Category Archives: Entropy

Cregger’s spectacular ‘Resident Evil’ is the new template for video game movies

Posted on September 19, 2026 by reelentropy

I’m on record for needing more out of writer/director/producer Zach Cregger, and here it is! Resident Evil is the kind of film that silences any doubts about a creator, a straightforward, thoroughly satisfying thriller that demonstrates mastery over not only … Continue reading →

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Nolan brings recent hot streak home in ‘Odyssey’

Posted on July 17, 2026 by reelentropy

As if a vison from the gods themselves, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has made landfall, a moment in some ways 25 years, in other ways 2,500 years, in the making. Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, 12th Century B.C.- 20 years … Continue reading →

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‘Carolina Caroline’ and that magical indie feeling

Posted on June 8, 2026 by reelentropy

Carolina Caroline, a Southern Gothic erotic crime thriller that’s emerged into the summer dumping grounds of TIFF ’25 onto a very small number of screens, feels ripped from the Classical Hollywood era and re-equipped with modern tools and modern sensibilities … Continue reading →

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The exhausted ‘Star Wars’ of the ‘20s

Posted on May 26, 2026 by reelentropy

“The Mandalorian” arrived on computer screens in 2019 a smash hit, by far the most anticipated launch series for Disney+ and a beacon of hope for antsy Star Wars fans six years into Disney’s ownership of the property. Disney’s shift … Continue reading →

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Melania Trump’s cinema of omission

Posted on January 31, 2026 by reelentropy

The only sequence in Melania that threatens to expand into a watchable narrative with conflict and stakes appears suddenly through the morass of extended scenes of nothing happening. Former president Jimmy Carter has died, and Melania Trump, credited as star … Continue reading →

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