ABC Tucson
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publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Phil Villarreal
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2.5/4
Black Panther (2018)
Has more in common with the second-tier Marvel tales on Netflix
Posted Feb 16, 2018
2
1/4
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
If only audiences could stop the horrors by shouting RED! at the screen.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
3
2/4
Winchester (2018)
Someday, when Mirren receives a lifetime achievement award, there will be a montage of her performances in great films. Winchester will not be a part of that montage.
Posted Feb 2, 2018
4
2.5/4
Hostiles (2018)
It's a robust, full-bodied experience that is as exhausting as it is envigorating.
Posted Jan 23, 2018
5
3/4
12 Strong (2018)
A real-life Avengers film.
Posted Jan 19, 2018
6
3/4
Paddington 2 (2018)
Paddington is as gangsta as they come.
Posted Jan 9, 2018
7
2/4
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
8
3.5/4
Molly's Game (2018)
The chemistry Chastain and Elba generate ignites Sorkin's spectacular words, honing the scenes to a razor's edge.
Posted Dec 27, 2017
9
4/4
The Post (2018)
Such is its power that it convinces you to evangelize on this behalf.
Posted Dec 18, 2017
10
3.5/4
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
The film is a relentless crowd-pleaser that has as much in common with a pedigreed art film as it does a traditional action blowout.
Posted Dec 15, 2017
11
3/4
I, Tonya (2018)
Your heart hurts as much as your knee does.
Posted Dec 6, 2017
12
3.5/4
The Shape of Water (2017)
Your eyes may well manufacture some saltwater of their own as the story winds on its unpredictable, ever-heart-melting path.
Posted Dec 1, 2017
13
3.5/4
Coco (2017)
A magical experience from the first frame through the final credits, it's a resonant fable that speaks to the heart of the young and old alike.
Posted Nov 22, 2017
14
3/4
Justice League (2017)
If you're curious about the film but wary because of some Internet hate being spewed at it, don't let your reservations deter you from checking it out.
Posted Nov 17, 2017
15
3/4
Murder On The Orient Express (2017)
It's exactly as good as you figured it would be, taking few risks and coasting along its expected fast track to formidable drama.
Posted Nov 10, 2017
16
3.5/4
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Goes all in on self-referential wackiness and an unbridled energy stream of sarcasm to unleash an apocalypse of silly, exciting fun.
Posted Nov 3, 2017
17
3/4
Jigsaw (2017)
The pieces may be flimsy, but they manage to fit.
Posted Oct 27, 2017
18
3.5/4
Only the Brave (2017)
A robust and handsome effort that is as slickly paced as it is visually resplendent and moving.
Posted Oct 20, 2017
19
3/4
The Foreigner (2017)
You've seen plenty of both Chan and Brosnan, but never like this.
Posted Oct 13, 2017
20
2.5/4
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Plays like a bloated director's cut.
Posted Oct 6, 2017
21
3/4
American Made (2017)
The film's high may be fleeting, but it provides quite the buzz while it lasts.
Posted Sep 29, 2017
22
3.5/4
Gook (2017)
Works best in its slow, steady moments, which allow its characters to breathe and help the film's sense of time and place flower to life.
Posted Sep 28, 2017
23
3/4
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Hail to the Kingsman, baby.
Posted Sep 22, 2017
24
2.5/4
It (2017)
It hasn't quite got that it factor.
Posted Sep 8, 2017
25
2/4
Leap! (2017)
More of a dunce movie than a dance movie.
Posted Aug 25, 2017
26
3/4
Logan Lucky (2017)
Trotting out a cast of high-caliber actors, all playing against type, Soderbergh spins a wily, joyous slice of Southern-fried outlaw adventure.
Posted Aug 18, 2017
27
1.5/4
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Chucky, only you can save Annabelle from further embarrassing herself and degrading her. Let's set up a Tinder date or something.
Posted Aug 11, 2017
28
1.5/4
The Dark Tower (2017)
More like The Dork Tower.
Posted Aug 4, 2017
29
3/4
Atomic Blonde (2017)
The 42-going-on-25-year-old actress epitomizes the hashtag #slay as acrobatic, brutal MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton.
Posted Jul 28, 2017
30
2.5/4
Dunkirk (2017)
A World War II movie your dad will fall asleep watching on the couch.
Posted Jul 21, 2017
31
3.5/4
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
It's taken six tries, but Marvel has finally nailed the spirit of its most iconic character on the silver screen.
Posted Jul 7, 2017
32
3.5/4
Baby Driver (2017)
The only bad part of Baby Driver is the title.
Posted Jun 30, 2017
33
2/4
We need some interventions here.
Posted Jun 23, 2017
34
3/4
Cars 3 (2017)
Whether or not another Cars movie follows, the series is now back in the fast lane.
Posted Jun 16, 2017
35
1/4
The Mummy (2017)
Somewhere, Brendan Fraser and awful early-200s CGI artists (remember the Scorpion King spinoff?) smirk in satisfaction.
Posted Jun 9, 2017
36
2/4
The first half-hour seems like a proof of concept of what the series was meant to be -- a binge-worthy, half-hour sitcom rather than a strained, emotionless movie.
Posted May 26, 2017
37
3/4
Alien: Covenant (2017)
In space, no one can hear you yawn.
Posted May 19, 2017
38
2/4
Snatched (2017)
Amy Schumer has gone from Trainwreck to a metaphorical trainwreck.
Posted May 12, 2017
39
3.5/4
What could easily devolve into CGI slapstick manages to stick to the ribs in the two-films-and-counting franchise.
Posted May 5, 2017
40
3/4
The Circle (2017)
It's all a little much on the alarmist front, but director James Ponsoldt's warning message rings true despite his film's tendency to hyperbole.
Posted Apr 28, 2017
41
2/4
The Promise (2017)
But a dull, meandering script is all it takes to turn the potentially resonant film into a slow, long-winded bore.
Posted Apr 21, 2017
42
3.5/4
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Shows there is not only plenty of gas left in the tank, but the nitrous oxide turbo boosters are also blasting at full throttle.
Posted Apr 14, 2017
43
2/4
Going in Style (2017)
Braff got the casting right, if little else.
Posted Apr 7, 2017
44
1.5/4
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
The live-action adaptation is just as forgettable and inconsequential as the anime was memorable and influential.
Posted Mar 31, 2017
45
3.5/4
Life (2017)
Aw, murderous space aliens . They grow up so fast!
Posted Mar 24, 2017
46
3/4
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Feels like the next one up in the assembly line.
Posted Mar 17, 2017
47
3/4
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Hail to the king, baby.
Posted Mar 10, 2017
48
4/4
Logan (2017)
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart take the opportunity to go into far more depth and weight to characters they have played umpteen times over the past two decades.
Posted Mar 3, 2017
49
2/4
Collide (2017)
It's tough to root for a guy who continues to make the same dumb mistakes that result in him getting into the same trouble.
Posted Feb 24, 2017
50
1.5/4
Fist Fight (2017)
As painful as a throat punch.
Posted Feb 17, 2017