Author Archives: reelentropy

More of the same excellence in Fincher’s ‘The Killer’

Posted on December 11, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Director David Fincher, backed by Netflix, has been angling for awards lately, first with flagship series “House of Cards,” then a black-and-white stab at the great American biopic with Mank, and now The Killer, another American arthouse cliché of … Continue reading →

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Cannes courtroom champ ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ thrills

Posted on November 22, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Palme d’Or-winning Anatomy of a Fall is another film that captivates by being a lot of different things at once. The evolving blend of personal and legal and of fact and fiction paint a complex portrait of human life, how … Continue reading →

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‘Flower Moon,’ an unflinching portrait of guiltlessness

Posted on November 14, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 One of history’s greatest filmmakers is still going strong. Killers of the Flower Moon is everything you can expect from a Martin Scorsese picture – an emotionally driven, human look at a vital moment in history with spectacular performances, … Continue reading →

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‘Exorcist’ remake is a mess by design

Posted on November 14, 2023 by reelentropy

4/10 Over the past six years, writer/director David Gordon Green produced the OKest, the worst and the best ever sequels to Halloween, a movie with quite a number of sequels. Its simplicity and face-value horror set off the Golden Age … Continue reading →

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‘The Creator’ a crowing achievement, one of the finest films ever made

Posted on November 13, 2023 by reelentropy

10/10 The Creator is a searing tapestry of emotion, an uncompromising labyrinth of peak action scenes, a scorching hate letter to American imperialism and exploration of the human cost of war measured in screams. The Republic of New Asia, 2065- … Continue reading →

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