Category Archives: Entropy

Run All Night’s primary purpose is to fill a market niche opposite Cinderella, but it’s a  more than serviceable action movie in its own right. It’s a story of parallels between Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), a drug lord with his life together and … Continue reading →

The first version of Cinderella seems to be Rhodopis, a Greek courtesan who is married by the king of Egypt after he becomes enthralled with her tiny feet in first century B.C. We next see a much more familiar rendition … Continue reading →

Chappie is a truly inexcusable movie, the kind that would be laughed out of most entry-level film classes. The fact that this script and this director and these plot elements can get $50 million budget and wide release is staggering. Writer/director … Continue reading →

Focus is a truly unpredictable movie, one that lies to the audience as much as its con man main character lies to his marks. It’s tough to say what the film is about as a whole. It’s really broken down into … Continue reading →

If Kick-Ass was Kill Bill meets Superbad, Kingsman: The Secret Service is Deathproof meets Trading Places meets Octopussy.  A wobbly adaptation of the six-issue Mark Millar limited series The Secret Service, the movie is a combination of willfully recycled rags-to-riches and super spy tropes. The main character, high school and military dropout Eggsy Unwin (Taron … Continue reading →