Category Archives: Entropy

What can you say about ‘Baywatch?’

Posted on May 26, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 I really don’t know what to make of this movie. Can’t say it’s everything wrong with 2017 filmmaking, already did that last week. Can’t really say it’s juvenile, that’s the whole point. On Emerald Bay, the renowned lifeguard team … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alien, #dwayne johnson, #josh gad, #zac efron, Alexandria Daddario, aliens, Are you sure that's not Josh Gad?, Baywatch, Lampshade, sex, That's not Josh Gad, That's racist | Leave a comment

‘Alien: Covenant’ is everything wrong with filmmaking in 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by reelentropy

5/10 Watching Alien: Covenant, it’s hard not to think about the death of cinema, as director/producer Ridley Scott recently described with a remarkable lack of self-awareness. Like the edema, back pain and noxious bad breath of advanced renal failure, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alien, #michael fassbender, #prometheus, #ridley scott, 2017, Alien: Covenant, franchise potential, inglorious basterds, Just make a movie, No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers | 2 Comments

‘King Arthur’ much better than its fate

Posted on May 13, 2017 by reelentropy

8/10 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is careening toward a disastrous reception, and that’s a shame, because it’s awesome. After betraying his brother, Uther (Eric Bana), King Vortigern (Jude Law) rules England with an iron fist. His cruel kingship … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #guy ritchie, #jude law, #warner bros., Charlie Hunnam, Guardians of the Galaxy, King Arthur, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Le Muerte de Arthur, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Magic, skybeams, Snatch, Snatched | 1 Comment

‘Vol. 2’ not as good as first, but with new and different merits

Posted on May 5, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 In August 2014, the first Guardians of the Galaxy burst into theaters as a wildly different offering from the MCU. From the formula that was finally beginning to grow stale — and kept right on doing so with its next … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #chris pratt, #mcu, #prattprattpratt, #star wars, #vin diesel, bradley cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, I am Groot, James Gunn, Marvel, Volume 2, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

‘The Circle’ trades complex plot for atmospheric chills

Posted on April 28, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 The Circle could have been better in several ways, but mostly gets where it wants to go. The movie follows Mae Holland (Emma Watson), a recent college graduate who is hired by The Circle, an Orwellian vision of Facebook … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #emma watson, #Google, #john boyega, #tom hanks, Dave Eggers, Facebook, James Pondsolt, Karen Gillan, Nineteen Eighty-four, Orwellian nightmare, Patton Oswalt, surveillance state, the book was better, The Circle | Leave a comment