Author Archives: reelentropy

Clever, thoughtful ‘Unholy’ thrills

Posted on April 13, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 The Unholy is trash, but it lays its aesthetics on thick, the cast is game and the story is deceptively rich. Banfield, Massachusetts, December- Corrupt, disgraced journalist Gerry Fenn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) drives from Boston into the boonies for … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Evan Spiliotopoulos, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Raimi, The Conjuring 2, The Unholy | Leave a comment

After three movies and an hour and a half, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers

Posted on April 2, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Godzilla vs. Kong ends with a 20-minute sequence of Godzilla and King Kong beating the absolute tar out of each other, and that’s awesome. I mean, that part absolutely rules. But that’s 20 minutes out of 113, and that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DCEU, Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Justice Leauge, Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Man of Steel, Warner Bros. | 1 Comment

‘Nobody’ gets to be derivative, doesn’t get to be substandard

Posted on March 27, 2021 by reelentropy

5/10 Nobody doesn’t meet me halfway. In a world that seemingly has no weekends, Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk, who also produces) grinds out a living in a cushy management position at his father-in-law’s manufacturing plant. When his family is robbed … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Atomic Blonde, Bob Odenkir, Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, Derek Kolstad, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Keanu Reeves, Nobody, South Park | Leave a comment

Somehow, the Snyder cut is even worse

Posted on March 23, 2021 by reelentropy

0/10 Zack Snyder’s Justice League opens with a title card reading “This film is presented in a 4:3 format to preserve the integrity of Zack Snyder’s creative vision.” The words “Zack Snyder” literally come before the Warner Bros. logo. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta Decay | Tagged #Batfleck, #Ben Affleck, #christopher nolan, #ezra miller, #gal gadot, #henry cavill, #joss whedon, #justice league, #mad max: fury road, #man of steel, #mcu, #warner bros., #zack snyder, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, black and white, DCEU, HBOmax, Henry Cavill's infamous CGI jaw, Henry Cavill's glorious $3 million mustache, Logan, Parasite, Ray Fisher, Snyder cut, some kind of internet god, Zack Snyder's creative vision, Zack Snyder's Justice League | 3 Comments

A quarantine with The Master

Posted on March 19, 2021 by reelentropy

Several years ago now, I started systemically moving through the work of high-profile directors. This is part of the path from loud movie nerd to legitimate film scholar – film scholars actually study film, they don’t just write about it. … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state, White Noise | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, David O. Selznick, Dial M for Murder, Disney, Dr. No, Foreign COrrespondent, Francois Truffaut, Frenzy, Gone with the Wind, Halloween, I Confess, Independence Day, Jamaica Inn, Lifeboat, Marnie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Windo, Rebecca, Rope, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Silence of the Lambs, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Strangers on a Train, Studio system, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Dark Knight, The Lady Vanishes, The Paradine Case, The Trouble with Harry, Tippi Hedren, To Catch a Thief, Torn Curtain, Under Capricorn, Vertigo | 1 Comment