Filmrecensies van Eric Hillis

But most of the best horror movies take a very simple, even well-worn premise and enliven it with a combination of a creator's personal vision, a gripping central performance and an understanding of the technical tricks that make the genre tick. The Stylist checks all these boxes, and I'll certainly be booking an appointment with Gevargizian in the future. Recensie

Golding is certainly trying to say something about the era, but the message is muddled and ultimately lost in a mediocre piece of straight to video storytelling. Recensie

Wilson is a good everyman foil for this sort of thing, and he manages to somewhat keep the jargon grounded, but Hayek is badly miscast and can't sell the cod-philosophy the script asks of her. Recensie

As is often the case with movies about impending catastrophes, the impending is more intriguing than the catastrophe. Recensie

If you can look past the film's hypocritical politics, there's an engaging enough Sunday afternoon western romp to be enjoyed here. Recensie

As an exercise to keep the acting muscles of two performers in use at a difficult period for the film industry, Malcolm & Marie certainly gives Zendaya and Washington plenty to chew on, but it's not so easy for the audience to swallow. Recensie

Wilton Regan does her best in the lead role, but she's essentially playing a character who has been reduced to a hysterical stereotype. Recensie

Falling somewhere between the psychological thriller of Monkey Shines and the trashy fun of Shakma, Link is the ultimate mad monkey movie, a product of an era when no premise was considered too ridiculous for an audience desperate to feed our hungry VHS players. Recensie

It's a shame that the writing is so poor, as all other aspects of The Funeral Home are technically impressive. Recensie

If Stamboel and Anwar wish to demonstrate that they can compete with mainstream Hollywood despite their limited resources, then you have to take your hat off to them for producing such a polished film. But personally I'd happily take a more rough around the edges horror movie that demonstrated some personality over this glossy but rather soulless production. Recensie

Kawase's filmmaking is powerful in bursts, but those bursts are mired in a sprawling film that often feels like it's searching for its narrative centre. Recensie

Such striking visuals, along with the quietly engaging performance of Sukhitashvili, keep us along for the ride, but this is a rollercoaster we've ridden a few too many times. Recensie

There's much to delight in here, but ultimately it's Price who is the film's MVP. Yes, by today's standards his performance might be considered hammy, but there's a time and place for ham, and the court of a wicked medieval prince proves the perfect stage for Price's unique delivery. Recensie

Hari doesn't break any new ground with his film, and some of its key elements are a little too derivative. That said, he knows how to play the notes, and even if The Night's terrors are somewhat generic, we're kept on the edge of our seat for most of its running time. Recensie

But for all the lush fields and pretty young actresses with quivering lips, it's the face of Fiennes that provides The Dig with its greatest visual splendour. The actor buries himself in the part of Basil Brown... Recensie

With immaculately framed widescreen imagery that often recalls Sergio Leone, A Dark, Dark Man plays out like a Film Noir transplanted to a western setting. Recensie

For all its political thriller trappings, it's the performances of the four women at its centre that make The Exception such a compelling watch. Recensie

Mouaness has achieved something of a marvel with his remarkably accomplished debut. He's crafted a story set in a part of the world synonymous with hardship, but from the first frame it's clear he's not interested in our pity. Recensie

Falling somewhere between the sombre, epic tone of Coppola's films and the manic action of the Italian Poliziotteschi movies of the era, Fleischer's film is an unfairly forgotten thriller that offers a chance to see some of the best actors of the fringes of New American Cinema step into the headlights, guns blazing. Recensie

Much of it is silly, with gags rehashed from the likes of The Naked Gun, while at times it's sublimely moving... Recensie

After successfully sustaining the cat and mouse tension so well, Hunted collapses in its final act... Recensie

On the whole though, this is an impressive debut that suggests Kushida may well be the next Japanese auteur of note. Recensie

On a technical level, Nina of the Woods is one of the more impressive low budget American indies of recent years, and I have to applaud Griak's aspiration. But while it's a cut above the slew of "let's go the woods with a camera and hope for the best" indie horrors, it fails to come anywhere near the sort of metaphysical genre films (Stalker; Solaris; Picnic at Hanging Rock) it hopes to echo. Recensie

I'm certainly curious to see what he might achieve if he's given a fully developed script to work with. Recensie