Category Archives: Entropy

‘Jojo Rabbit’ is good for the first half hour, then gets sad

Posted on November 29, 2019 by reelentropy

4/10 At its outset, Jojo Rabbit is everything it’s promised to be, sort of like the most twisted Wes Anderson movie ever made. With cheerful colors, square compositions and sharply angled camera moves, the film opens on a Hitler Youth … Continue reading →

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Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ a crass excuse to play Tourette’s, also an evocative and rewarding film

Posted on November 29, 2019 by reelentropy

5/10 Motherless Brooklyn feels less like a movie and more like Edward Norton and his pals playing dress-up, and that’s not the worst concept for a movie I’ve ever heard of. New York City, 1957- Lionel Essrog (Norton, who also … Continue reading →

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‘Doctor Sleep’ made with love, pulled down by editing

Posted on November 29, 2019 by reelentropy

6/10 As the ‘10s come to a close, the 30-year cycle of media nostalgia for the ‘80s is in full swing. The specific subset of romance for Stephen King media reaches its theoretical nadir with Doctor Sleep, both a sequel … Continue reading →

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‘Harriet’ is the classy way to beg for an Oscar

Posted on November 19, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Harriet is the platonic ideal of what all Oscarbate movies want to be and is genuine enough to not drive me up a wall. The film follows the completely true life story of Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), born Minty … Continue reading →

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‘Dark Fate’ just as trashy as all the other ‘Terminator’ sequels, but this time it actually means something

Posted on November 19, 2019 by reelentropy

4/10 Terminator: Dark Fate is the third Terminator movie in the past 10 years that was seen by the studio as part one of a new Terminator trilogy, only to crash and burn critically and commercially. They’ve literally made a … Continue reading →

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