Category Archives: Entropy

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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2016 election fan fiction piece ‘Long Shot’ is existentially disgusting

Posted on May 9, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 February 2017, Hollywood- Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg share their 14th bowl of the day on the friend-of-a-friend’s couch they’ve been crashing at for a period of time they still refer to as a handful of months, but has … Continue reading →

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A fitting ‘Endgame’ for the MCU

Posted on April 28, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Maybe I would like all of these movies more if they were three hours long. Avengers: Endgame follows in the immediate aftermath of Avengers: Infinity War, which ended when a failed philosophy undergrad named Thanos (Josh Brolin) wiped out … Continue reading →

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‘La Llorona’ doesn’t stand out, never wanted to

Posted on April 22, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 The Curse of La Llorona doesn’t go far enough. It’s the same tame, predictable movie-product the Paranormal Activity/Insidious/Conjuring super-brand has been churning out for more than 10 years now, this one vaguely Mexican-themed. In 1973 Los Angeles, because everything … Continue reading →

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