Eric D. Snider, Author at CrookedMarquee

Eric D. Snider

Eric D. Snider has been a film critic since 1999, first for newspapers (when those were a thing) and then for the Internet. He was born and raised in Southern California, lived in Utah in his 20s, and has been in Portland since 2005. He is glad to meet you, probably.

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REVIEW: <i>Assassination Nation</i> Fascination Dissipation

REVIEW: Assassination Nation Fascination Dissipation

September 20th, 2018 0

Assassination Nation, based on the hashtags #woke and #metoo, is an in-your-face, self-consciously edgy satire about a town called Salem that goes...

REVIEW: Be Sure to Catch <i>The Predator</i> If You Like Movies That Are Good Enough But Just Barely

REVIEW: Be Sure to Catch The Predator If You Like Movies That Are Good Enough But Just Barely

September 14th, 2018 0

Unlike the late entries in some horror franchises, The Predator doesn't pretend any of its predecessors didn't happen, but you don't need to have...

REVIEW: <i>A Simple Favor</i> Reveals a Complicated Relationship

REVIEW: A Simple Favor Reveals a Complicated Relationship

September 14th, 2018 0

Based on Darcey Bell's novel, which must have been inspired by Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, A Simple Favor is a funny, dark-edged, lurid...

REVIEW: Drugs, Guns, and the FBI Screw Up <i>White Boy Rick</i>'s Family

REVIEW: Drugs, Guns, and the FBI Screw Up White Boy Rick's Family

September 13th, 2018 1

It's unlikely (I hope) that the Wershe family of Detroit will remind you of your own clan. As portrayed in White Boy Rick, a compelling if familiar...

REVIEW: <i>Mandy</i> Offers Peak Nic Cage, for Better or Worse

REVIEW: Mandy Offers Peak Nic Cage, for Better or Worse

September 12th, 2018 0

Mandy stars Nicolas Cage, with Andrea Riseborough as his wife, the two of them living a lumberjack’s life in the Pacific Northwest in 1983....

REVIEW: Revenge Is <i>Peppermint</i>-Flavored, and It's Dull

REVIEW: Revenge Is Peppermint-Flavored, and It's Dull

September 7th, 2018 1

In yet another Death Wish update teaching the valuable lesson that violence is the answer, Peppermint presents Jennifer Garner as Riley North, a...

REVIEW: <i>The Nun</i> Just Another Generic Horror Movie They Keep Making out of Habit

REVIEW: The Nun Just Another Generic Horror Movie They Keep Making out of Habit

September 7th, 2018 0

You know how sometimes a horror movie will have various creepy apparitions, and how it doesn't really matter why those particular images were chosen,...

REVIEW: <i>Arizona</i> Good at First But Then Disappointing, Like Arizona

REVIEW: Arizona Good at First But Then Disappointing, Like Arizona

September 6th, 2018 0

Arizona is a dark horror/comedy set after the housing collapse in 2009, an era that ought to have inspired more dark horror/comedies than it has. It...

REVIEW: <i>First Man</i> Takes a Long Time to Get to the Moon, But It's Worth It(?)

REVIEW: First Man Takes a Long Time to Get to the Moon, But It's Worth It(?)

September 6th, 2018 0

(Opens Oct. 12) Ryan Gosling is a handsome man, but it's his profile that's most aesthetically pleasing. We saw a lot of it in Drive, where he sat...

REVIEW: <i>Cold Skin</i> a High-Brow Look at Fish-Monsters

REVIEW: Cold Skin a High-Brow Look at Fish-Monsters

September 6th, 2018 0

Cold Skin starts with the Nietzsche quote about how monster-hunters must beware lest they become monsters themselves, staring into the abyss may...

REVIEW: Open Your Cold Heart to <i>Can You Ever Forgive Me?</i>

REVIEW: Open Your Cold Heart to Can You Ever Forgive Me?

September 4th, 2018 0

(Opens Oct. 19) Lee Israel was a journalist who made a living writing well-regarded biographies before falling on hard times after the failure of...

REVIEW: Robert Redford Shines As One of the Title Characters in <i>The Old Man & the Gun</i>

REVIEW: Robert Redford Shines As One of the Title Characters in The Old Man & the Gun

September 3rd, 2018 0

(Opens Sept. 28.) David Lowery's last movie, A Ghost Story, was about a ghost but wasn't a horror film. His new one, The Old Man & the Gun, is...

REVIEW: <i>Searching</i> Cho's Well But Can't Avoid Messing Up

REVIEW: Searching Cho's Well But Can't Avoid Messing Up

August 31st, 2018 0

When teenage Margot (Michelle La) goes missing, her widowed father, David (John Cho), with whom she has always enjoyed a close relationship,...

REVIEW: Drama Behind the Idyllic Summer in <i>We the Animals</i>

REVIEW: Drama Behind the Idyllic Summer in We the Animals

August 31st, 2018 0

All is tranquil at the beginning of We the Animals before it evolves into a gentle, aching coming-of-age story for 10-year-old Jonah (Evan Rosado),...

REVIEW: <i>Operation Finale</i> Hearkens Back to a Time When Nazis Weren't Cool

REVIEW: Operation Finale Hearkens Back to a Time When Nazis Weren't Cool

August 29th, 2018 0

As we've seen, the end of Adolf Hitler didn't mean the end of the Nazis. Those suckers are hardy! Operation Finale recounts how one of the Naziest...

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