Category Archives: Entropy

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is the urgent black story of 2020

Posted on February 24, 2021 by reelentropy

9/10 Three and a half years after the Charlottesville rally, after a year of grotesque displays of police violence, Judas and the Black Messiah is the story that puts these things in context, and it’s a fine film. Chicago, 1968- … Continue reading →

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A24 manufactures another masterpiece in ‘Saint Maud’

Posted on February 19, 2021 by reelentropy

9/10 When theaters closed last March and everything that was about to release was delayed, the biggest pain point for me was Saint Maud, set for an April 10, 2020 release and positioned as A24’s next horror masterwork. Now, almost … Continue reading →

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‘Little Things’ great but eclipsed by classics

Posted on February 8, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Warner Bros.’ moody new noir The Little Things is primarily being dismissed as too close to the 1995 classic Seven, and, yeah. That’s pretty much all there is to say. It’s a beat-for-beat remake of Seven with a significant … Continue reading →

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‘Promising Young Woman’ is not the revenge story you’re looking for

Posted on December 30, 2020 by reelentropy

3/10 I think we all really needed this. Three years after the Harvey Weinstein saga kicked into gear in October 2017, horrifically realizing the old casting couch, “who’d she blow for that role” stereotypes in a way that reveals what … Continue reading →

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is deranged and obscene

Posted on December 27, 2020 by reelentropy

3/10 Wonder Woman 1984 is not a film, it is a composite abomination in the spirit of Victor Frankenstein’s blueprints, a shambling patchwork horror of not just its surface-level influences, but the insane business practices and technological shortcuts that brought … Continue reading →

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