Category Archives: Entropy

Margot Robbie’s ‘Hide and Seek’ a hellish delight

Posted on August 29, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Sifting through an August overflowing with movies that wouldn’t compete with Disney for the prime summer months, we find another one of the last Fox movies, unceremoniously dumped on a mid-August Wednesday by its new owner, ironically, Disney. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #margot robbie, a dumbwaiter or a basement full or corpses, Far From Home, Hide and Seek, Midsomman, Ready or Not, Samara Weaving, Spider-Man | 2 Comments

They can’t make ‘Quality has Fallen’ puns when the quality was already pretty low

Posted on August 25, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I really don’t want to think about Gerard Butler as a weirdo-James Woods type who makes movies to deliberately overcorrect for “liberal Hollywood” because he’s so talented, but it’s getting kind of ridiculous. The guy’s from Glasgow, but he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #gerard butler, #london has fallen, #morgan freeman, #nick nolte, Angel has Fallen, Die Hard, Everything has Fallen, Gerard Butler has Fallen and he Can't Get Up, James Woods, Olympus has Fallen, Your pants have fallen | Leave a comment

‘Kitchen’ not worth watching, and no one did

Posted on August 15, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 The Kitchen is a story about women who stage a hostile takeover of a traditional men’s space. It’s a pun! Get it? Because it’s, when that happens, the traditional response is to tell the woman to “get back in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #domhnall gleeson, #hell's kitchen, #new york city, #rotten tomatoes, Andrea Berloff, Elizabeth Moss, girl power, Melissa McCarthy, The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish, Widows | 1 Comment

Decent ‘Scary Stories’ can’t capture books’ magic

Posted on August 15, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a film caught between its iconic source material and a risk-averse production that leans heavily on the exhausting, bland choices common in the past decade’s horror. Still, there are significant highlights … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #guillermo del toro, #pulp fiction, #sin city, Insidious, Ouija, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Seven Psychopaths, Stranger Things, The Bye Bye Man, The Conjuring, Truth or Dare | Leave a comment

‘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