Author Archives: reelentropy

The poorly fitting patchwork of del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’

Posted on November 17, 2025 by reelentropy

What’s happened is writer/director/producer Guillermo del Toro has made the same movie he’s been making for 30 years and stitched a heavily altered Sparknotes version of “Frankenstein” overtop of it, just detailed enough that you’ll hear some of the main … Continue reading →

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‘Badlands’ second Disney-era ‘Predator’ movie, second new franchise best

Posted on November 11, 2025 by reelentropy

Predator: Badlands is a movie, a real one, the kind you grew up hearing about. It’s got everything – constant action, adventure to far-away lands, coming of age, complex relationships between technology and nature, rugged individualism weighed against a communal … Continue reading →

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‘Megalopolis,’ Coppola’s triumphant ode to human nature

Posted on October 14, 2025 by reelentropy

Megalopolis is the masterpiece at the end of time, the scrambled ramblings of an octogenarian who has watched the world rise out of and fall back into fascism, at once resigned, hopeful, crass, depraved, bitterly audacious and frequently laugh-out-loud funny … Continue reading →

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‘The Substance:’ permission to hurt yourself

Posted on October 14, 2025 by reelentropy

The Substance is an indie masterpiece destined to turn filmmaking on its head overnight with its furious satire, retro techniques and list of B-movie references so long it reminds me of Pulp Fiction, another Franken-movie built out of references to … Continue reading →

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Kimmel suspension another stupid, cowardly Free Press failure, but I’m not worried

Posted on September 18, 2025 by reelentropy

Last night, in another act of corporate cowardice in the late-night sector, ABC announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be “pre-empted indefinitely” after FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened action against the company following on-air comments about right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk, … Continue reading →

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