Category Archives: Entropy

‘Onward’ made me very uncomfortable

Posted on March 11, 2020 by reelentropy

5/10 Every movie, to one degree or another, mirrors the world it releases into – that’s the whole concept behind this blog. Some, like Ad Astra, are such clear and urgent cries about the anxieties of their time the subtext … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #chris pratt, #daniel craig, #Disney, #donald trump, #inside out, #pixar, #tom holland, Ad Astra, coronavirus, Mulan, No Time to Die, Onward, The Hunt | 1 Comment

‘Emma’ delightful, but only for moments at a time

Posted on March 4, 2020 by reelentropy

6/10 Luxurious period comedy Emma is absolutely raucous at points, but as it wears on, it just doesn’t spend enough time being funny. Hartfield, England, early 1800s- Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy), handsome, clever and rich, has lived nearly 21 years … Continue reading →

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‘The Grudge’ is exactly the type of movie that gets dumped on the first weekend of January

Posted on February 1, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 I adore Takashi Shimizu’s American Grudge movies from the mid-‘00s for their unforgiving pacing and dense array of strong jump scares, so I was excited to see a reboot coming from writer/director Nicolas Pesce – not because I’d seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Insidious, John Cho, Lights Out, Nicolas Pesce, Ouija 2: Origin of Evil, Takashi Shimizu, The Conjuring, The Grudge | Leave a comment

‘1917’ is an idea so grand it couldn’t be ruined

Posted on January 9, 2020 by reelentropy

10/10 1917 is a one-take World War I movie. Great idea. All movies should be built from of ideas this great. Spectacular work. Bravo. No notes. April 6, 1917, the day the U.S. officially enters the Great War, Eastern France- … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Disney, 1917, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Glorious IMAX, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, They Shall Not Grow Old | Leave a comment

‘Hidden Life’ refines Malick’s technique into something accessible

Posted on January 8, 2020 by reelentropy

8/10 For years, writer/director Terrence Malick has defined the inaccessible, nose-raising arthouse film, exactly the kind of self-important, self-satirical movie mainstream audiences think of when they think about movies they don’t want to watch. A Hidden Life does nothing to … Continue reading →

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