Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

Who Invited Them is just about engaging enough thanks to the central performances, but horror fans may find its reluctance to fully embrace the genre somewhat frustrating. Review

Hannam's film often devolves into road movie and queer cinema tropes that we've seen all too often, but the unique setting and exploration of dual identities adds an element of freshness. Review

Thankfully, Skelton and Brennan possess enough talent to convincingly inhabit their roles and add an extra dimension to the functional script. Skelton is particularly skilful in conveying her character's gradual personality transformation. Stalker may be lacking in innovation behind the camera but the two faces before it have come away with an impressive acting showreel. Review

Even in some passages where it feels Dupieux is struggling to stretch out his story, the performances of his central quartet keep us involved with their commitment to his unique vision. Review

If you can brush aside its various inconsistencies and leaps of logic, there is a minor bit of fun to be had with I Came By. It's mostly courtesy of Bonneville, who is genuinely creepy as the terrifying toff. Review

Imagine a relatively straight albeit sleazy comedy with a 2001: A Space Odyssey light show tacked onto the end and you'll have some idea of what you're in for. Review

Orchestrator of Storms is a loving tribute but a melancholy one. In the end we're left thinking of Rollin's body of work as another vampire that continues to live on, bringing eternal beauty to the landscape of French cinema from beyond the grave. Review

This cheap subversion in an effort to score timely talking points will have Dracula turning in his grave. Review

Kormákur struggles to mine tension from what should be a nail-biting scenario. Review

It comes in at 80 minutes yet still feels like it could have told this story more efficiently in the form of a short or an anthology segment. Review

You can either laugh at Orphan: First Kill or laugh with it. Either way, you'll have some undeniable fun. Review

At over two hours, the movie takes an awfully long time to make a very simple point and ask why can't we all just get along? But some of that run time is alleviated by the impressive performances on display. Review

It's the young central trio who keep us engaged, with Young, Machado and Bradford never less than convincing as good friends. Review

If viewers judge Juniper by a brief online synopsis they may dismiss it as another drop in the mumblecore ocean. To do so would be to miss out on one of the more interesting movies to emerge from the constraints of the pandemic. Review

Several movies have given us vertiginous set-pieces, but none have stretched them out to feature length as effectively as Fall. Review

Some of my favourite movies feature obnoxious protagonists, but if this is the sort of person that's going to front your movie you need to make them entertaining or insightful. These douchebags are neither, and it's an endurance test to spend the film's mercifully brief running time in their company. Review

It's difficult to figure out what type of audience Berolzheimer is aiming to satisfy with his debut. Review

Traveling Light is one of the most visually beautiful pieces of digital filmmaking I've seen. Review

Just who was the real Gustave Eiffel? You'll have to look elsewhere to find the answer to that question. Review

It's hard not to come away from Nope surmising there's a director's cut on the way that will make things clearer. Review

Trachtenberg takes things back to basics – all you need is a girl and a monster after all. Prey never gets bogged down in needless "world building" exposition, and rather than setting up future instalments it happily focusses on the movie at hand. Review

The only thing older than Bullet Train's leading man are its gags, including the badly-needs-retiring shtick of two brawlers having their fight momentarily interrupted by an unsuspecting intruder. Review

With its dark themes and lengthy backstories it would seem to be inspired by the more sprawling works of Stephen King, and it plays like a more effective King adaptation than any of the actual King adaptations of recent years. Grashaw's direction is mature and unpretentious, never getting in the way of telling his often gripping story. Review

At this point shark movies have been done to death, yet keep propping up the virtual video store shelves. The Reef: Stalked offers nothing we haven't seen in its many rivals over the past few decades, and its attempts to add a social theme simply come off as clunky and misjudged. Review