Author Archives: reelentropy

‘Countdown’ is some top-tier horror garbage

Posted on November 18, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 Countdown is a dirt-cheap jump movie that gives you everything it’s got from the word “go.” In Countdown, an app that reportedly tells users their exact moment of death goes viral. For some, it’s a simple joke, but for … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Anne Winters, app, Countdown, Dillon Lane, Elizabeth Lail, give her a hot Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, It, Peter Facinelli, The Conjuring | Leave a comment

Inconsequential sequels sweep through cinemas

Posted on November 4, 2019 by reelentropy

In an era of long-awaited sequels, remakes and “soft reboots” that roll into theaters decades after their corresponding media, Disney’s and Sony’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Zombieland: Double Tap were the least long-awaited, releasing five and 10 years after … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #adventureland, #angelina jolie, #cinderella, #Disney, #james cameron, #jesse eisenberg, #snow white and the huntsman, #terminator 2, Abigail Breslin, aliens, Emma Stone, maleficent, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Superbad, woody harrelson, Zombieland, Zombieland: Double Tap | Leave a comment

After 22 years of waiting on de-aging technology, ‘Gemini Man’ can’t digitally enhance its limp script

Posted on October 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 Gemini Man, and its key concept of using one actor in two roles as both the lead character and his clone, has been in development in some form since 1997, when writer Darren Lemke sold the concept to Disney. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ang lee, #mary elizabeth winstead, #Netflix, #paramount pictures, #will smith, Benedict Wong, Clive Owen, Gemini Man, High Frame Rate, Looper, Star Trek: Nemesis | 2 Comments

Adaptation leaps into 21st century, doesn’t bring ‘Addams Family’ with it

Posted on October 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I didn’t really know how I felt about The Addams Family as a property going into last weekend. The Barry Sonnenfeld movies straddle my birth in 1992, causing them to have a massive cultural influence on me despite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #donald trump, #Oscar Isaac, Addams Family, Angelica Huston, Anti-Semitism, Barry Sonnenfeld, chloe grace moretz, Christina Ricci, Finn Wolfhard, intentional community, Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, New Jersey, The Addams Family | Leave a comment

Unfortunately, we live in a society

Posted on October 9, 2019 by reelentropy

5/10 Joker has been the talk of film media pretty much constantly since its Venice Film Festival debut Aug. 31 where it earned an eight-minute ovation and the Golden Lion. Between critical adulation and emerging worry that the film’s release … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #aurora theater, #batman begins, #bernie sanders, #donald trump, #hillary clinton, #man of steel, #martin scorsese, #robert de niro, #suicide squad, #the dark knight, #venice film festival, #warner bros., 13 Reasons Why, Contrapoints, DCEU, Golden Lion, Heath Ledger, Hildur Guðnadóttir, incels, It's extremely both, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Lawrence Sher, Scott Silver, Taxi Driver, Todd Phillips, We live in a society | 2 Comments