Author Archives: reelentropy

So, it turns out that … gyaaah, I can’t spoil it! The movie Gone Girl, based on screenwriter Gillian Flynn’s massively successful 2012 novel, follows Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) after the other part of his unhappy marriage, Amy (Rosamund Pike), disappears … Continue reading →

The Equalizer was adapted from a 1980s television series, and it’s pretty easy to tell. The movie stars Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a retired special forces agent living the quiet life in. McCall is struggling with a case of … Continue reading →

Jason Bateman has a scraggly, patchy beard that really doesn’t work for him. Presumably because of that, his character, Judd Altman, starts This is Where I Leave You by walking in on his wife (Abigail Spencer) doing it with his … Continue reading →

A Walk Among the Tombstones, based on one of Lawrence Block’s novels about private detective Matthew Scudder, looks like it would have been a fantastic book. The film stars Liam Neeson as the title character. An alcoholic eight years sober, … Continue reading →

Good lord, another one… The Maze Runner is yet another young adult franchise start-up centering around a young protagonist trying to save the world from evil adults. This movie promised a few more twists, but it absolutely does not deliver. … Continue reading →