Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

Planetarium shares some of the same themes and elements as the superior Grand Central - love triangles; an unseen menace lingering in the distance; a fascination with the workings of a particular industry - but here they're rendered in the most lacklustre and uncompelling of fashion. Review

Sadly, the film wastes an opportunity to provide a much needed role model, with Janice nothing more than an agency-free punching bag for the film's various ghouls and ghosts. Review

Ultimately, The Ghoul is a sympathetic and understanding insight into depression. Review

America's complex racial issues deserve far better treatment than this, but as a fan of exploitation cinema, I'd be lying if I claimed Detroit wasn't one of the most impactful experiences I've had in a cinema in 2017. I can separate a badly rendered film from a well made movie. Review

If you're wondering why I haven't made mention of the film's plot, it's because I have no idea what any of this is about. Review

A Ghost Story's reluctance to commit to its fascinating premise results in one of the great missed opportunities in recent cinema. Review

As exercises in self-flagellation go, Land of Mine is little more than a technically well made piece of victim blaming propaganda. Review

Under Nolan's stewardship, Dunkirk plays out as a traumatic 100 minute experience, and a more stressful watch you're unlikely to find in mainstream cinema. Review

Sometimes truth is more dramatic than fiction, and I can't help but wish Kruithof had given us a straight adaptation of this murky chapter of French political history rather than his fictionalised version. Review

Roberts finds enough ways to increase the stakes of his limited scenario without ever straying into laughably unrealistic territory, and his work here is a big step up from the second rate genre movies he made in his native England and his atrocious American debut The Other Side of the Door. Review

Thankfully, Nanjiani is such an affable and genuinely amusing presence that his charm goes a long way to papering over this considerable crack. Review

24x36 isn't quite a movie about movie posters, as its subtitle suggests, but rather a movie about movie poster appreciation, an approach most viewers will find less interesting than a wider look at the art form. Review

For those who appreciate pure cinema, stories told through pictures rather than words, War is a rare opportunity to revel in the previously untapped possibilities of the modern blockbuster format. Review

Song to Song is packed with stunning imagery, though setting his film in an architecturally bland city limits the distractions for his camera. 'Any experience is better than no experience,' Mara's Faye remarks. Any Malick is better than no Malick, I guess, but for anyone deeply moved by his incredible recent output, Song to Song is the big disappointment of 2017. Review

In It Comes at Night, as in Krisha, the home is where the hatred is. Review

Homecoming may not be a great Spider-Man movie, but it's the best Peter Parker movie we've seen to date. Review

This installment seems to tear up the timeline of previous movies in the series, now informing us that the titular robots have been on Earth since the days of King Arthur. Review

The Book of Henry is awful, but it's uniquely awful, a film that will likely find a future life as the subject of screenwriting classes and drunken midnight screenings. Review

Halfway through this tiresome tale, I found myself wishing I was watching another movie, and no matter how hard I tried to love Garcia's film, we just weren't meant to be together. Review

Resembling Churchill neither physically nor aurally, Cox's performance takes a few minutes for us to settle into, but once you accept the brave choice made here by the actor, you're left in no doubt that you're watching anyone but Winston Churchill. It's this turn by Cox that holds our attention in a movie that otherwise offers scant rewards with a presentation that perhaps would feel more at home debuting on TV on a Sunday even... Review

Wright's film is a wild road trip through American popular culture, but in ignoring the less savoury elements of American culture, it feels like a huge missed opportunity. Review

As it is, My Cousin Rachel is a film that asks its audience to follow a trail of crumbs, but when we eventually reach the main course, we've long lost our appetite. Review

In aiming to please the widest audience possible, The Mummy has a little of something for everyone to enjoy, but even more to frustrate. Review

As a narrative, Norman is one of the most frustrating you'll see this year, but Gere's quietly mesmerising performance makes this a little easier to ignore. Review