Category Archives: Entropy

Water Diviner competent, may deny genocide

Posted on May 11, 2015 by reelentropy

If there’s two things he loves, it’s directing / and! / directing ’round the world… Russell Crowe stars in what is also his directoral debut, The Water Diviner. Crowe plays Joshua Connor, an Australian well-digger who’s ability to sense groundwater is, well, divine. … Continue reading →

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An internal dialogue about whether or not to review Hot Pursuit

Posted on May 8, 2015 by reelentropy

OK Leo. It’s 11:50. You’ve been putting it off all night. Time to go see Hot Pursuit. I don’t want to go see Hot Pursuit. Oh, whatever! You go see movies you don’t want to see all the time. That’s different. If … Continue reading →

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Age of Ultron brings character drama back to Marvel’s superheroes

Posted on May 1, 2015 by reelentropy

The movie takes place over the course of just a few days, isn’t it a little melodramatic to call it “Age” of Ultron?  After saving New York in the first movie and then doing a bunch of other things that they … Continue reading →

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NO NARRATING

Posted on April 24, 2015 by reelentropy

It’s happening! It’s finally here! Everybody get ready for Age of… Adaline. Oh. The Age of Adaline is about Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) as she struggles to retain her humanity after a bolt of lightning freezes her at 29 years old in the … Continue reading →

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Girl Problems from the Machine

Posted on April 24, 2015 by reelentropy

Ex Machina is a beautifully shot, exhilarating film about paranoia and humanity, but it loses some points over its nasty but intriguing gender issues. The film starts with Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) winning a week with Nathan (the scintillating Oscar Isaac), a hermit software … Continue reading →

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