Category Archives: Entropy

‘Godzilla Minus One,’ plus international acclaim

Posted on February 17, 2024 by reelentropy

In 1954, less than 10 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Toho and writer/director Ishirō Honda reconceptualized the attacks as a monster that emerged from the sea, its skin cracked and charred as if by nuclear blast, … Continue reading →

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TV tropes continue to invade movies in ‘Leave the World Behind’

Posted on February 3, 2024 by reelentropy

Leave the World Behind opens with several shots from space, tracking the sun as it crawls across the sky over the Upper Bay, and many of its chapters start by zooming back out to space as well. At first, the … Continue reading →

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‘Dream Scenario’ an explosive joy to watch

Posted on February 3, 2024 by reelentropy

Dream Scenario opens with a quick flash of images, as if the entire film is meant to be remembered as a dream. The film shifts focus too heavily onto its metaphors and real-world analogues to quite live up to its … Continue reading →

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At Disney’s 100th birthday, ‘Wish’ perfectly captures a studio caught between murky past and future

Posted on February 3, 2024 by reelentropy

It feels like the Disney logo at their films’ openings has extended longer and longer over the past several years, as if declaring the company’s dominance and overshadowing whatever film it leads by taking up more and more time. Frequently, … Continue reading →

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‘Napoleon’ biopic is absolutely unhinged

Posted on February 3, 2024 by reelentropy

Napoleon is a fat, slobbering pig of a movie that commands its 158 minutes like the emperor-general himself, taking what it wants when it wants simply because it was there. Absolutely unhinged. Bravo! That biography you barely remember from ninth … Continue reading →

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