Author Archives: reelentropy

‘Onward’ made me very uncomfortable

Posted on March 11, 2020 by reelentropy

5/10 Every movie, to one degree or another, mirrors the world it releases into – that’s the whole concept behind this blog. Some, like Ad Astra, are such clear and urgent cries about the anxieties of their time the subtext … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #chris pratt, #daniel craig, #Disney, #donald trump, #inside out, #pixar, #tom holland, Ad Astra, coronavirus, Mulan, No Time to Die, Onward, The Hunt | 1 Comment

‘Emma’ delightful, but only for moments at a time

Posted on March 4, 2020 by reelentropy

6/10 Luxurious period comedy Emma is absolutely raucous at points, but as it wears on, it just doesn’t spend enough time being funny. Hartfield, England, early 1800s- Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy), handsome, clever and rich, has lived nearly 21 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anya taylor-joy, Bill Nighy, Downton Abbey, Emma, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Mia Goth | Leave a comment

Sometimes good things happen

Posted on February 11, 2020 by reelentropy

This was supposed to be 1917’s night, but I came in with a sneaking suspicion. A suspicion that there would be, well, not quite an upset, but the Academy would go a different direction, that they would give 1917 its … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta Decay, White Noise | Tagged #oscars, 1917, Ad Astra, Bong Joon-ho, Greta Gerwig, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, The Current War, The Irishman | 1 Comment

‘The Grudge’ is exactly the type of movie that gets dumped on the first weekend of January

Posted on February 1, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 I adore Takashi Shimizu’s American Grudge movies from the mid-‘00s for their unforgiving pacing and dense array of strong jump scares, so I was excited to see a reboot coming from writer/director Nicolas Pesce – not because I’d seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Insidious, John Cho, Lights Out, Nicolas Pesce, Ouija 2: Origin of Evil, Takashi Shimizu, The Conjuring, The Grudge | Leave a comment

10 years of entropy

Posted on January 15, 2020 by reelentropy

It is Jan. 15, 2020. Ten years ago today, I caught a matinee showing of The Book of Eli, a deeply forgettable Denzel Washington vehicle boasting Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman as the villain, at AMC Irving Mall. It was … Continue reading →

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