Category Archives: Entropy

A lazy destination movie, a glorious throwback to the mid-00s

Posted on March 31, 2024 by reelentropy

Anyone but You, writer/director/producer Will Gluck’s crappy modernization of “Much Ado About Nothing” that fervently insists the mid ‘00s never ended, we just got smartphones, was so successful during its first run that Sony pushed out a Feb. 9 re-release … Continue reading →

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Survey’s in – no, ‘Aquman’ did not save the DCEU

Posted on March 31, 2024 by reelentropy

It’s over. It’s finally over.

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‘Maestro’ is basically ‘Raging Bull,’ that’s what you should watch instead

Posted on March 31, 2024 by reelentropy

Maestro is a biopic of Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper, who also writes, directs and produces), an American conductor/composer who wrote a lot of, you know, he was really famous. It says here he was the first American composer to receive international … Continue reading →

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Now complete, ‘Dune’ still disappoints

Posted on March 3, 2024 by reelentropy

Dune began its life as a deliberately incomplete project, with writer/director/producer Denis Villeneuve insisting on adapting the famous novel in two parts, but only securing funding for one of those parts, with a follow-up film contingent on its success. There … Continue reading →

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‘Poor Things’ an artistic, crowd-pleasing snuff film

Posted on February 18, 2024 by reelentropy

Poor Things is a conspiracy to trick you into watching star/producer Emma Stone get drilled. We’re going to talk about the artistic merits and its place in the culture, but make no mistake – director/producer Yorgos Lanthimos and Stone made … Continue reading →

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