Category Archives: Entropy

‘Godzilla’ sequel no king among monster movies

Posted on June 3, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 Godzilla: King of the Monsters tries to be almost everything to almost everyone. Unfortunately, the one thing it isn’t trying to be is a giant monster movie for people who just wanted to watch a giant monster movie. Godzilla: King of … Continue reading →

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‘Booksmart’ a vapid non-film, do not waste your time on it

Posted on May 30, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 At long last, our suffering is over! There’s finally a Superbad for girls! Because the first one is such a fucking classic! In Booksmart, a pompous asshole called Molly (Beanie Feldstein) discovers that, after an entire high school career … Continue reading →

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‘Brightburn’ soft on satire, complex take on family disfunction

Posted on May 30, 2019 by reelentropy

6/10 Brightburn is a minimalist, almost frustratingly simple film. That’s what might be disappointing about it, and it’s also what might be great about it. In Brightburn County, Kansas, Tori and Kyle Breyer (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) struggle to conceive a … Continue reading →

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‘Aladdin’ is one of the worst movies I have ever seen

Posted on May 25, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 As Disney plumbs ever deeper into its vault of classic- and renaissance-era features to remake live — or, “live” — it will inevitably begin to withdraw properties that will take more effort to translate into live-action or that make … Continue reading →

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‘Parabellum’ step down for story, step up for franchise

Posted on May 21, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is absolutely everything you’ve ever wanted out of an action movie. It is a pants-on-head insane celebration of stunts and choreography, an asylum of guns, knives, gothic noir landscapes, hounds of hell, classical literature, blood … Continue reading →

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