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MCU returns to form – an unwatchable CGI nightmare

Posted on March 1, 2025 by reelentropy

In Captain America: New World – woah, WOAH! This movie is titled what now? OK. OK, that’s better. In Captain America: New World Order Brave New World, after the COVID-19 crisis and the 2023 double-strike combined to form a long … Continue reading →

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‘Shaft’ tries to go anti-millennial, goes anti-gay instead

Posted on June 29, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 Several years ago, there was a major social media hubbub over the idea of Donald Glover playing Spiderman. A counterargument that rose above the initial din was to equate that to casting Michael Cera as Shaft. Now it’s 2019. … Continue reading →

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Late-summer catch-up: ‘Detroit’

Posted on August 23, 2017 by reelentropy

This article contains coarse language and distressing content.  *** 6/10 Both delving into the past and ripped from the headlines, Detroit explores America’s explosive racial divide. But like so much mass media that addresses these issues, it shies away at … Continue reading →

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Triple 9 wastes excellent cast in hopeless mess

Posted on March 8, 2016 by reelentropy

Sometimes a movie just doesn’t make sense. Not in a surrealist way that leaves you wondering what the monolith symbolizes, but in a practical way that leaves you wondering what the characters were doing and why. Triple 9’s plot is almost … Continue reading →

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