Category Archives: Entropy

Come on ‘Barbie,’ let’s go party with gender theory

Posted on July 23, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Barbie is an irrepressible explosion of high fashion, joyous and extraordinary set design and deliberately off-kilter dialogue and body language all delivered with a stone-cold straight face from writer/director/executive producer Greta Gerwig. It may be categorically a satire, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Barbie, gender theory, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, ripping on your shitty ex who likes Matchbox Twenty is never the cool patriarchy-smashing move you think it is, Ryan Gosling, the patriarchy | 1 Comment

‘Mission: Impossible,’ the gold standard and the movie of the moment

Posted on July 23, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has been the movie of the moment since December 2020, when audio leaked of producer/star Tom Cruise tearing into a couple of technicians for standing too close to each other. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged COVID-19, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible -- Fallout, The future of this fucking industry, The gold standard, Tom Cruise, We are not shutting this fucking movie down | Leave a comment

Flaccid lack of humanity flatlines ‘Insidious 5’

Posted on July 23, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 In Insidious: The Red Door, horror icon Patrick Wilson, the male lead of every mainline Insidious and Conjuring movie to date, finally brings his flaccid disinterest to the director’s chair. The film begins with Josh Lambert (Wilson) reminiscing over … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #animal House, horror icon Patrick Wilson, Insidious, Insidious: The Red Door, Paranormal activity, patrick wilson, Patrick Wilson's flaccid disinterest, Shitty diaper of a movie, The Conjuring | Leave a comment

15 years later, ‘Raping Indy’ again

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 In 2008, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas finally dusted off Indiana Jones after 20 years for his fourth of five appearances greenlit all the way back in 1979 with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Disney, #george lucas, #harrison ford, #indiana jones, #james bond, #star wars, #steven spielberg, Disney Star Wars, Don't deepfake Indy, Don't give Indy a kid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, There is no time travel in Indiana Jones | 1 Comment

‘Past Lives’ warrants a lot of early best-of-the-year noise

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Past Lives opens with a J cut, transitioning from sound on a black screen to a shot of the love triangle in one of the final scenes at the bar, the only shot in the film from outside the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Celine Song, Past Lives | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Entropy

Come on ‘Barbie,’ let’s go party with gender theory

‘Mission: Impossible,’ the gold standard and the movie of the moment

Flaccid lack of humanity flatlines ‘Insidious 5’

15 years later, ‘Raping Indy’ again

‘Past Lives’ warrants a lot of early best-of-the-year noise

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