT “The Things You Kill is a fabulously layered piece of work that serves as a family drama, a crime film and a sociological study all rolled into one.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Predators (2025) 97% EDIT “... expect this documentary to have legs when awards season rolls around in the fall.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 99% EDIT “This is powerful, compelling filmmaking that doesn't lose the human cost in the true crime trappings of it all.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 48% EDIT “... the characters suffer from the horror film syndrome of making one idiotic decision after another because what's the film requires to send the action in its intended direction.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 77% EDIT “The Monkey is a master class in tone. Osgood Perkins’ ably demonstrates that violence, gore and big laughs can exist simultaneously on screen.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review A Mother's Embrace (2024) EDIT “Points to writer-director Cristian Ponce for taking a familiar premise into new and interesting territory. Horror fans don’t want to miss this one.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Restless (2024) 94% EDIT “It has a lot to say about the toxic times we live in where it’s so much easier to simply be rude than take a genuine interest in someone else’s welfare.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review Four Mothers (2024) 92% EDIT “When the credits rolled, I wanted to spend more time with these characters, and that’s about the highest compliment I can give.” – Forbes Jun 22, 2025 Full Review
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