Author Archives: reelentropy

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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A less chaotic state: 2003’s Daredevil

Posted on April 29, 2015 by reelentropy

Way back at the turn of the century when Marvel began its two decades and counting dominion over the box office with X-Men, no one could have imagined the sustained success the film industry would eventually bring them, but it’s looking more and more … Continue reading →

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