Category Archives: Entropy

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ moderately improves on a franchise that needed extreme improvements

Posted on August 4, 2019 by reelentropy

4/10 I walked into Hobbs & Shaw determined to enjoy it, because I love the personnel involved and it’s a great idea for a spinoff. I wanted to see a Fast/Furious movie that felt fresh again. But unfortunately, this movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #dwayne johnson, #idris elba, #mad max: fury road, #vin diesel, Atomic Blonde, buddy movie, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Fast 5, Fast/Furious, Hobbs & Shaw, Jason Statham, Stuber, Vanessa Kirby | Leave a comment

Once upon a film historian’s dream

Posted on July 27, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 I’m sure writer/director/producer Quentin Tarantino enjoys Once Upon a Time in Hollywood very much. Once upon a time in Hollywood – Feb. 8, 1969 to be exact – TV cowboy Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) tries and fails to transition … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #brad pitt, #Disney, #leonardo dicaprio, #margot robbie, #quentin tarantino, #roman polanski, #sony, #suicide squad, Al Pacino, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, Golden Age of Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, Hays Code, Hello Dolly!, Jeffrey Epstein, Julia Butters, Los Angeles, Manson family, Midnight Cowboy, MPAA rating system, New Hollywood, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sharon Tate, Tate murders, The Wolf of Wall Street, Timothy Olyphant, Weinstein scandal | Leave a comment

Realism sucks

Posted on July 21, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 They don’t hit that initial “nants ingonyama” hard enough. They don’t hit anything hard enough. In National Geographic’s The Lion King, Mufasa and Sarabi (James Earl Jones and Alfre Woodard), King and Queen of Pride Rock, give birth to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #beyonce, #chiwetel ejiofor, #Disney, #donald glover, #jon favreau, #mufasa, #snow white and the huntsman, #the lion king, Batman Daddy Mufasa, Boringly Covetous Scar, Flaming Hitler Scar, James Earl Jones, live-action, Mufasa Mufasa Mufasa, photorealistic, Seth Rogen, Tired Grandpa Mufasa | 2 Comments

Stooges sling sillies in solid ‘Stuber’

Posted on July 16, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Stuber is so heavily composed of tropes that it would be barley intelligible outside the context of its genre, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In this case, the movie needles its strict buddy comedy confines while also … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #mcu, buddy comedy, Dave Bautista, Iko Uwais, Karen Gillan, Kumail Nanjiani, Los Angeles, Stuber | 1 Comment

Low-rent ‘Crawl’ doesn’t live up to spectacular story

Posted on July 14, 2019 by reelentropy

6/10 Despite a ton of talent behind and in front of the camera, Crawl ends up not being worthy of its wonderful story. As a category five hurricane prepares to march straight up the middle of Florida, University of Florida … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #b movie, #the maze runner, Alexandre Aja, Crawl, Kaya Scodelario, Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Midsommar, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Sam Raimi, The Evil Dead, The Ward | Leave a comment