Author Archives: reelentropy

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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‘Quantumania:’ or, ‘imagine if Rick and Morty sucked’

Posted on April 25, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 Oh, Ant-Man. What did you do to deserve getting stepped on like this? In that iconic moment in an iconic movie when the Avengers assembled onscreen for the first time, Ant-Man was already the butt of the joke. He … Continue reading →

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