Category Archives: Entropy

‘Blade Runner 2049’ is perfect

Posted on October 6, 2017 by reelentropy

10/10 Ana Stelline (Carla Juri) makes the best memory implants in the business. The classic 1982 film Blade Runner, which is set in 2019, hinges on the implementation of these implants into replicants, synthetic humans designed for military and slave … Continue reading →

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‘Battle of the Sexes’ an unexpected delight

Posted on September 29, 2017 by reelentropy

8/10 Battle of the Sexes is one of those wonderful biopics that concerns much more than the events it depicts. On the surface, the film chronicles the lives of Billie Jean King (Emma Stone), a tennis star in her prime, … Continue reading →

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‘Kingsman’ is a cacophony

Posted on September 22, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 Man, and I thought mother! was excessive. Kingsman: The Golden Circle feels like it was based on the make-believe session of a 5-year-old who watched too many Brosnan-era James Bond movies. It starts with the international spy organization, the … Continue reading →

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Aronofsky fever dream aims to be ‘mother!’ of all biblical adaptations

Posted on September 15, 2017 by reelentropy

8/10 Writer/director Darren Aronofsky has made a horror movie about inconsiderate house guests, and it is one of the most gripping, audacious things I have seen in my entire life. A woman, known in the script only as mother (Jennifer … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #jennifer lawrence, #ridley scott, Darren Aronofsky, Ed Harris, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, mother!, Noah, The Bible | Leave a comment

‘It’ is boring, racist, sexualizes minors and has a 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted on September 8, 2017 by reelentropy

2/10 The titular monster in It comes out of the sewer every 30 years to feed, so remaking the movie — yeah, I know the 1990 version was a “made for TV miniseries,” eat me — makes a ton of … Continue reading →

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