Category Archives: Entropy

Turtles satisfy fans, average movie goers, but Guardians is better

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a huge blast and pretty much everyone should make time to go see it. The movie follows its human lead, mostly — April O’Neal (Megan Fox), a journalist pigeonholed into semi-sexist fluff stories who dreams … Continue reading →

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YES

Some of the initial Twitter reaction to Guardians of the Galaxy compared it to Star Wars, and that’s a pretty accurate comparison. Both movies do exactly the same thing — they take an old-as-dirt story and dress it up in … Continue reading →

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New Hercules movie interesting but mostly unoriginal

Brett Ratner has a unique and annoying knack for making movies that deliver everything they promise viewers, but are still somehow unsatisfying. Outside of the sublime Rush Hour trilogy, pretty much everything he’s ever made falls into this category. His … Continue reading →

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Where the hell did that myth start?

Humans do not use only 10 percent of their brains. That’s fucking stupid, and if you believe it, you’re stupid. Luc Besson’s new movie, Lucy, is based on this inexplicably wide-spread myth. Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) is kidnapped and forced to … Continue reading →

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You can go see Boyhood… I don’t know, any time now

As good as it is, Boyhood’s main characteristic is that it’s really, really long. A unique and commendable production, the film as shot with the same actors of the course of 12 years. The script was written on the fly … Continue reading →

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