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‘The Upside’ decently entertaining, has no story

Posted on January 13, 2019 by reelentropy

1/10 The Upside had its premiere all the way back in September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was set for distribution March 9 of the next year. Unfortunately, that distribution was being handled by The Weinstein Company, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #bryan cranston, #dwayne johnson, #kevin hart, #the weinstein company, aquaman, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Hart Oscars controversy, Kevin Hart: Serious Actor of the Cinema, Neil Burger, no homo, Stuart Dryburgh, The Upside, Toronto International Film Festival | Leave a comment

The most important films of 2018

Posted on January 5, 2019 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 list are boring and dumb and stupid and dumb and boring and, and, and dumb. At Reel Entropy, we aspire to track movies over time, and as such, instead of bringing you personal picks for the best … Continue reading →

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‘Vice’ wastes spectacular cast in disorganized docu-comedy

Posted on December 30, 2018 by reelentropy

5/10 In 2015, tired of making Will Ferrell movies, Adam McKay wrote and directed The Big Short, a strange docu-comedy that aimed to explain to mass audiences how the 2008 economic collapse happened, and that movie won a ton of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam mckay, #christian bale, #naomi watts, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, The Wolf of Wall Street, Vice | Leave a comment

‘Bumblebee’ isn’t actively offensive, which is apparently enough now

Posted on December 30, 2018 by reelentropy

4/10 It’s 2018. The Transformers series was met with poor critical reception pretty much on arrival, but last year brought with it the first indication that audiences might be growing tired of it as well. Franchise director Michael Bay, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #john cena, #michael bay, 1987, aquaman, baby's first five-paragraph essay, Bumblebee, Hailee Steinfeld, Michael Bay wants to have sex with underage girls, monomyth, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight | Leave a comment

‘Aquaman’ gets big picture wrong, gets details wrong too

Posted on December 29, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Last year, The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale love story about banging a frog person, won best picture, and I warned at the time to be ready for an influx of movies about sexy frog people. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged "Master director" James Wan, #guillermo del toro, #james wan, #justice league, #the hobbit, 300, amber heard, aquaman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Flashpoint, Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, patrick wilson, sexy frog people, The New York Times, The Shape of Water, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | 1 Comment