Category Archives: Entropy

Yet another TMNT movie, but this one’s pretty great

Posted on October 19, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 On an early August Wednesday, a new update of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” slipped quietly into theaters underneath the Barbenheimer apocalypse, sparsely advertised as a labor of love from “permanent teenager” writer/producer Seth Rogen. TMNT media always seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Barbenheimer, Evan Goldberg, Ice Cube, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Superbad, Teenage mutant ninja turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem!, TMNT | Leave a comment

‘Talk to Me’ another indie horror smash

Posted on October 2, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 As I grow to hate brands as a concept more and more, it’s hard not to still love A24. For as uniform as some of their films can feel, the indie studio’s brand is talent-seeking and celebrating the talents … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged A24, Philippou twins, Talk to Me | Leave a comment

‘Haunted Mansion’ sold at auction, leaving viewers with the leftovers

Posted on October 2, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 Disney’s Haunted Mansion, brought to you by Uhaul, Zillow, Amazon, CVS Pharmacy, Costco, Baskin Robbins, Burger King and many more, is the product of a business model at the end of its life cycle. It wants to be Pirates … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Barbenheimer, Disney, Haunted Mansion, Jurassic Park, Justin Simien, Lakeith Stanfield, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Tiffany Haddish | Leave a comment

‘Oppenheimer:’ how I learned to love the bomb and start worrying

Posted on July 24, 2023 by reelentropy

10/10 Los Almos, New Mexico, 1940s- The human instinct toward self-destruction has metastasized and now threatens to consume our entire species. Thirty years after a war to end all wars, many of the people who were hurt the worst by … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer | 1 Comment

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