Pearce’s Film Reviews

224 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.

Possessor (2020): Deeply nihilistic movie about someone destroying their own humanity works on multiple levels. The scene where someone has a job hijacking webcams to surveil people's material possessions sums up the themes nicely.
Cutthroat Island (1995): Believe the hype, this is endless lifeless action scenes rampaging through an empty story while a charismatic cast gets lost in the noise. Frank Langella looks like he's having fun.
Thin Man, The (1934): I felt drunk just watching this.
Psycho Goreman (2020): A bit self–conscious and with too many flaccid scenes, this still has enough inspired moments (including a great ending) and fun performances (especially the lead girl) to get over the finish line
Go (1999): One of the great Christmas ensemble movies, this saga of many people consistently making believably bad decisions is a riot of misadventure and a real time capsule for those of us who were young and dumb in the '90s.; Poster (G) $9.95
Caddyshack (1980): Proof that a movie doesn't need plot or character if it's funny enough.
Eternals (2021): Someone please rescue Chloe Zhao from Disney, this movie wastes her talents. The script seems unfinished and the cast seems to be acting in different movies to each other.
Roger Corman Collection #2 (Creature from the Haunted Seas, It Conquered the World) (1956-1961): It Conquered the World is one of the all–time great cheapies and it has Lee Van Cleef as a scientist. Also, it's under 70 minutes so it can't waste too much of your time.
Tuff Turf (1985): If you like endearing '80s cheese about the outsider who triumphs over the bullies, this is yet another one. Makes a good Spader double with the much more vicious The New Kids.
Brother from Another Planet (1984): Joe Morton might be the most expressive actor on Earth. He sells his character's intellect, empathy and alien nature without ever uttering a word. The movie skips the tracks when it loads up one subplot too many but there are a lot of great moments..

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