Category Archives: Entropy

Parodies can be generic too

22 Jump Street is just like 21 Jump Street. And it isn’t. And they make a lot of jokes about how it’s going to be just like 21 Jump Streetand then subvert those jokes. Sometimes. Kind of. The movie starts by … Continue reading

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Edge checks every box, hugely satisfying action movie

After half a decade of self-ostracizing and controversy, there is still no one who can carry a film quite like Tom Cruise. His new film, Edge of Tomorrow, is based heavily on the Japanese light novel All You Need is … Continue reading

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Teen movie satisfactory

The Fault in Our Stars seemed pretty much doomed from the start. Bearing that in mind, it’s a remarkably enjoyable movie. Based on the 2012 book which was a smash hit with critics, audiences and publishers, the film follows narrator … Continue reading

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A million ways to laugh

A Million Ways to Die in the West is a vanity piece, and that’s being counted against it and I don’t know why. Pretty much everything Quentin Tarantino has ever made could be considered a vanity piece to some degree. … Continue reading

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Movie based on nostalgia for Sleeping Beauty aimed primarily at Sleeping Beauty’s audience

UPDATE: Apparently, according to folklore, iron forged over a cold anvil is said to be able to ward off fairies. It doesn’t change the assessment that this particular plot point was explained poorly and applied inconsistently or that the film … Continue reading

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