Tag Archives: #the shining

‘Ready Player One’ is pure blockbuster magic

Posted on April 5, 2018 by reelentropy

9/10 Ready Player One is a blue-blooded blockbuster, a brass bonanza of nostalgia, special effects and action. In 2045, overpopulation has turned Earth’s major cities into desperate slums. Most of the population regularly escapes to the OASIS, a massive multiplayer … Continue reading →

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Angry Birds is a fun, deep kids movie

Posted on May 20, 2016 by reelentropy

Everyone’s cynical about the bevy of talking animal movies coming out right now, but for its part at least, The Angry Birds Movie is fantastic. The movie follows Red (Jason Sudeikis), a robin who can’t control his temper and is sent to … Continue reading →

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The Witch trades in thrills to deliver unbelievable chills

Posted on February 21, 2016 by reelentropy

No, it’s not the scariest movie ever made. It may, however, be the scariest movie ever made entirely about boobs. Set in the 1600s a few decades before the Salem Witch Trials, The Witch follows a Puritan family banished from their plantation over … Continue reading →

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’60s adaptation aggressively, overwhelmingly funny

Posted on August 13, 2015 by reelentropy

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is the perfect date movie, in that I want to take this movie out on a date. The beautiful and charming movie, based on the 1960s television series, thrusts Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill), a master thief blackmailed … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: #the shining

‘Ready Player One’ is pure blockbuster magic

Angry Birds is a fun, deep kids movie

The Witch trades in thrills to deliver unbelievable chills

’60s adaptation aggressively, overwhelmingly funny

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