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: 2253 / 2253

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After a tense first half grounded in real-life fears, A Wounded Fawn becomes a tedious supernatural horror desperate to hammer home a point the movie made far more effectively in its earlier scenes. Review

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2022-06-17

2022

I expected You Can Live Forever to be an angry film, one that would leave me feeling furious against religion and its narrow-mindedness. I didn't expect it to be such a warm and romantic tale whose primary agenda is to inspire tolerance from both sides of its central debate. Review

5.0

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2022-06-16

2022

There's an effective and occasionally charming drama in Blaze, but it's buried beneath a layer of unnecessary glitter. Review

5.0

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2022-06-16

2022

Viewers' mileage will vary, but Crawford is such a fascinating screen presence that his tortured face should be enough to hold the attention of most. Review

7.0

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2022-06-14

2022

It's a shame that there's so much nonsensical clutter in The Black Phone, as in its best moments, Derrickson displays a talent for crafting a tense sequence. Review

5.0

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2022-06-13

2022

In his movie debut, Smallwood, previously a jobbing TV actor, is quite the find. He's somewhat let down however by a film that resorts to "elevated horror" gimmicks to portray his psychological state. Rather than simply letting his leading man use his acting skills, Thompson throws in hallucinations and a needless bit of body horror, which momentarily take us out of what is really a grounded human drama. Review

6.0

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2022-06-11

2022

With a supporting cast comprised largely of real life porn stars and filmmakers, Pleasure certainly isn't an exposé of that most exposed industry. Review

7.0

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2022-06-10

2022

Boulocq films at a quiet remove, his camera a silent, unobtrusive observer that rarely gets into the faces of the film's characters. The silence of the penant Humberto is contrasted with the bombastic, flamboyant nature of Carlos, for whom everything is a show. Review

7.0

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2022-06-09

2022

Watching Dominion in the slipstream of Top Gun: Maverick, a blockbuster that gets everything right that this film gets wrong, is like eating your mum's fish fingers the day after your cool aunt brought you to McDonalds. Review

3.0

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2022-06-08

2022

Played with quiet brilliance by Katlein, Simi makes for an engaging lead, the sort of protagonist we just don’t see in horror movies. Review

7.0

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2022-06-07

2022

Like Carpenter, Keating makes great use of the empty space of his widescreen frame, keeping us constantly on edge looking for figures in the shadows and mist. Review

8.0

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2022-06-06

2022

The film contains some stellar performances from its ensemble cast. In its best moments it's a reminder of a time when Hollywood would commit to telling such stories. But that ensemble is also the film's biggest stumbling block, as the story moves back and forth between characters so often that we never really get to know who these people are, simply what they represent. Review

6.0

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2022-06-05

2022

As the film progresses it becomes less clear whether Okuna is really examining America's self-centred place in the world, as her movie evolves into a more run of the mill stalking thriller. Review

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2022-06-04

2022

Hardy aside, the film simply doesn't work. There's barely a narrative here, with some details teased only to never be elaborated upon. Review

1.0

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2022-06-03

2022

Hadžihalilović began her career as a collaborator of Gaspar Noe, a filmmaker often accused of being nothing more than a shock merchant. That's an accusation that certainly can't be leveled at Hadžihalilović, whose films could honestly use a shock or two to keep us awake. Review

5.0

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2022-06-02

2022

Men

While initially intriguing, Men soon reveals itself as a shallow attempt to replicate the unique atmosphere of 1970s folky gems like Robin Redbreast, Images and Penda's Fen. Review

4.0

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2022-06-01

2022

While Castellari is a great action director, I'm not convinced that he's a great director. His movies really lag in between the shootouts and car chases, and he struggles to get his actors to make anything out of the one-dimensional characters his scripts usually lumber them with. Review

6.0

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2022-05-31

2022

Whether it's a case of being lost in translation, the dialogue is particularly limp, with characters spelling out the messy plot through their various arguments. If you're after over the top violence you'll be satisfied however. Review

6.0

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2022-05-30

2022

I think this is how Elvis fans want to remember their idol, as a man with a voice that had to be heard, but Luhrmann is only interested in the surface spangles. Review

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2022-05-29

2022

As he has done so often, Hill takes a b-movie plot and elevates it with A-plus direction and actors that fit squarely into their character templates while adding humanity, or in several cases here, inhumanity. Review

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2022-05-27

2022

Cinematographer Scott McClellan shines his lights into the creases in Czerny's troubled brow like a spelunker finding his way through a dark cave, searching for the source of his unspoken psychological torment. Even the most committed atheist will be convinced that this is a man living in mortal fear of God, or something else. Review

7.0

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2022-05-26

2022

Most of the cast don’t seem to be taking this seriously either, but they are at least having more fun than the audience. Review

4.0

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2022-05-24

2022

A movie that looks far more polished than its relatively minor budget should allow. King devotees should look out for several references to his work peppered throughout. Review

7.0

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2022-05-21

2022

But thanks to the performances of Lowden and Capaldi, Davies makes it clear that while Sassoon may be laughing on the outside, he's burdened with an eternally tortured soul. Review

7.0

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2022-05-18

2022

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