Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

These are all the movies and series that Eric has reviewed. Read more at: The Movie Waffler.

Number of movie reviews: 2306 / 2306

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That's ultimately the biggest problem with Dark Match: for a movie that features so much action in the ring, its staging doesn't do enough to make it stand out from what the WWE and other franchises offer audiences on a near nightly basis. Review

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29 january

29 jan

Maybe it's a sign of my age, but I found myself intensely irritated by the antics of the young group of so-called comedians we're forced to spend time with here. Review

4.0

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28 january

28 jan

As great as Herisse and Wilson are in portraying Elwood and Turner on screen, the camera plays an integral role in fleshing out their characters. Review

9.0

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27 january

27 jan

For the most part this is an assured and highly promising debut from Rainbow, who lends a woman's touch to a previously male-dominated horror sub-genre. Review

7.0

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26 january

26 jan

Flight Risk is essentially a low budget variation of the old "the stewardess has to land the plane" disaster movie trope, with Madelyn given instructions by an improbably flirty pilot... Review

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25 january

25 jan

There are some wonderful visual moments, as you might expect, with a beautifully composed shot involving a model of the cruise ship passing an island that would have Wes Anderson fawning over its doll's house detail. Review

7.0

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24 january

24 jan

In its best moments Inheritance reminds us just how thrilling the espionage genre can be when a filmmaker takes it seriously. Review

6.0

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23 january

23 jan

For all its epic expanse, The Brutalist keeps us in its thrall thanks to the performances of Brody and Pearce. Review

8.0

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22 january

22 jan

Gatt fails to convince as a writer but impresses somewhat as a director, constantly finding new ways to visually enliven his film's barren setting, and the 35mm cinematography of Aurélien Marra captures the heat and dust of the location. Review

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21 january

21 jan

For all its attempts to tackle heavy themes, Wolf Man is ultimately just as silly as Joe Johnston's more faithful 2010 take. Review

4.0

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19 january

19 jan

Chalamet's portrayal is magnetic but the script never lets him be anything more than a mumbling enigma. Thankfully we have Dylan's songs to fill in the blanks, performed in a surprisingly convincing manner here by Chalamet. Review

7.0

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18 january

18 jan

The lack of technical creativity is somewhat disappointing but perhaps if Soderbergh had chosen to dazzle us with his camera moves we might have become too focussed on the spirit rather than the human drama it observes and so badly wishes to be a part of. Review

7.0

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16 january

16 jan

It's all a big mess, which is frustrating as there are moments that hint at the affecting look at the passage of time this might have been in the hands of a filmmaker more interested in humans than gadgets. Review

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15 january

15 jan

For at least its first half, Get Away is an amusing send-up of the tone deaf ignorance of Brits who naively decide to holiday in parts of the world once ravaged by their ancestors, oblivious to how their presence might be received by the natives. Review

6.0

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14 january

14 jan

Larrain, Knight and Jolie take us beyond the well manicured, stiff postured presentation of Callas to get to the heartbreaking turmoil that exists within her in these twilight days. Review

7.0

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11 january

11 jan

You get the sense Sharpe and Merlant are using their roles to audition for the next Bond movie - Sharpe flops but Merlant should have Barbara Broccoli sitting up and paying attention. Review

5.0

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9 january

9 jan

This comedy, with its sunny lighting and witty repartee, just might make you think about the Holocaust and its echoes in more profound ways than any well-intentioned black and white concentration camp drama. Review

8.0

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8 january

8 jan

Dickinson and Kidman have a scorching chemistry that sucks us into their thrilling relationship. Review

8.0

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6 january

6 jan

While the movie admittedly mostly features close-ups and wide shots of its players conversing, there is the occasional striking composition, most notably a late shot of a distraught Juno pleading with a statue of the Virgin Mary, an image that wouldn't be out of place in a Dreyer drama. Review

7.0

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3 january

3 jan

Eggers' Nosferatu is practically monochromatic in its lack of colour, as though its vampiric villain has sucked all the life from the print. Review

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2 january

2 jan

Even if we don't entirely believe the situations Almut and Tobias find themselves in, the palpable chemistry between Pugh and Garfield leaves us in no doubt that these two people belong together. Review

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31 december

31 dec

Murder! serves as an example of both Hitchcock's strengths and weaknesses, his interests and his dislikes. Review

6.0

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28 december

28 dec

With its patient storytelling, The Order resembles a product of a more mature era of Hollywood. Review

8.0

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26 december

26 dec

In its mix of two storytelling forms, Blackmail provides a fascinating look at how a top director negotiated what might have been a disastrous transition. Review

9.0

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24 december

24 dec

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