Tag Archives: David F. Sandberg

DC’s gleeful ‘Shazam!’ is the best Marvel movie in years

Posted on April 15, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Less than a month after the hotly anticipated Captain Marvel flew onto screens, Warner Bros. and DC have released a significantly better Captain Marvel movie in Shazam! In 1974, a young Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong, Ethan Pugiotto as a … Continue reading →

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Fresh director can’t elevate bland horror prequel

Posted on August 11, 2017 by reelentropy

3/10 The eminent horror production studio has started to inject real talent into its movies, but it’s clearly not always going to be enough. In Annabelle: Creation, a group of orphans moves into the spacious, rural house of the mysterious … Continue reading →

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Ouija defies the Natural Order

Posted on October 26, 2016 by reelentropy

Ever since The Conjuring blew the lid off the horror genre by opening to $41 million in July 2013, studios have been devoting most of their scary movie resources into Blockbuster season. October, traditionally horror’s time to shine, has become something of … Continue reading →

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Lights Out is an instant classic in every sense of the phrase

Posted on July 28, 2016 by reelentropy

Lights Out is a stellar horror film that walks the line between terrifying and fun, but before that, it’s a happy ending for a genius short. After a pulse-pounding introduction in which a shadowy woman kills Paul (Billy Burke), Lights Out follows … Continue reading →

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