Author Archives: reelentropy

Dope re-releases for snore-inducing Labor Day lineup

Posted on September 3, 2015 by reelentropy

Straight Outta Compton has held for no. 1 three straight weeks now, and it has definitely been for lack of trying. The highest profile release since it came out was the critically eviscerated Sinister 2. Compton barely beat evangelist film War Room last weekend. When a movie’s tagline … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #dope, #open road films, #straight outta compton, #sundance, #transporter, #transporter: refueled, #war room | Leave a comment

Wes Craven dead at 76

Posted on August 31, 2015 by reelentropy

Wes Craven, who destroyed and rebuilt horror as a genre almost once per decade over a 40 year career, died of brain cancer last night in his Los Angeles home. Craven is best known for his seminal works, 1972’s Last House on the Left, 1984’s A … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #a nightmare on elm street, #last house on the left, #rip, #scream, #wes craven | Leave a comment

Sinister lives up to name, down to expectations

Posted on August 23, 2015 by reelentropy

Sinister 2 is mostly exactly what you’d expect, and as a case study it may represent people finally getting tired of all these cheap, grainy horror movies. The film sets up several storylines which parallel and converge quite gracefully. In one, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #blumhouse productions, #ciaran foy, #focus features, #gramercy pictures, #sinister 2, Sinister | 1 Comment

And then they cast him as Lex Luthor

Posted on August 20, 2015 by reelentropy

American Ultra has two major problems — it’s completely tone deaf, and the lead is one of the most sloppily written characters of the year. That lead, Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg), is a stoner living with his girlfriend, Phoebe Larson (Kristen … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adventureland, #american horror story, #american ultra, #burn after reading, #connie britton, #Dawn of Justice, #jesse eisenberg, #justice league, #kristen stewart, #lionsgate, #that 70's show, #the big lebowski, #topher grace, #twilight | Leave a comment

Straight Outta ways to tell a story

Posted on August 13, 2015 by reelentropy

Biopics can go one of two ways — a ritualistic re-telling of a historic caricature or an encapsulation of the conflict and triumph in an individual’s life. Straight Outta Compton, perhaps more sadly than any other, is the former. The movie goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #biopics, #black lives matter, #corey hawkins, #darth vader, #dr dre, #eazy e, #father and son, #fuck tha police, #ice cube, #institutional racism, #jason mitchell, #keith stanfield, #lube is important, #michael brown, #no justice no peace, #no vaseline, #o'shea jackson jr, #paul giamatti, #rodney king, #snoop dogg, #story structure, #the predator, #time is a flat circle, #vaseline, Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher, Moneyball | 2 Comments