Author Archives: reelentropy

There’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ movies now?

Posted on May 4, 2023 by reelentropy

7/10 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is fast and fun, much better than it has any right to be. The quote is “a great movie is three great scenes and no bad ones,” and there isn’t anything in this … Continue reading →

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Willem Dafoe’s ‘Inside’ is the new definitive COVID movie

Posted on April 27, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Inside is the new definitive icon of the COVID-19 crisis in film that explores the psychological damage of isolation and the way attitudes change toward the comforts of home when you’re trapped in it. That’s Willem Dafoe in Vasilis … Continue reading →

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At the end of its life, DC keeps going back to poisoned well in ‘Shazam 2’

Posted on April 27, 2023 by reelentropy

7/10 In 2019, Shazam! was one of the first popular successes for the DCEU, which was already long-dead by this time. It’s fun and flighty, but from a franchise this desperate that holds this tight a grip on its movies, … Continue reading →

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‘Creed’ ends, Jordan’s directorial career begins

Posted on April 27, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 The Creed sub-series has been a direct arc upward from unimpressive-but-promising to impressive and finally to Creed III, an inspired directorial debut from star Michael B. Jordan. Los Angeles- Seven years after Creed II, Donnie Creed (Jordan, who also … Continue reading →

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‘Cocaine Bear’ a crash of poor filmmaking

Posted on April 25, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 Cocaine Bear is the most important film of 2023, perhaps the most important of the past five years because it’s such a perfect indication of not only how filmmaking practices have stagnated and toxified, but how it affects the … Continue reading →

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