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: 2050 / 2050

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It may end in a thoroughly unsatisfying manner, with a "crime doesn't pay" coda that belongs in a Hays Code-era gangster picture, but for its first two thirds Sharper is a genuinely thrilling thriller, populated by charismatic stars playing people whose livelihood depends on charisma. Review

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2023-02-18

2023

For a less disingenuous version of this sort of thing, you can check out Xavier Dolan's Mommy or Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs, but Jackman and Dern do such good work here that The Son is worth a watch, even if it will leave a sour taste in your mouth. Review

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2023-02-16

2023

What could have been a Parasite-esque blackly comic thriller that shines a light on the darker side of Korean society is instead a pale imitation of the Japanese films of Kore-eda, who this misstep aside is arguably the greatest filmmaker of his generation. Review

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2023-02-15

2023

Legge has done a wonderful job with limited means, reinvigorating the played-out found footage genre by looking past The Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity to the films of Watkins, which despite what fans of Cannibal Holocaust would have you believe, mark the real beginnings of the sub-genre. Review

8.0

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2023-02-14

2023

Anyone who attended Catholic school may find enough relatable creepiness in the setting, but for a convent-based horror it's nun too scary... Review

5.0

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2023-02-11

2023

Soderbergh's ability to fashion a fun sequence occasionally enlivens the by-the-numbers drama but with a central romantic plot you'll be hard pressed to care about, Magic Mike's Last Dance has occasional bumps but is mostly a grind. Review

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2023-02-10

2023

Polley opens her film with a pretentious bit of text that declares her film a work of "female imagination." A flight of fancy might be more apt. Review

4.0

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2023-02-03

2023

Yet while we're kept gripped by the potentially looming apocalypse and the smaller human drama between Eric and Andrew, the film runs out of ideas in its final stretch... Review

6.0

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2023-02-02

2023

There's an important conversation that might have been started by The Whale, but Aronofsky's condescending approach will likely shut down any potential dialogue, which is a shame. Review

5.0

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2023-02-01

2023

She is Love is a film that seems to be making up its story as it goes. None of its revelations are particularly interesting, just the sort of everyday issues that tend to break up relationships. Review

5.0

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2023-01-31

2023

For all my complaints, I had fun with Plane. Review

6.0

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2023-01-27

2023

It wouldn't take too much tinkering with the script to elevate The Lair above its Friday night six-pack and curry aspirations. That said, in an era when so few mainstream genre films are content to simply deliver a fun time, perhaps that's not such a bad ambition. Review

6.0

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2023-01-26

2023

Skinamarink has become something of a cult sensation, and any curious fan of horror/arthouse cinema will want to try peering into its darkness. What you see in its shadows may depend on what you bring to it yourself. Let me know what colour you think this dress is. Review

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2023-01-25

2023

Wright's film may be an unfocussed mess that can't decide what tone it's aiming for, but a sequel that's happy to eschew the knuckle-headed social commentary and simply deliver monster movie thrills wouldn't be unwelcome. Review

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2023-01-24

2023

At two and a half hours, The Fabelmans is tough going, a lot like watching your rich neighbour's holiday footage if they had brought a professional cinematographer on holiday. Review

3.0

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2023-01-20

2023

Lerman proves himself as capable of creating a suspenseful action sequence as any of his Hollywood peers. Review

7.0

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2023-01-19

2023

Martone uses its geography, with its narrow streets and moped traffic to create the paranoid sense that trouble can emerge from any doorway or from around any corner at any time. Review

7.0

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2023-01-18

2023

At little over an hour long, The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra never quite allows us to get to know the various human characters that fall victim to the mattress, and as a result the melancholy Sye-young appears to be aiming for never quite hits home. Review

6.0

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2023-01-17

2023

Endless Content Forever is a lot like a millennial screaming at their own generation to get off their lawn when they actually live in a fourth floor apartment. Review

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2023-01-13

2023

Despite its experimental trappings, there's a clear narrative here, but by the end you might find yourself questioning whether a more conventionally dramatic approach might have done this examination of mental illness and familial trauma more justice. Review

6.0

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2023-01-12

2023

Rather than creating a fictional heroine, we're left to wonder why the writer/director didn't focus his attention on memorialising one of the real life women who lost their lives at the hands of Hanaei. Review

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2023-01-11

2023

The thrillers that have come from the Blumhouse stable usually stumble when they attempt social satire with a straight face (think of the awful Purge series, the embarrassingly bad Black Christmas remake and whatever Run Sweetheart Run was), but their best movies are those that employ satire (Happy Death Day, Freaky). M3GAN is an addition to the latter camp... Review

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2023-01-10

2023

As a problematic character, Tár is entertainingly awful, but awfully entertaining. Review

8.0

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2023-01-06

2023

In essence Vienne may have simply filmed her play, but by centering the face of Brooks she employs one of cinema's great advantages over the stage – the close-up. Watching Brooks wrestle with his grisly memories makes for a deeply uncomfortable 60 minutes, and Capdevielle is creepily convincing as someone who has engaged in the sort of acts that fuel TV's True Crime industry. Review

7.0

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2023-01-05

2023

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