Category Archives: Entropy

Nightcrawler lacks concrete appeal

Some holidays, like Independence Day and Christmas, lend themselves to movies. It’s a good way to spend time with family and friends who you actually want to ignore. Other holidays, like the Super Bowl and Halloween, mean empty theaters for … Continue reading

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John Wick is awesome, but only for people who knew they were going to love it anyway

John Wick is a joke. In a good way, that is. Early in the film, the title character (Keanu Reeves) is attacked in his home by Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen), son of local mob boss Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist). Iosef … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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