Category Archives: Entropy

The Gift one of the best movies I’ve ever seen

Posted on August 12, 2015 by reelentropy

You can mark Aug. 7, 2015 down as a weekend the critics won the box office. Fantastic Four, initially tracking at around $45 million, went down to $40 million when the putrid reviews hit, and the wheels came off even further over … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #arrested development, #jason bateman, #joel edgerton, #rebecca hall, #STX Entertainment, #the gift | 1 Comment

Fantastic Four one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen

Posted on August 7, 2015 by reelentropy

Everyone was wondering why they made the Human Torch (Michael B. Jordan) black, and now we know: it was a distraction tactic, a feature as the only thing even remotely interesting about this boring, grey, sad, husk of a movie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #dr doom, #Fantastic Four, #fantastic four movie, #jamie bell, #kate mara, #michael b jordan, #miles teller, #racism, #toby kebbell | 5 Comments

Rogue Nation as good as any Mission: Impossible — not great by 2015 standards

Posted on July 30, 2015 by reelentropy

Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation delivers the goods, I guess. I mean, if that’s what you call “the goods.” The movie follows Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, who also produces), after he is disavowed FOR THE THIRD TIME by the U.S. government, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #, #babies, #casino royale, #daniel craig, #die another day, #evolution, #jeremy renner, #mad max, #mad max: fury road, #metro goldwyn meyer, #mission: impossible, #mission: impossible -- rogue nation, #pierce brosnan, #quantom of solace, #rebecca ferguson, #simon pegg, #skyfall, #the raid 2, #the raid: redemption, #tom cruise, #ving rhames | 1 Comment

Southpaw an acceptable boxing flick with bizarre title

Posted on July 27, 2015 by reelentropy

In boxing, a southpaw is simply a left-handed boxer. Having seen Southpaw, the question remains — is Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) left-handed? It’s never addressed in the movie. He even signs a contract at one point, but I don’t remember which hand … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #boxing, #forest whitaker, #hell's kitchen, #jake gyllenhaal, #jersey, #left handed, #leonardo dicaprio, #nightcrawler, #rachel mccadams, #southpaw, #the revenant, #wolf of wall street, J. Edgar | 2 Comments

Paper Towns tears down long-disavowed trope

Posted on July 27, 2015 by reelentropy

Like last week’s Trainwreck, Paper Towns isn’t any kind of genre trailblazer, but it’s charming enough to make up for all the things you’ve seen before. It even throws in some things you may not have. The movie is narrated by Q … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #(500) days of summer, #bromance, #cara delevingne, #john green, #manic pixie dream girl, #nat wolff, #paper towns, #the fault in our stars, #the new girl, #trainwreck, #zooey deschanel | Leave a comment