Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

As McConaughey might say, it's not quite awful, awful, awful, but neither is it quite alright, alright, alright. Review

Like any addictive force, regardless of your experience with The Untamed, it's a film you may find yourself wishing to revisit. Review

With Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven remake it felt like we were watching a bunch of friends having fun making a movie, and that enthusiasm somewhat translated to the audience. With Logan Lucky you similarly get the sense that everyone involved was having a blast, but this one's no fun for the viewer. Review

If you're neither a fan of boxing or the Rocky series, The Bleeder will likely play as a second-rate biopic. Pugilism devotees however will find it an easy-going tribute to a forgotten figure of the sport, while for Rocky buffs it will prove an insightful piece of background detail. Watch out for Morgan Spector's amusing turn as the Italian Stallion himself. The Bleeder won't be remembered as the greatest of boxing movies, but i... Review

Give Theron a decent script and a character that's something more than a violent mannequin, and we might have a convincing substitute. Atomic Blonde has some dazzling highlights, but it needs to take better care of its roots. Review

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