Category Archives: Entropy

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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Child 44 film by the West, for the West, about the East

Posted on April 22, 2015 by reelentropy

The thing about period pieces is the viewer needs to already have some knowledge of the period in question. Child 44 would have been better as a Russian film for several reasons, but as an American/English production for American and English audiences, it … Continue reading →

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True Story a taut thriller

Posted on April 22, 2015 by reelentropy

True Story is one of the most emotionally tense movies of the year. The movie tells the true story — teeheehee! — of journalist Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) and killer Christian Longo (James Franco). Early in the film, Finkel is fired … Continue reading →

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