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‘BlacKkKlansman’ too focused on its fiction

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

5/10 BlacKkKlansman opens on footage from Gone with the Wind, a famous crane shot of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivian Leigh) tending to wounded Confederate soldiers after the Battle of Atlanta. It then cuts to an extended scene of Dr. Kennebrow Beauregard … Continue reading →

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Only official ‘Slender Man’ movie is the worst ‘Slender Man’ movie

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

1/10 And now to dissect Slender Man, the movie its own studio didn’t want you to see. In rural Massachusetts, four bored teenagers summon the Slender Man. They do this by watching a video on the Internet straight out of … Continue reading →

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‘Meg’ measures up to sharks’ giant film legacy

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

8/10 I was perfectly fine skipping The Meg. Every five years or so, some shark movie comes along to pick the cartilage of Jaws, and I didn’t think this one would be anything special. But then it made a ton … Continue reading →

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On ‘Christopher Robin,’ ‘Eighth Grade’ and parents making movies about children

Posted on September 5, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Oh my shitting God, they killed Christopher Robin’s parents too. Disney’s Christopher Robin starts with the title character (Ewan McGregor, Orton O’Brien as a child) being sent to dreary, grey boarding school and necessarily abandoning his fuzzy friends that he … Continue reading →

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Yes, ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ is really that good

Posted on August 26, 2018 by reelentropy

9/10 I came into Mission: Impossible – Fallout wondering, if these movies are so good, why can I barely remember any of them? I won’t be forgetting Fallout any time soon. In the film’s opening, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and … Continue reading →

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