Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

Wasp Network suffers heavily from its fence-sitting objectivity. Review

Gordon-Levitt delivers a fine performance, but I just couldn't buy Tobias's reaction to the film's metaphorical bomb going off. Review

Exit Plan plays like a thinly concealed hatchet job on the assisted suicide industry. Review

There's nothing outstanding here, but there are three fun segments that just about outweigh the weaker shorts to make this a worthwhile Friday night watch for less discerning horror fans. Review

There's enough here to fill out a bloated-bellied Sunday afternoon on the couch with your old man, and veterans of combat may find themselves raising a glass in memory of their own Normans. Review

I guess A Rainy Day in New York sounds more appealing than A Drizzly Day in Dayton, but Allen's latest makes for a damp 90 minutes. Review

While This Teacher broaches some very serious issues, it's not short on laughs. Review

Cut out Neyman's segments and you'll have a very effective 20 minute video essay on the strengths of Showgirls. The remaining 70 minutes or so are patchy at best. Review

For all of its magical unbroken takes and ADD editing, Patterson's film too often relies on forcing us to listen to supporting characters relate expository soliloquies about generic alien encounters. Review

Guest of Honour's greatest strength lies in the casting of Thewlis, whose performance keeps us enraptured in spite of the film's narrative issues. Review

It doesn't help that Confessional feels like a product of the '90s, with plot revelations that simply don't carry the same sort of social weight they might have a couple of decades ago. Review

Tedeschi's scenes with Tereszkiewicz, who is surely a star in the making on the strength of her turn here, give the film its heart and cement its theme of the trouble we can find ourselves in when we refuse to remain true to our real identities. Review

The Final Wish is more successful if viewed not as a horror movie but as one of those dramas about a struggling protagonist who reluctantly returns to his hometown upon a parent's death. Review

Bird's direction is similarly subtle, but he employs some beautiful little moments of editing... Review

It's staggeringly impressive what Hernandez and Joly-Gonfard and their crew have managed to pull off on a relatively miniscule budget. Review

Thank the stars for the independent sector, which is giving us women protagonists that we can relate with regardless of our gender or shared cultures. Review

It almost feels like the movie's first and second halves were written by completely different authors, such is the noticeable absence of thrills and spills in its back end. Review

Blood Quantum simply doesn't do enough to stand out in a genre that refuses to stay dead. Review

Z keeps us gripped with just the right mix of slowburn menace, occasional and effective jump scares, and an earnest performance by Tracy. Review

The dynamic between Paul and Mickey makes for a fascinating watch, but as Get In nears its explosive climax, it begins to switch tone into something closer to a horror movie, and it all gets a bit silly. Review

Hagazussa is merely a more highbrow variation of torture porn, asking us to passively observe a woman's emotional, psychological and ultimately physical destruction. Review

Those of us who can appreciate the thrill of watching a bad girl using her body and brains to pull off a deliciously destructive plan, Ema is a delight. Review

Writer/director Kitty Green and Garner's insular performance leave Jane's motivations for contacting HR ambiguous. Review

It's a shame that Cristofer's house of cards collapses so spectacularly with his pathetic attempt at a twist, as despite the blandness of his direction and the inconsistencies of his plot, I was still somewhat on board, thanks largely to Sheridan and de Armas' awkward but endearing chemistry. Review