Filmrecensies van Eric Hillis

With an A-list star and a globe-trotting narrative, The Old Guard has the trappings of the modern tentpole action movie, but it's very much straight to video schlock. Recensie

The central idea here has bags of potential, and if played well it could result in a movie that's essentially John Carpenter's The Thing transplanted to the confines of a suburban family home. In Hong-Sun's film, the paranoid tension between the family members is never mined for the sort of thrills and suspense such a dynamic seems custom made for... Recensie

There are more layers to this than the average onion. Recensie

In Lynn + Lucy, the industrial armchair outrage of the online mob is given tangible and terrifying form. Recensie

Like the contest itself, the run time needs trimming as there’s a definite lull in the middle, but the infectious charm throughout is impossible not to get caught up in. Fans of Eurovision will be delighted to see some iconic cameos rising like a phoenix during a high-energy musical medley. Recensie

From Peake's performance, a unique mix of ingenue innocence and world-weariness, to Arvanitis's gorgeous lensing, there's plenty to admire here. Recensie

There is very little editorialising in A Regular Woman, and, although the subject is gut wrenchingly emotive, for the most part the film is lacking in the bogus worthiness which infect films of a similar ilk. Recensie

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

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

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

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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. Recensie

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

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

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. Recensie

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. Recensie