Category Archives: Entropy

‘Operation Finale’ doesn’t show you the goods

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

5/10 Operation Finale was supposed to be a heavyweight talkie matchup between two of the best actors in the world, but the film minimizes that element in favor of some much less appetizing subplots. In 1960, the Israeli government receives … Continue reading →

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‘Happytime Murders’ less Muppets, more McCarthy

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 I was optimistic for The Happytime Murders. Director/producer Brian Henson, Jim Henson’s son, is obviously more a Muppet guy than a Melissa McCarthy guy, and I was hoping this would be more of a Muppet movie than a Melissa … Continue reading →

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Aspiring franchise-starter ‘Mile 22’ trips at the starting line

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Mile 22 is from director/producer Peter Berg and star/producer Mark Wahlberg, the creative team that has dedicated itself recently to hyper-jingoistic movies like Lone Survivor and Patriots Day, and they aren’t all that bad. Deepwater Horizon in particular is … Continue reading →

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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is terrible

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 In the late August dead zone, which this year was filled with some fairly interesting releases, Crazy Rich Asians spent three weeks at the top of the box office, including Labor Day weekend, a run that included an astonishingly … Continue reading →

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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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