Author Archives: reelentropy

Blunt shines, Girl on the Train falters

Posted on October 7, 2016 by reelentropy

The Girl on the Train is good. It comes recommended. But I left it thinking about how much better it could have been. The film follows Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), who sketches during her daily train commute to New York City. Over … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #edgar ramirez, #emily blunt, #fight club, #lisa kudrow, #rebecca ferguson, Alcoholism, Black Swan, Blue Velvet, Fertility, Girl on the Train, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Kanye, Lisa Kudrow sighting, Luke Evans, Rear Window, sex, Trains, Unreliable Narrator, voyerism | Leave a comment

Did Nate Parker really rape that woman, and how much does it matter to you?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

Editor’s note — this subject matter calls for some form of coping mechanism. Mine is flippancy and course language. I’m fucking serious. If you continue to read this, it’ll ruin your night. Graphic content warning. *** The U.S. as a culture, from … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #bill cosby, #birth of a nation, #racism, #rape, #roman polanski, #sundance, Bryan Singer, DW Griffith, Hollywood's really weird sexual assault problem, Ku Klux Klan, Nate Parker, Penn State, Why can't we figure out how to deal with rapes | Leave a comment

Tim, what are you doing?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

The buzz about Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is that it falls apart in the second half, and that’s absolutely not true. It falls apart well before then. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is about Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield), a muggle … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alice in wonderland, #edward scissorhands, #nazis, #samuel l jackson, #tim burton, Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Frankenstein, Harry Potter, Harry Potter knockoff, he finally looks like a bitch, Jane Goldman, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Skip it, Slenderman, Terrence Stamp, Tim, Tim Burton is racist now apparently, what are you doing | Leave a comment

Applying Chaos Theory: Gone Girl 2

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

Here’s the trailer you’ve all seen for the Emily Blunt thriller The Girl on the Train. Now, here’s the trailer for 2014’s Gone Girl-

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #annabelle, #Ben Affleck, #emily blunt, annabelle 2, David Fincher, dear god why is annabelle 2 happening, Gone Girl, Hollywood is a copycat industry, Since when does Hollywood make good decisions about what to follow up on, The Girl on the Train, voyerism | Leave a comment

Deepwater Horizon brings harrowing blowout to vivid life

Posted on September 30, 2016 by reelentropy

Deepwater Horizon is a triumph of traditional, fundamentally sound storytelling. It’s proof of the power of film to make any subject matter gripping. The movie revisits the April 2010 disaster aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit that claimed 11 lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #kurt russell, #mark wahlberg, #Sorry, #tim burton, All right Mr DeMille I'm ready for my close up, British Petroleum, Close up, Coke, Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon is really really good, disaster movies, Gulf of Mexico, Handheld camerawork, Honey, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Power of film, What a cast | Leave a comment

Author Archives: reelentropy

Blunt shines, Girl on the Train falters

Did Nate Parker really rape that woman, and how much does it matter to you?

Tim, what are you doing?

Applying Chaos Theory: Gone Girl 2

Deepwater Horizon brings harrowing blowout to vivid life

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