Pearce’s Film Reviews

224 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.

Memoria (2021): One of those movies you need to see with the best sound system possible and with absolutely no distractions.; DVD $29.95
Exotica (1994): Christ, that ending. A masterpiece of story structure as emotional manipulation.
High-Rise (High Rise) (2015): The book was science fiction but the movie is a period piece, which demonstrates where this adaptation went wrong. Instead of being a near–future warning it becomes this–never–happened nostalgia. Watch Cronenberg's Shivers instead.
Crash (1996): This was very controversial despite being a very toned down, smoothed out adaptation of a book that was already almost quarter of a century old, proving there's still plenty books can do that films can't – even if just because they won't let you.
Fall (2022): Very by–the–numbers but the most vertiginous movie I've seen. I HATE heights.
In Fabric (2018): When it comes to horror movies about a red dress there's this and I'm Dangerous Tonight. That one's bad. This one is great.
Suspiria (2018): I thought that a remake of my favourite horror movie was guaranteed to be rubbish because the original was purely about style and not story but you know, this was aight
Seance (2000): If you expect this to turn out the same as the eariler movie, you're in for a rough ride.
Paprika (2006): You can't convince me that Christoper Nolan didn't see this before making Inception.
Paranoia Agent (TV Series) (Mousou dairinin) (2004): Some episodes play like deleted scenes from director Satoshi Kon's earlier work, but there's a dazzling array of ideas in here.

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Pearce’s Film Reviews