Author Archives: reelentropy

Bayghazi scandal fails to rock nation

Posted on January 21, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s tough for a scandal to really get under people’s skin when the movie that carries it opens no. 4 behind a blaxploitation buddy cop sequel and the fifth week of Star Wars. The film in question, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #13 hours, #act of valor, #baygazi, #benghazi, #feelthebern, #hillary clinton, #john krasinski, #lone survivor, #michael bay, #the office, American Sniper, Transformers | Leave a comment

Ride Along too generic

Posted on January 18, 2016 by reelentropy

The thing about dump months is there’s always a winner. No matter how little studios care about the movies that come out in these periods, there’s still a no. 1 every single week. In 2014, that was Ride Along for three weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #benjamin bratt, #community, #ice cube, #ken jeong, #kevin hart, #olivia munn, #ride along, #ride along 2, #straight outta compton | Leave a comment

Dormer’s star attempts to rise, limited by filmmakers

Posted on January 14, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s upsetting The Forest was made by the people that made it. It has all the elements of a spectacular psychological horror, but it falls flat in almost every possible way. The movie follows Sara Price (Natalie Dormer) as she flies to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #game of thrones, #gramercy pictures, #lola bunny, #natalie dormer, #taylor kinney | Leave a comment

Audacious production sunk by poor writing, editing decisions

Posted on January 7, 2016 by reelentropy

And for his followup to last year’s Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and should-have-been Best Actor winner, the astounding Birdman, acclaimed director Alejandro G. Iñárritu takes his crew to the northern edges of the world in the Western Canadian wilds to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alejandro inarritu, #birdman, #daredevil, #leonardo dicaprio, #oscar bait, #oscar season, #revenantmovie, #the revenant, #tom hardy | 1 Comment

The most important female characters of 2015

Posted on January 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Something that escaped mention in the previous year-end post is that 2015 was also a fantastic year for women in film, filled with strong characters and stronger economic motivations to serve a female audience. Given that I completely forgot about it … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #brie larson, #bryce dallas howard, #charlize theron, #daisy ridley, #dakota johnson, #domhnal gleeson, #ex machina, #feminism, #fifty shades of grey, #fury road, #jamie dorman, #john boyega, #jurassic park, #jurassic world, #mad max, #masculism, #Oscar Isaac, #prattprattpratt, #rape culture, #room, #star wars, #the force awakens, #tom hardy, #we are not things, #wheresrey | Leave a comment