Monthly Archives: December 2019

‘21 Bridges’ deftly navigates tightrope of action, social pitfalls

Posted on December 7, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Is 21 Bridges exploitative? Is it cop-friendly propaganda? It’s a damn good action movie, is what it is. In 21 Bridges, two hired assassins, Michael Trujillo and Ray Jackson (Stephan James and Taylor Kitsch), kill eight NYPD officers in … Continue reading →

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‘Frozen II’ expands, doesn’t improve franchise

Posted on December 6, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I never made time for Frozen in November 2013. It’d come a bit out of nowhere, and I sort of pretended it hadn’t had the success that it had. Glancing over it on Disney+ before its long-awaited sequel six … Continue reading →

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‘The Good Liar’ brings all-world stars together and gives them nothing to do

Posted on December 6, 2019 by reelentropy

1/10 The Good Liar is exhibit A for how poor control of information can utterly ruin a movie. London, 2009- con artist Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) has found his final mark, Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), whom he has approached on … Continue reading →

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‘Charlie’s Angels’ poorly made, poorly sold

Posted on December 6, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 Charlie’s Angels was immediately an interesting idea, taking old sexploitation from the ‘70s and repurposing it as a movie about, by and for women. This is readily apparent in the marketing, which doesn’t seem to be aimed at moviegoers … Continue reading →

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‘Ford v Ferrari’ less the true story, more the story you want to be true

Posted on December 6, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 There’s a clear intent behind Ford v Ferrari that’s successfully born out. The intent to evoke the type of movie you’d find channel surfing on a Sunday afternoon, its 152-minute runtime expanded to fill a three or four hour … Continue reading →

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