Category Archives: Entropy

The thing about bigots is they never stop telling on themselves

Posted on April 18, 2022 by reelentropy

Imagine there’s a woman – white, liberal, wealthy, you know the type. She doesn’t pay much attention to politics, but she knows Hitler was bad – she even seems to understand some of the reasons why – and she despises … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Colin Farrell, Eddie Redmayne, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Lilly and Lana Wachowski, Mads Mikkelsen, Warner Bros | Leave a comment

The long, strange walk down the hall from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ to Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’

Posted on April 14, 2022 by reelentropy

On Feb. 14, 2020, Paramount Pictures dumped Sonic the Hedgehog into theaters, a movie-product it handled for Sega, the video game company that developed Sonic in the early ‘90s. After an elongated marketing campaign highlighted by the character’s horrifying initial … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Ambulance, COVID-19 crisis, Michael Bay, Paramount Pictures, Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Transformers, Universal Pictures | Leave a comment

‘Morbius’ a disorganized, obviously incomplete disaster

Posted on April 1, 2022 by reelentropy

1/10 Morbius would be an absolute disaster if approached as a completed movie, but the reality of it is worse. Despite having been initially slated for release way back in July 2020, the theatrical release is obviously a work in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged COVID-19, Daniel Espinosa, Jared Harris, Jared Leto, Marvel, Matt Smith, MCU, Morbius, Sony, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tyrese Gibson, Venom | 1 Comment

‘The Batman’ is a triumph

Posted on March 4, 2022 by reelentropy

9/10 The Batman is a grueling marathon of angst and anxiety, the perfect balance of a wannabe-hardcore crime story and the real fears that undergird its telling. It is a bold statement of and about Batman in media that could … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged AMC, Batman, Batman Begins, Ben Affleck, Christopher Nolan, Colin Farrell, David Fincher, DCEU, Matt Reeves, Paul Dano, Robert Pattinson, Seven, The Batman, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros., Zoe Kravitz | 1 Comment

‘The Worst Person in the World’ is a normal woman

Posted on February 27, 2022 by reelentropy

According to everything I’d heard about The Worst Person in the World, I’ve dated this girl about four or five times, and that is exactly the case, because she’s a completely normal young woman. Oslo- In The Worst Person in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged anti-romantic comedy, coming of age story, Joachim Trier, The Queen's Gambit, The Worst Person in the World, those damn millennials | 1 Comment