Author Archives: reelentropy

Technically, Oblivion is a well-done film. Technically. The movie follows Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) as he repairs drones on an Earth that has been lost in an alien war. According to Harper, the planet was rendered uninhabitable after the aliens … Continue reading →

42 sets itself up as a bio-pic, but it takes its cues more from World War II-era propaganda films. The movie follows baseball icon Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) through his first year with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The first … Continue reading →

The latest remake of a beloved horror classic is out. Yawn. Evil Dead follows a similar plot to 1981’s The Evil Dead — five teenagers go to an isolated cabin and find the Necronomicon. A character says something about demonic … Continue reading →

G.I. Joe: Retaliation’s opening credits are pretty epic until the word “Hasbro” flashes on the screen. The film is a sequel to 2009’s Rise of Cobra in name only. Retaliation features an entirely new set of writers, a new director … Continue reading →

When writer/director Andrew Niccol took on adapting The Host, Stephanie Meyer’s other book about supernatural love triangles, I was intrigued. My mistake. The melodrama follows Wanderer, a body-snatcher alien whose race has taken over the planet, from the point it … Continue reading →