Category Archives: Entropy

‘Mank’ a decent Welles impression at the expense of a Fincher movie

Posted on December 14, 2020 by reelentropy

7/10 Mank is a fine film and certainly more than you could expect from a typical Oscar-season offering, but something’s missing. March 1940, Victorville, California- Outcast Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. “Mank” Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman), confined to his bed with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Charles Dance, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Donald Trump, Fight Club, Gary Oldman, HBOmax, Mank, Netflix, Orson Welles, Warner Bros, William Randolph Hearst | 1 Comment

‘Broken Hearts Gallery’ an authentic offering for date nights that aren’t happening

Posted on September 19, 2020 by reelentropy

8/10 As Tenet stalked through the summer searching for a suitable release date, it had a couple of ambitious satellites following it. Unhinged, the premier film for Solstice Studios, was determined to beat the blockbuster back into theaters. Another studio, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #warner bros., Broken Hearts Gallery, Dacre Montgomery, Death on the Nile, Geraldine Viswanathan, Natalie Krinsky, Tenet, Unhinged | Leave a comment

Careening off the international tightrope of ‘Mulan’

Posted on September 6, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 $30. This ugly, fascy movie costs $30. China has been on track for several decades to become the dominant economy in the world. This has affected the film industry like any other, as China’s burgeoning theatrical distribution system has … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, The Möbius strip, White Noise | Tagged #black panther, #china, #china all the time, #Disney, #donald trump, #i love china, #star wars, Bob Iger, Great Wall of China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong protests, Liu Yifei, Mulan, The Great Wall, The Wall, Uyghur genocide | 1 Comment

Don’t try to understand ‘Tenet,’ just feel it

Posted on September 3, 2020 by reelentropy

9/10 God damn it’s good to be back at the movies. A fresh-faced protagonist (John David Washington) is promoted from the CIA to an international secret society called Tenet. He is introduced to “inverted” munitions, bullets made at an unknown … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #christopher nolan, #memento, #the dark knight, #warner bros., Elizabeth Debicki, Inception, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Tenet | Leave a comment

After two years to get the edit right, ‘New Mutants’ is a mess

Posted on September 2, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 After two years of post-production, you’d think The New Mutants would at least be organized. In The New Mutants, Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) awakens imprisoned in a facility for adolescent mutants who have killed people with their emerging powers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #anya taylor-joy, #deadpool, #Disney, #game of thrones, #the fault in our stars, #the witch, #X-Men, 13 Reasons Why, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Bryan Singer, Charlie Heaton, coming of age, Halloween costume horror, Henry Zaga, Ian McKellen, Insidious, It, Jon Hamm, Josh Boone, Maisie Williams, Mean Girls, Stranger Things, The Breakfast Club, The Conjuring, The New Mutants | Leave a comment