Author Archives: reelentropy

Say this, at least, for The Lone Ranger: they got a really, really pretty horse. The controversial blockbuster, based on the long-running radio and television series of the same name, is a strange exercise in poor filmmaking layered on top … Continue reading →

It seems like someone at Disney Pixar realized their target audience is too young to remember their hay day in the late 90’s. The studio’s newest production, Monster’s University, is a prequel to 2001’s much better Monsters, Inc. It chronicles … Continue reading →

Brad Pitt’s new zombie blockbuster, World War Z,  is much more about what happened off the screen than on it. Pitt, who also produces, plays Gerry Lane, a retired United Nations employee who is recruited to help the U.N. again … Continue reading →

DC’s attempt to compete with Marvel on the big screen begins with Man of Steel, quite possibly the most disappointing superhero movie ever made. The film starts with Kal-El (Henry Cavil) being born, because this origin story goes all the … Continue reading →

The Purge has elicited mixed reactions from critics, who either love it or hate it, and that’s because there are a lot of reasons to do both. The film is set 10 years in the future. The U.S. has begun … Continue reading →