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Phil Hall

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Phil Hall is a contributing editor for Film Threat and the author of the books "The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies," "Independent Film Distribution" and "The History of Independent Cinema." His film journalism has appeared in the New York Times, New York Daily News, Wired Magazine, HotWired.com, American Movie Classics Magazine, Video Librarian, Tower Records Pulse! Magazine and the Organica Quarterly.

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http://www.filmthreat.com

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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) 89% “Landmark documentary.” – HotWired's Pop Apr 9, 2021 Full Review Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) 80% “It remains fascinating.” – HotWired's Pop Apr 9, 2021 Full Review 1917 (2019) 88% 2/5 “The adventure turns into a grotesque exaggeration of Murphy's Law - anything that can go wrong happens tenfold.” – Cinema Crazed Jan 19, 2020 Full Review Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) 97% 1/5 “Here is something that you don't see every day: a documentary that gets its facts wrong.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 5, 2019 Full Review The Other Side of the Wind (2018) 82% 1.5/5 “The cinematic equivalent of throwing spaghetti against the wall - sadly, nothing really sticks, leaving the viewer with a wasted pasta of a movie.” – Cinema Crazed Nov 12, 2018 Full Review The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965) 100% 5/5 “Disturbing and very different. Seek this one out.” – Film Threat Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Darkest Hour (2017) 84% 1.5/5 “With a blubbery voice and a penchant for cutesy physical movements, Gary Oldman does a smashing impersonation of Benny Hill's Mr. Scuttle, but the resemblance to Britain's wartime leader isn't quite there.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 21, 2017 Full Review Manhattan (1979) 93% 1.5/5 “It feels like a mean-spirited parody of Annie Hall.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 14, 2017 Full Review The Post (2017) 88% 0/5 “Streep, as usual, is all hand gestures and eye flutters, speaking softly while carrying a big shtick.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 6, 2017 Full Review The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) 79% 0/5 “This film is one holiday gift that deserves to go back to the Returns Department.” – Cinema Crazed Nov 30, 2017 Full Review I Love You, Daddy (2017) 37% 0/5 “Horrendous” – Cinema Crazed Nov 11, 2017 Full Review The Shining (1980) 83% 1.5/5 “Anyone coming to this work for the first time should be forewarned that the will generate more giggles (and perhaps a yawn or two), but there is absolutely nothing here to fear.” – Film Snobbery Dec 21, 2016 Full Review La La Land (2016) 91% 1/5 “A one-note bore.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 21, 2016 Full Review Dolemite (1975) 60% 3/5 “Who needs CGI idols when you have this fresh, profane dynamo of a superstar?” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Snowden (2016) 61% 3/5 “Deserves respect for attempting to offer a user-friendly consideration of what Snowden tried to achieve.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review I Am JFK Jr. (2016) 1.5/5 “The elusive and celebrated young man seemed to be something of a bore.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015) 77% 3/5 “A fascinating view of a doomed film.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Gleason (2016) 96% 3/5 “A moving portrait of a brave man's struggle against ALS.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Burden of Peace (2014) 3/5 “Impressive documentary on Guatemala's reformist Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Gun Crazy (1950) 91% 3.5/5 “Artistically ambitious B-movie classic.” – Film Snobbery Dec 1, 2016 Full Review The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954) 4/5 “Highly amusing low comedy, one of the best in this long-running series.” – Film Snobbery Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Jackie (2016) 88% 1/5 “Natalie Portman falls back on excessive Acting 101 shtick that seems aimed for generating film awards rather than seriously trying to decipher the soul of a beloved figure.” – Cinema Crazed Dec 1, 2016 Full Review Gigi (1958) 89% 3/5 “Lovely to behold, but the story has dated very badly.” – Examiner.com Jul 1, 2016 Full Review When Bette Met Mae (2014) 3/5 “Entertaining documentary on the unlikely meeting of two silver screen icons.” – Examiner.com Jul 1, 2016 Full Review Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) 69% 3/5 “Opulent and well-acted, although fidelity to history is occasionally frayed.” – Examiner.com Jul 1, 2016 Full Review
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