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: Indie Drama <i>Starfish</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Indie Drama Starfish

Mar 23rd, 2019

An apocalyptic event happens so subtly in Starfish that you almost don't notice it. The reasons for that are probably more practical than artistic...

REVIEW: Home-Invasion Horror <i>Us</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Home-Invasion Horror Us

Mar 22nd, 2019

Jordan Peele, the newly minted horror auteur behind Get Out, gives us a lot to process in the early minutes of his follow-up, the suspenseful and...

REVIEW: Surreal Couch-Based Farce <i>Relaxer</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Surreal Couch-Based Farce Relaxer

Mar 21st, 2019

One thing you can say for sure about Relaxer: There will never be a gender-swapped remake of it. The story, first juvenile and then surreal, only...

10 Movie Characters Who Are Secretly Gay

Mar 19th, 2019

J.K. Rowling continues to make waves by revealing details about the sex lives of her characters that were never mentioned in the books or the movies,...

REVIEW: Teen Romance <i>Five Feet Apart</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Teen Romance Five Feet Apart

Mar 16th, 2019

The disease in Five Feet Apart, the latest romantic drama about two teens in love where at least one of them has an incurable disease, is cystic...

REVIEW: Alien Resistance Thriller <i>Captive State</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Alien Resistance Thriller Captive State

Mar 15th, 2019

Captive State is geeky, serious sci-fi told with a straight face and no comic relief. This is essential because, like most geeky sci-fi, it's a...

REVIEW: Self-Directed Animated Trash <i>Wonder Park</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Self-Directed Animated Trash Wonder Park

Mar 15th, 2019

The setting of Wonder Park, a goopy pile of trash made by a third-tier animation studio, is an amusement park called ... Wonderland. Why isn't the...

REVIEW: Sci-Fi Thriller <i>Level 16</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Sci-Fi Thriller Level 16

Mar 11th, 2019

The plucky, rough-around-the-edges Canadian thriller Level 16 is a Black Mirror-lite story about teenage girls being trained in a creepy,...

Answers to Your Burning <i>Captain Marvel</i> Questions! — Eric D. Snider

Answers to Your Burning Captain Marvel Questions!

Mar 11th, 2019

OK, Marvelinos! You've seen Captain Marvel and reveled in its 1990s awesomeness! (Remember how everyone back then had cats?) But you're still...

REVIEW: Marvel's <i>Captain Marvel</i> — Eric D. Snider

REVIEW: Marvel's Captain Marvel

Mar 8th, 2019

Many of the people seeing Captain Marvel (myself included) won't know anything about the character going in except that she's from Marvel Comics and...