Author Archives: reelentropy

Applying chaos theory: bringing Ratchet and Clank to a new generation… of 4 year olds

Posted on October 17, 2015 by reelentropy

I’ve never seen a trailer that brought me from excitement to resigned loathing so quickly.

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #Home, #ratchet and clank, #ratchet and clank movie, #underdogs | Leave a comment

I wanted to like Crimson Peak so bad

Posted on October 15, 2015 by reelentropy

From the first trailer straight to its release, Crimson Peak promised to be an electrifying, visuals-driven horror movie with rich colors and music and set pieces, a horror movie interested in looking good, not just good enough to jump out from around … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alice in wonderland, #blood, #crimson peak, #guillermo del toro, #jessica chastain, #mia wasikowska, #pacific rim, #the sixth sense, #tom hiddleston, The Avengers | 3 Comments

Pan messy, weird

Posted on October 14, 2015 by reelentropy

When Pan’s Labyrinth got pushed back from a July 24 release that it surely would have dominated to do re-shoots, it was clear something was very wrong. Now that the movie’s come out, it’s more clear than ever, but it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #amanda seyfried, #carla delevingne, #censorship, #columbus day, #damn, #editing, #garrett hedlund, #hugh jackman, #michael jackson, #neverland, #pan, #pan's labyrinth, #peter pan, #racist, #re-shoots, #rooney mara, #tron: legacy, #weird | Leave a comment

A brief history of space movies

Posted on October 13, 2015 by reelentropy

With The Martian holding steady in the no. 1 spot, it’s time to take a look at how space has been used as a setting in movies over the years. The first space movie — the first science fiction movie, really — was the 1902 … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #2001, #2001: a space odyssey, #a trip to the moon, #abbot and costello go to mars, #alien, #destination moon, #farewell to the master, #flight to mars, #gravity, #harry bates, #HG wells, #interstellar, #iron man, #marooned, #moon landing conspiracy, #prometheus, #robert a heinlein, #rocketship galileo, #rocketship x-m, #space balls, #space race, #stanley kubrick, #star trek, #star wars, #starship troopers, #stranger in a strange land, #the day the earth stood still, #the first men in the moon, #the martian, #the silent era, #woman in the moon | Leave a comment

NO NARRATING

Posted on October 7, 2015 by reelentropy

The Walk is a playful, visually stunning film, but every moment of joyful levity, every jaw-dropping stunt, is ruined by Ever since I was a little boy, I have always been looking for places to put my wire. When I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #9/11, #bill murray, #Everest, #fear and loathing in las vegas, #fight club, #france, #jeff daniels, #joseph gordon-levitt, #narration, #new york, #new york city, #paris, #philippe petit, #sin city, #statue of liberty, #the city, #the walk, #the world trade center, #thewalkmovie, #tristar pictures | Leave a comment