Author Archives: reelentropy

We need to talk about Pitch Perfect’s rape joke problem

Posted on May 14, 2015 by reelentropy

UPDATE: It’s still not funny, but the movie fleshed out an under-the-table relationship between the Amy and Allen that explains the interaction and turns it into something that doesn’t dump all over the idea of consent. Rape jokes can be … Continue reading →

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Water Diviner competent, may deny genocide

Posted on May 11, 2015 by reelentropy

If there’s two things he loves, it’s directing / and! / directing ’round the world… Russell Crowe stars in what is also his directoral debut, The Water Diviner. Crowe plays Joshua Connor, an Australian well-digger who’s ability to sense groundwater is, well, divine. … Continue reading →

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An internal dialogue about whether or not to review Hot Pursuit

Posted on May 8, 2015 by reelentropy

OK Leo. It’s 11:50. You’ve been putting it off all night. Time to go see Hot Pursuit. I don’t want to go see Hot Pursuit. Oh, whatever! You go see movies you don’t want to see all the time. That’s different. If … Continue reading →

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On slut-shaming and female superheroes

Posted on May 8, 2015 by reelentropy

About a week before Age of Ultron was set to come out, stars Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner got into hot water for calling Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) a mean word. Since its release, in a series of stories that predictably are … Continue reading →

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Age of Ultron brings character drama back to Marvel’s superheroes

Posted on May 1, 2015 by reelentropy

The movie takes place over the course of just a few days, isn’t it a little melodramatic to call it “Age” of Ultron?  After saving New York in the first movie and then doing a bunch of other things that they … Continue reading →

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