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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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Through the Looking Glass a dull artistic effort but an appalling commercial one

Posted on May 30, 2016 by reelentropy

Six years ago, Alice in Wonderland unexpectedly took the global box office by storm. Now, we have Alice Through the Looking Glass, which is the exact same movie. After a bunch of boring stuff happens in the real world, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) returns … Continue reading →

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Paper Towns tears down long-disavowed trope

Posted on July 27, 2015 by reelentropy

Like last week’s Trainwreck, Paper Towns isn’t any kind of genre trailblazer, but it’s charming enough to make up for all the things you’ve seen before. It even throws in some things you may not have. The movie is narrated by Q … Continue reading →

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