Category Archives: Entropy

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

‘Midsommar’ a top-level work, disturbing in several ways

Posted on July 10, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 Midsommar is such a strong example of film craft, is so viscerally affecting and executes its ideas with such commitment that it can only be seen as a masterpiece, but that isn’t to say it’s perfect. Near the summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #horror, Ari Aster, Cannibal Holocaust, Daylight Horror, Florence Pugh, Hereditary, Jack Reynor, Midsommar, Sweden, The Wicker Man, Will Poulter | Leave a comment