Category Archives: Entropy

‘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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Visually creative ‘Tolkien’ failed by fundamentally poor storytelling

Posted on May 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 With the rate at which boring, inaccurate and horrendously bad biopics win awards, Tolkien could easily have been a formulaic Oscar grab. Instead, the creative team has gone in a different, much more ambitious direction, trying to recreate the … Continue reading →

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‘Detective Pikachu’ an adoring, vibrant journey into the Pokemon World

Posted on May 12, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 So they’re finally making a live-action Pokemon movie. I guess that’s all right. Guess the real surprise is that it took this long. Honestly, I’ve only got one request – don’t do it halfway. Don’t make some movie-product meant … Continue reading →

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