Category Archives: Entropy

I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: The Danish Girl

Posted on February 16, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s the most cynical thing in the world. Former Oscar winners? Check. Based on a true story set in the early 1900s? Check. Gay* person that dies? Check. The Danish Girl was set up to be one of the most insufferably … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #birdman, #brokeback mountain, #carol, #dallas buyers club, #eddie redmayne, #ex machina, #gay people that die, #homophobia, #jared leto, #jupiter ascending, #lana wachowski, #michael keaton, #milk, #oscar noms, #oscars, #pronouns, #robbed, #sexism, #the academy, #the danish girl, #the wachowskis, #tom hooper, #trans people that die, #would you fuck me, Theory of Everything | 1 Comment

Deadpool is everything you ever wanted

Posted on February 13, 2016 by reelentropy

There were so many ways Deadpool could have gone wrong, but it doesn’t. It hits the spot and hits it hard. If you know what I mean. The plot, easily the film’s worst feature but also its least important, starts when Wade Wilson … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #cancer, #cantaloupe, #david goyer, #deadpool, #ed skrein, #fifty shades of grey, #gina carano, #glory hole, #green lantern, #hi max!, #jed reeds, #leak, #morena baccarin, #paul wernick, #poop, #rhett reece, #ryan reynolds, #self-check, #test footage, #the dark knight, #the hangover, #tim miller, #wolverine, #X-Men, #x-men origins, The Avengers | 1 Comment

Coen brothers find Christ, communism in new period piece

Posted on February 8, 2016 by reelentropy

Every great filmmaker eventually makes a movie about moviemaking, and that movie is always kind of weird. The Coen brothers are kind of weird anyway, so it follows that Hail, Caesar! would be a doubly weird movie. It’s not a doubly weird movie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ben hurr, #burn after reading, #busby berkely, #channing tatum, #coen brothers, #francis mcdormand, #george clooney, #hail caesar, #jonah Hill, #josh brolin, #nostalgia, #ralph fiennes, #scarlett johansson, #spartacus | Leave a comment

I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: Carol

Posted on February 4, 2016 by reelentropy

Any time a movie’s trailer reminds me of that satire Swedish arthouse film from (500) Days of Summer, it’s a bad sign, but Carol rises above the scandalous Oscar-bate nonsense it advertises itself as and becomes the most enjoyable romance of 2015. Based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #(500) days of summer, #carol, #cate blanchett, #ex machina, #lesbians, #lgbt, #oscarbate, #oscars, #oscarssoheteronormative, #oscarssowhite, #rooney mara, #sicario | 1 Comment

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a surprising delight, mostly because of the pride and the prejudice

Posted on February 2, 2016 by reelentropy

There are a lot of ways it could have been better, but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a blast to watch. Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 parody, the film is set in 19th century England in an alternate history where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charles dance, #dr who, #jane austin, #lily james, #matt smith, #ppz movie, #prejudice, #pride, #pride and prejudice, #pride and prejudice and zombies, #sam riley, #seth grahame-smith, #zombies | Leave a comment