Category Archives: Entropy

‘Halloween’s’ bizarre, thoughtful, sweet End

Posted on January 5, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 In the entire lexicon of ill-advised Halloween sequels, Halloween Ends is certainly the best love story. Even a basic discussion of Halloween Ends spoils it because the entire movie is the twist, so if I can only say one … Continue reading →

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I’m sorry, Billy. You did real good.

Posted on January 3, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 I waited until the middle of the week to see Bros when it released in September to $4.8 million, a pitiful opening below even Universal’s extremely conservative expectations, and by that time I was sitting down, writer/star Billy Eichner … Continue reading →

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An ugly ‘Smile’

Posted on January 3, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 Smile is basic. It’s a basic horror movie. In Smile, psychiatrist Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is exposed to a smile demon-ghost thing, a tedious and obvious metaphor for post-traumatic stress that causes victims to hallucinate that people are smiling … Continue reading →

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Many unkind things about Olivia Wilde

Posted on January 3, 2023 by reelentropy

4/10 I like Olivia Wilde as an actress. I’ve never met her, but I’m sure she’s a very nice lady. Now that’s out of the way, Don’t Worry Darling is a lukewarm mess, not terrible, interesting enough to be as … Continue reading →

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The more things stay the same from ‘X’ to ‘Pearl’

Posted on January 3, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 In March, A24 released writer/director/editor/producer Ti West’s X, a time capsule of a slasher film set in 1979 in which amateur pornographers run headfirst into exactly the kind of sadistic murderers who would fill the void pornography was about … Continue reading →

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