Pearce’s Film Reviews
224 Films have been rated or reviewed by Pearce.
- Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
- Funny, tense, disturbing and often absurdist, this marks both director Rose Glass and star Katy O'Brian as major talents.
- Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
- PJ Soles shoulda had a bigger career, unfortunately she's known more for her lesser roles in Halloween and Carrie than for this.
- Only God Forgives (2013)
- Gorgeous to look at but monumentally silly.
- Animal House (1979)
- Probably the best of these frat boy shenanigans movies, all of which are full of "they wouldn't do THAT now" moments.
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Why is it so long? Why is the dialogue so laboured? Why do they linger on the gore until it looks like bits of rubber?
- Ring, The (2002)
- Take a foreign–language film with an elegantly simple premise, douse it liberally in special effects and over–explanations, turn the scariest ending of all time into "a damp child looked at me" and voila, Hollywood remake.
- Pearl (2022)
- And the award for Most Acting goes to Mia Goth, whose performance was applauded by people for whom size matters.
- Crimson Peak (2015)
- Heathcliffe, it's me Cathy, and Jane Eyre, and Rebecca, so warmed–over let me in your window
- Jack's Back (1988)
- An underrated little psycho thriller that bears absolutely no resemblance to the synopsis above. Best watched with no spoilers though so don't look up what it's really about!
- K-20 - Legend Of The Mask (2008)
- Inspired by the work of Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo, this is a fun pulp adventure in the vein of '90s movies like The Shadow or The Rocketeer.