Category Archives: Entropy

‘The Substance:’ permission to hurt yourself

Posted on October 14, 2025 by reelentropy

The Substance is an indie masterpiece destined to turn filmmaking on its head overnight with its furious satire, retro techniques and list of B-movie references so long it reminds me of Pulp Fiction, another Franken-movie built out of references to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, French New Wave, Margaret Qualley, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, The Shining, The Substance | Leave a comment

Letting yourself get tricked by ‘The Conjuring’ one last time

Posted on September 12, 2025 by reelentropy

For 15 years, the Insidious/Conjuring series have been my bane, these stupid, colorless Halloween costume movies that rake in money hand over fist on name recognition and nothing else. Lately, however, New Line Cinema has affixed The Conjuring series with … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged James Wan, Michael Chaves, patrick wilson, The Conjuring, The Conjuring: Last Rites, The Curse of La Lorona, Vera Farmiga | Leave a comment

Mystery box of ‘Weapons’ is, predictably, empty

Posted on August 8, 2025 by reelentropy

There’s a new mystery box dealer in Hollywood. His boxes are also empty. The mystery box is always empty. Maybrook, Pennsylvania, 2:17 a.m. on a Wednesday- Seventeen children from the same class at Maybrook Elementary, as one, get out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Barbarian, J.J. Abrams, Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Prisoners, Weapons, Zach Cregger | 1 Comment

New ‘Superman’ flies low under a long shadow

Posted on July 11, 2025 by reelentropy

After 12 excruciating years, Warner Bros. has given up the ghost and paved over the muddy, miserable Man of Steel with a sunny, cheerful new Superman movie, with James Gunn as writer, director and producer and affixed as the chief … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged David Corenswet, DCEU, DCU, Elon Musk, James Gunn, Long live the DCU, Man of Steel, MCU, Nicholas Hoult, Suicide Squad, Superman, The Batman, The DCEU is dead, The Suicide Squad, Warner Bros, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

MCU returns to form – an unwatchable CGI nightmare

Posted on March 1, 2025 by reelentropy

In Captain America: New World – woah, WOAH! This movie is titled what now? OK. OK, that’s better. In Captain America: New World Order Brave New World, after the COVID-19 crisis and the 2023 double-strike combined to form a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anthony mackie, #mcu, Anthony Mackie, Captain America, Captain America: Brave New World, captain america: civil war, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney, Harrison Ford, Marvel, Marvel Studios, The Incredible Hulk | Leave a comment