Category Archives: Entropy

St. Vincent a Lifetime movie with big-name actors and absolutely nothing more

When Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy star in a movie, most people would think it would be both funny and strange. They’d be wrong. St. Vincent follows title character Vincent MacKenna (Bill Murray), a stereotypical, cursing, drinking, gambling old Irishman. … Continue reading

Posted in Entropy | Leave a comment

Ouija October’s only OK horror movie

How does Hasbro — Hasbro! — have a successful line of movies? An obviously haunted Ouija board appears in Debbie’s (Shelly Henning) house. Weird stuff happens and she ends up dead. Her best friend, boyfriend and assorted others find the … Continue reading

Posted in Entropy | Leave a comment

Flawed narrative structure fells Fury

Sometimes a movie doesn’t need a particular hook to look really, really good. Fury is just another war movie, but it looked better than that. It isn’t quite. Lt. Aldo Raine Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) has lead his … Continue reading

Posted in Entropy | Leave a comment

Reitman curb-stomps audience with new anti-social media film.

Men, Women & Children. Pretty broad subject, isn’t it? Based on Chad Kultgen’s 2011 novel, the film follows a wide range of high schoolers and parents as they navigate the new world of communication media. The Trubys, Don (Adam Sandler) … Continue reading

Posted in Entropy | Leave a comment

Dracula much less interesting than real-life counterpart

Dracula Begins Dracula Untold is a cliché-addled movie, ridden through with examples of everything moviemakers are consistently getting wrong right now. In its bizarre version of Vlad III Tepes’ (Luke Evans) story, the Transylvanian prince was raised a child soldier … Continue reading

Posted in Entropy | Leave a comment