Category Archives: Entropy

20 years later, Pixar still king

Posted on June 25, 2015 by reelentropy

With DreamWorks churning out several movies per year and other studios like Blue Sky and Reel FX trying to step on the action, Inside Out proves, once again, that nobody jerks tears like Pixar. The film takes place mostly in the head … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #amy poehler, #crying at the movies, #Disney, #disneypixar, #insideout, #lewis black, #nick offerman, #parks and recreation, #the daily show, #the office, #up, #wall-e | 1 Comment

Jurassic World just OK

Posted on June 14, 2015 by reelentropy

UPDATE: Jurassic World did it again, with Sunday estimates being a little too low. The actuals are in, and the movie squeezed out $208 million domestic, passing The Avengers for the best domestic opening weekend of all time. Early estimates had Jurassic World opening at an … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #archer, #arrested development, #bryce dallas howard, #chris pratt, #GMOs, #judy greer, #jurassic park, #jurassic world, #Monsanto, #parks and recreation, #spider-man 3, #twilight | 1 Comment

Dying Girl wants to be more than a dumb high school movie, isn’t

Posted on June 11, 2015 by reelentropy

I’ve never met Me and Earl and the Dying Girl director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, but I kind of want to punch him in the face. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is the movie version of that one hipster friend who totally swears he isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #fox searchlight, #indie, #me and earl and the dying girl, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Transformers | Leave a comment

Insidious 3 focuses on correct lead, still tame, predictable

Posted on June 10, 2015 by reelentropy

So if they’re titling the movies like chapters in a book, shouldn’t this one be called Insidious: Prologue? The deceptively titled Insidious: Chapter 3 takes place a few years before the first movie and chronicles Elise Rainer (Lin Shayne) coming out of retirement … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #blumhouse, #ghostbusters, #insidious 3, #james wan, #leigh whannell, horror movies, Jason Blum | 3 Comments

A tale of two McCarthys

Posted on June 5, 2015 by reelentropy

At Spy’s world premier in May, star Jason Statham called writer/director Paul Feig “The Scorsese of comedy.” To really understand the gravity of this comment, you have to take the time to watch all those classic Scorsese/Statham collaborations. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Spy stars … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #007, #james bond, #martin scorscese, #spy, #spymovie, Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig, Rose Byrne | Leave a comment