Author Archives: reelentropy

Spock dies at 83

Posted on February 27, 2015 by reelentropy

Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing Spock in Star Trek and related movies, died in his home today due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nimoy disappeared into the character of Spock for more than 50 years, saying he began to … Continue reading →

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Kingsman wild, crass, not much fun

Posted on February 19, 2015 by reelentropy

If Kick-Ass was Kill Bill meets Superbad, Kingsman: The Secret Service is Deathproof meets Trading Places meets Octopussy.  A wobbly adaptation of the six-issue Mark Millar limited series The Secret Service, the movie is a combination of willfully recycled rags-to-riches and super spy tropes. The main character, high school and military dropout Eggsy Unwin (Taron … Continue reading →

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I liked it. Don’t go see it, though

Posted on February 14, 2015 by reelentropy

The target audience for Fifty Shades of Grey is women who are somehow both older than 17 and still immature enough that nudity makes them giggle, but it does have much more to offer as a film. The movie follows Ana Steele … Continue reading →

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What Fifty Shades of Grey will say about our culture

Posted on February 12, 2015 by reelentropy

By most accounts, Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t a good book. It was born of a housewife in her mid-40s with a hardon for Edward Cullen typing a requiem for a sex life that was never this exciting, and that’s what … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Spider-Man in Film

Posted on February 10, 2015 by reelentropy

In 2008, Marvel took a chance on Iron Man as a proof-of-concept to fund and start up a long string of superhero movies that didn’t focus just on Tony Stark, but would also include Captain America and Thor and a long list of … Continue reading →

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