Monthly Archives: March 2023

In the house with ‘Skinamarink,’ the next genre-shaking internet horror classic

Posted on March 29, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Skinamarink, 2023’s new internet horror classic, is intentionally uncomfortable, incisively symbolic and coldly denies any literal interpretation. It’s definitely not for everyone, but I got a lot out of it. Writer/director/editor Kyle Edward Ball’s childhood home in Edmonton, Alberta, … Continue reading →

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‘John Wick 4’ roars, soars to new heights of violence, coolness

Posted on March 25, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 John Wick: Chapter 4 is a sprawling triumph of decadent, excessive cinema, a flaming, neon capstone for the humble action franchise that could with nothing but a charismatic star, a lot of top-end stuntmen, about 900 gallons of fake … Continue reading →

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I demand a new ‘John Wick’ movie every year until I die.

Posted on March 22, 2023 by reelentropy

In a November 2015 essay a month before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney’s first Star Wars-branded movie-product, released, an essay in Wired popularized the idea that Disney intended to make a new Star Wars movie every year until you … Continue reading →

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‘Women Talking’ imagines what it wants, but not what it needs

Posted on March 10, 2023 by reelentropy

5/10 In the mid ‘00s in the Manitoba Mennonite colony in Bolivia cut off from modern cities where women are not taught to read and only speak an outdated dialect of German, several colony men came up with a scheme … Continue reading →

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‘All Quiet’ adaptation fails in every way, but especially upward

Posted on March 10, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 Netflix’ first-ever German language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front leads the charge of international prestige movies in 2022, releasing pre-packaged with the announcement of its submission for the 95th Academy Awards as a Laser-accurate adaptation of … Continue reading →

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