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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Mule’ feels amateurish

Posted on December 25, 2018 by reelentropy

1/10 After 37 movies in the director’s chair, not including ones he only produced or starred in, 88-year-old Clint Eastwood remains a cultural icon who commands the respect of his peers and viewership, but with every new movie he directs, … Continue reading →

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‘Star is Born’ not great, will probably win best picture

Posted on October 18, 2018 by reelentropy

6/10 A Star is Born is the kind of predictable, pretentious Oscarbate that I want to despise with every fiber of my being, but I can not. Everything about this movie tells me I should hate it, but it is … Continue reading →

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‘Vol. 2’ not as good as first, but with new and different merits

Posted on May 5, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 In August 2014, the first Guardians of the Galaxy burst into theaters as a wildly different offering from the MCU. From the formula that was finally beginning to grow stale — and kept right on doing so with its next … Continue reading →

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Todd Phillips wanted to make a true crime movie, but all he could manage was Hangover 4

Posted on August 18, 2016 by reelentropy

Steven James @StevenLeeJames War Dogs, the latest from writer/director Todd Phillips, tries to be a black comedy that makes the audience emotional, a crime movie, an entertaining comedy that puts exaggerated characters into grounded situations, a political satire and an … Continue reading →

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Joy sunk by baffling editing

Posted on December 27, 2015 by reelentropy

Editing in movies is a defensive job — if it’s done well, you don’t notice, but if you do notice, it’s because something went wrong, and something went very badly wrong with Joy.  The movie is a biopic — it’s not … Continue reading →

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