Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

O'Connor's film has the sort of abrupt denouement that would be perfect if this were the pilot for a TV show, but as a movie it needs a little more room to breathe. Review

This is essentially her feature debut, and it's quite the entrance. Review

It's a middling addition to the sub-genre, but there's enough to keep devotees of Animal Attacks cinema mildly amused. Review

Mortimer, Nevin and Heathcote are all excellent here, and the fractured relationship between the women is laid out in a manner as ambiguous as the nature of Edna's mental state. Review

But for all the existing sci-fi/horror ingredients Brown throws into his narrative pot, he manages to make The Beach House a distinctively flavoured chowder of his own. Review

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. Review

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... Review

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

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

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. Review

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

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. Review

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