Category Archives: Entropy

Accountant movie made for dummies, tries to convince you autism is a superpower

Posted on October 14, 2016 by reelentropy

We’ve already had one movie this year where Ben Affleck throws an autistic tantrum, and it was one too many. Now it’s two too many. The Accountant tells the story of the title character (Ben Affleck) and how awesome and amazing and … Continue reading →

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Birth of a Nation a pompous, myopic waste of film

Posted on October 12, 2016 by reelentropy

Birth of a Nation fails to effectively tell its story on several fundamental levels. It is an inept execution of a concept that was weak to begin with. The Birth of a Nation is a dramatic retelling of the Nat Turner (Nate Parker, who also … Continue reading →

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Blunt shines, Girl on the Train falters

Posted on October 7, 2016 by reelentropy

The Girl on the Train is good. It comes recommended. But I left it thinking about how much better it could have been. The film follows Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), who sketches during her daily train commute to New York City. Over … Continue reading →

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Tim, what are you doing?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

The buzz about Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is that it falls apart in the second half, and that’s absolutely not true. It falls apart well before then. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is about Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield), a muggle … Continue reading →

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Deepwater Horizon brings harrowing blowout to vivid life

Posted on September 30, 2016 by reelentropy

Deepwater Horizon is a triumph of traditional, fundamentally sound storytelling. It’s proof of the power of film to make any subject matter gripping. The movie revisits the April 2010 disaster aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit that claimed 11 lives … Continue reading →

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