Category Archives: Entropy

The title is referring to the game of imitating other movies that have won Oscars because that’s what this whole exercise was really about

Posted on January 7, 2015 by reelentropy

The Imitation Game is disheartening. It is a movie to be angry about and disappointed in, but also one which should never have been expected to be any better. The movie is a biography of the sexy, new interpretation of Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading →

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The Woman in Black re-released

Posted on January 6, 2015 by reelentropy

The Woman in Black’s strange re-release is… wait, was that supposed to be a different movie? According to the synopsis, this is actually The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death, set 40 whole years after the first one. In the height … Continue reading →

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Depression, addiction rampage through new crime drama

Posted on December 30, 2014 by reelentropy

The Gambler is an incredible, emotionally transformative experience… for me, personally. It is difficult to say how anyone else will react. The title character, Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), is entropy incarnate. He enters the film already several thousand dollars in debt to … Continue reading →

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Unbroken spoiled by trailers, poor acting

Posted on December 29, 2014 by reelentropy

When real life is more interesting than its fictional adaptation, that fiction has a big problem. Unbroken tells the least interesting parts of the very interesting true story of Louie Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), an Olympic distance runner who joined the Army Air … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods is bad and bad for children

Posted on December 27, 2014 by reelentropy

Into the Woods is an awful movie. Well, it could just be an awful musical. The story is set around an unnamed baker (James Cordon) and his wife (Emily Blunt). The baker is sterile because of a curse set by the … Continue reading →

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