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St. Vincent a Lifetime movie with big-name actors and absolutely nothing more

Posted on October 24, 2014 by reelentropy

When Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy star in a movie, most people would think it would be both funny and strange. They’d be wrong. St. Vincent follows title character Vincent MacKenna (Bill Murray), a stereotypical, cursing, drinking, gambling old Irishman. … Continue reading →

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Insidious 3 trailer arrives, for some damn reason

Posted on October 23, 2014 by reelentropy

Insidious was scary until Elsie Reiner (Lin Shayne) and the Ghostbusters showed up. Insidious: Chapter 2 was kind of scary, until they showed up again. The Insidious: Chapter 3 trailer just dropped, and it looks like they’re going to skip the scary part this time … Continue reading →

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Marvel leaks Avengers 2 trailer early, blames Hydra

Posted on October 23, 2014 by reelentropy

The trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was supposed to premier ahead of Interstellar in early November, but it leaked online this evening. Instead of trying to cover it up, Marvel Entertainment tweeted “Dammit Hydra” and let it stay online. Here’s the trailer — James … Continue reading →

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Ouija October’s only OK horror movie

Posted on October 22, 2014 by reelentropy

How does Hasbro — Hasbro! — have a successful line of movies? An obviously haunted Ouija board appears in Debbie’s (Shelly Henning) house. Weird stuff happens and she ends up dead. Her best friend, boyfriend and assorted others find the … Continue reading →

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Flawed narrative structure fells Fury

Posted on October 21, 2014 by reelentropy

Sometimes a movie doesn’t need a particular hook to look really, really good. Fury is just another war movie, but it looked better than that. It isn’t quite. Lt. Aldo Raine Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) has lead his … Continue reading →

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