Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

British dramas are known for their grittiness, but grit is an element that's notably absent from Honeytrap, making it best suited for viewing in a school civics class. Review

What's most worrying about all this is how oblivious Nakache and Toledano seem to be with regards to their ignorance. Only France seems capable of producing filmmakers this out of touch with reality. Sacre bleu indeed! Review

Sci-fi fans will feel cheated here, while war movie fans will likely find the monsters an unwanted distraction, but the movie's greatest weakness is that, unlike Edwards' film, we don't care about its characters, who mostly come off as a bunch of obnoxious jerks. Review

Cutting a swathe between stuffy British period drama and the crassness of Baz Luhrman and Joe Wright, Vinterberg has created that rare breed of classic literary adaptation that strikes the perfect balance between respecting the material and delivering cinematic thrills. Review

Before the cash-in hacks spoil its charms, check out Unfriended; to use the vernacular of Facebook, you're bound to 'like' it! Review

The spirit of '80s and '90s action cinema permeates Big Game, and it's easy to imagine Helander and his mates cracking open cans on a sofa while watching Die Hard or First Blood, but the movie it evokes most for me is The Wizard of Oz... Review

There's a lot wrong with Clouds of Sils Maria, but its deficiencies, of which there are many, are overshadowed almost entirely by the enthralling performances of its two leads. Review

There's a pervasiveness laziness to the whole affair, with a poorly researched script that gives us distracting anachronisms like a joke about David Thewlis' character being named Mickey Finn. Review

The Falling is one of the more frustrating watches I've experienced in recent years. There's a great movie in here, and a bit of reediting could restore Morley's tale to an atmospheric, ambiguous gem. Review

Sexual tension, cinematic visuals and heroes directly aiding civilians are all fresh and welcome additions to the Marvel universe, but why oh why can't they find a way to end these movies other than a boring brawl? The more things change, the more they stay the same. Review

The wasted potential here is staggering. With a bit more thought and effort, The Town That Dreaded Sundown could have been a rural companion to David Fincher's Zodiac. Instead it's a shoddily crafted Scream wannabe. Review

It may be a pan-European production shot on location in South Africa, but The Salvation is as thrilling a western as any we've seen from Hollywood recently. Review

There's a good movie waiting to be made on this subject, but Good Kill certainly isn't it. Review

It's certainly flawed, mainly in the acting department, with most of the cast performing as though under the influence of strong sedatives, and the representation of the Billy character borders on misogyny as much as the actions of her predator Dave. But Gosling's film has a tone all of its own, and reminds me of the cult oddities that turned me into a raving cinephile in the early '90s... Review

The setup of John Wick is as generic as they come, one torn straight out of the old school exploitation filmmaking rule book. But the movie knows this, and runs with it, thankfully without ever winking at the audience to let us know how ironic it's being in telling such a straight up tale. Review

Delivering an avalanche of cringe-comedy, Ostlund packs more twisted laughs into his uncomfortable drama than the entire comic output of Hollywood likely will furnish us with for the rest of the year. Review

To call the pace of Jauja glacial is to underestimate the speed of glaciers; this is a movie that at time almost seems to purposely mock the viewer's attention span. If you're willing to endure such patience-testing, Alonso's film is a baffling but ultimately satisfying oddity. Review

Previous vehicular epics like The Italian Job, Duel and early Jackie Chan flicks are referenced throughout, which is fine, but at times the movie is lazily derivative... Review

Whitman embraces her role whole-heartedly and delivers one of the most endearing performances you'll see all year. Review

While the rest of the cast appears confused and uncomfortable with the material provided, Delevingne owns every scene she appears in, and unlike her co-star Beckinsale, an actress who simply looks like a movie star, Delevingne may well prove to be the real deal. Review

These anthology films are generally hit and miss, but four gems out of the six tales presented here make Wild Tales one of the more satisfying examples of this format. Review

Much like he did with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Branagh has delivered a respectful adaptation of a classic tale, resulting in a movie that certainly looks pretty but fails to fully engage us. Review

Reynolds gives it his all, but the script isn't able to pull off this feat and the result is a movie that attempts to combine its antagonist and protagonist into the one character but ends up lacking either. Review

Even Insurgent's leading lady looks decidedly bored throughout, and it's easy to surmise she'd rather be making another Fault in our Stars or White Bird in a Blizzard than the second rate Hunger Games wannabe series she's saddled herself with. Review