Category Archives: Entropy

Ride Along too generic

Posted on January 18, 2016 by reelentropy

The thing about dump months is there’s always a winner. No matter how little studios care about the movies that come out in these periods, there’s still a no. 1 every single week. In 2014, that was Ride Along for three weeks … Continue reading →

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Dormer’s star attempts to rise, limited by filmmakers

Posted on January 14, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s upsetting The Forest was made by the people that made it. It has all the elements of a spectacular psychological horror, but it falls flat in almost every possible way. The movie follows Sara Price (Natalie Dormer) as she flies to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #game of thrones, #gramercy pictures, #lola bunny, #natalie dormer, #taylor kinney | Leave a comment

Audacious production sunk by poor writing, editing decisions

Posted on January 7, 2016 by reelentropy

And for his followup to last year’s Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and should-have-been Best Actor winner, the astounding Birdman, acclaimed director Alejandro G. Iñárritu takes his crew to the northern edges of the world in the Western Canadian wilds to … Continue reading →

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Hateful Eight the most distinctly Tarantino movie yet

Posted on January 1, 2016 by reelentropy

The Hateful Eight is a double-edged sword. Everything to like about it is also something to dislike. The film is a bottle movie, with eight — nine, including the carriage driver — strangers snowed into a lonely coffee shop a few … Continue reading →

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Point Break rewards patience with potent second half, stunts

Posted on December 31, 2015 by reelentropy

The worst reviewed movie of 2015, bizarrely, is the most impressive of the year’s Christmas Day releases. Point Break follows Johnny “Utah” Brigham, a provisional FBI agent and former motorcross star who retired after a close friend, Jeff (Max Theriot), died … Continue reading →

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