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‘Little Women’ charming, too difficult to follow

Posted on January 8, 2020 by reelentropy

4/10 Louisa May Alcott’s original novel “Little Women” was published in two volumes in 1868 and ’69 straddling a three-year in-narrative timeskip, then published as a single volume in 1880. In this, the seventh film adaptation of the material, writer/director … Continue reading →

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A savage, deeply cathartic ‘Marriage Story’

Posted on December 18, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 Writer/director/producer Noah Baumbach set out to create the universal divorce movie, and damn it all he seems to have done it. Noah Bumbach’s Marriage Story follows the increasingly acrimonious divorce of Charlie and Nicole Barber (Adam Driver and Scarlett … Continue reading →

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‘Phantom Thread’ arrives in wide release

Posted on January 18, 2018 by reelentropy

9/10 Undoubtedly the coolest title of 2017, Phantom Thread, has finally arrived in theaters. Why is it called that? Why did a movie with artistic heavyweights Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis take this long to get here? Who knows. … Continue reading →

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I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed

Posted on July 14, 2016 by reelentropy

At long last, it’s time for one of the most anticipated movies of 2016. They’ve been talking about Ghostbusters 3 for more than 20 years, and the announcement that they’d be remaking the first movie instead of bringing together a nostalgia-driven second … Continue reading →

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I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: Carol

Posted on February 4, 2016 by reelentropy

Any time a movie’s trailer reminds me of that satire Swedish arthouse film from (500) Days of Summer, it’s a bad sign, but Carol rises above the scandalous Oscar-bate nonsense it advertises itself as and becomes the most enjoyable romance of 2015. Based on … Continue reading →

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