Category Archives: Entropy

Pixels is tolerable, not great, everybody calm down

Posted on July 24, 2015 by reelentropy

Critics are going absolutely apeshit about Pixels, and it’s a gigantic overreaction. The movie follows Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler, who also produces), a competitive arcade gamer in 1982, into the present day as an abject failure — divorced, installing other peoples’ entertainment … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam sandler, #ant-man, #centipede, #game of thrones, #Home, #josh gad, #kevin james, #minions, #pacman, #paper towns, #peter dinklage, #pixels, #pixels short, #qbert, #relativism, #rotten tomatoes, #sexism, #southpaw, #trainwreck, Transformers | 2 Comments

Trainwreck a reminder why rom coms were popular in the first place

Posted on July 23, 2015 by reelentropy

Trainwreck isn’t the shot in the arm that will reignite our flame with the formulaic American rom-com, but it will remind us why we fell in love with it in the first place. Written by and starring Comedy Central upstart Amy … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #(500) days of summer, #amy schumer, #bill hader, #comedy central, #eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, #inside amy schumer, #john cena, #judd apatow, #lebron james, #romantic comedy, #the daily show, #trainwreck | Leave a comment

Ant-Man fun, neglects great underlying story

Posted on July 17, 2015 by reelentropy

Ant-Man shoots off at the blistering pace of a post-2000 Scorsese movie or a heist comedy, but it takes shortcuts to get there and some important aspects fall through the cracks. The movie stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, a clever thief … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ant-man, Marvel | 2 Comments

The Gallows generic, visually dynamic

Posted on July 13, 2015 by reelentropy

The Gallows is generic found-footage horror, but in the end it’s quite a likable addition to the endlessly self-replicating subgenre. The film opens with the original 1993 Beatrice High School production of “The Gallows,” which ends tragically when Charlie Grimille (Jesse Cross), … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #blumhouse, #don't say his name, #found footage, #macbeth, #the gallows, Paranormal activity | Leave a comment

ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

Posted on July 13, 2015 by reelentropy

There’s been a lot of noise about the McDonald’s Happy Meal toys cursing, exposing children to language that their virgin ears just shouldn’t hear. What they’re really saying is far more sinister. The toys in question are tied in to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #9/11, #9/11 was an inside job, #despicable me, #grassy knoll, #illuminati, #illuminati confirmed, #illumination entertainment, #minions, #second shooter, #steel beams | 1 Comment