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Flaccid lack of humanity flatlines ‘Insidious 5’

Posted on July 23, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 In Insidious: The Red Door, horror icon Patrick Wilson, the male lead of every mainline Insidious and Conjuring movie to date, finally brings his flaccid disinterest to the director’s chair. The film begins with Josh Lambert (Wilson) reminiscing over … Continue reading →

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15 years later, ‘Raping Indy’ again

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 In 2008, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas finally dusted off Indiana Jones after 20 years for his fourth of five appearances greenlit all the way back in 1979 with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It … Continue reading →

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‘Past Lives’ warrants a lot of early best-of-the-year noise

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Past Lives opens with a J cut, transitioning from sound on a black screen to a shot of the love triangle in one of the final scenes at the bar, the only shot in the film from outside the … Continue reading →

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“Asteroid City” fully responds to COVID isolation

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch was the crown jewel of a late-2021 explosion of pandemic-delayed works from name directors, but now at what appears to be the peak of his career, he didn’t stop working during the COVID-19 crisis, … Continue reading →

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‘Elemental’ catastrophe could mean the end for Pixar

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Elemental might just end up being the last Pixar movie. There are two more movies in production now, but looking at these receipts, I can’t see any reasonable option other than to shut the studio doors immediately. At least … Continue reading →

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