Category Archives: Entropy

New wave of steadycam action continues with ‘Atomic Blonde’

Posted on July 28, 2017 by reelentropy

8/10 Atomic Blonde is an intentionally confusing, icy cool synthpop-noir with some fun gender reversals that turns what was a unique action franchise into a growing movement in the genre. In November 1989, Berlin is aflame with civil unrest as … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #james mcavoy, #john wick, Action, Atomic Blonde, Chad Stahelski, Jason Bourne, John Leitch, synthpop noir, The Coldest City | 1 Comment

‘Valerian’ is great, except for the ridiculous sexism

Posted on July 25, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 There’s two things I wanted from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets — immerse me in a fun, visually dazzling adventure full of strange creatures and impossible physics, and don’t be shockingly sexist. One out of two … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Car, Cara Delevigne, Dane DeHaan, EuropaCorp, Luc Besson, Rhianna, sexist, Valerian and Lauraline, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | 6 Comments

‘Dunkirk’ a white-knuckled thriller

Posted on July 21, 2017 by reelentropy

9/10 Dunkirk isn’t just a movie, it’s a sensory experience. The film tells the story of the Miracle of Dunkirk, the 1940 British operation in which 338,226 soldiers who had been pinned down at Dunkirk beach after losing the Battle … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #christopher nolan, #memento, #the hurt locker, #tom hardy, Dunkirk, Inception, Miracle of Dunkirk | 1 Comment

‘The Big Sick’ is snore-inducing, self-obsessed garbage

Posted on July 19, 2017 by reelentropy

1/10 The Big Sick sits at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes after earning an audience favorite award at March’s South by Southwest and the second-largest studio purchase — $12 million — at January’s Sundance Film Festival. It is actively, aggressively … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #birdman, #holly hunter, #sundance, Amazon Studios, bad, Black Swan, Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, The Big Sick, Zoe Kazan | 2 Comments

‘Planet of the Apes’ prequel series gets better with age, part three excellent

Posted on July 14, 2017 by reelentropy

8/10 It’s slightly different in context, but I’m not sure how smart it is in 2017 to open a movie on a U.S. soldier with “monkey killer” written on the back of his helmet. War for the Planet of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #andy serkis, #apocalypse now, #toby kebbell, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Matt Reeves, Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, woody harrelson | Leave a comment