Category Archives: Entropy

‘Doctor Strange’ and the Origin Story Blues

Posted on November 4, 2016 by reelentropy

At long last, the wait is over. After a grueling campaign stretching more than a year back, it’s finally time for the most talked-about, hotly anticipated event of 2016. I’m talking, of course, about the year’s sixth guaranteed smash-hit comic book … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #2001, #batman begins, #benjamin bratt, #chiwetel ejiofor, #doctor strange, #michael stuhlbarg, #sohotrightnow, #suicide squad, #the matrix, #tom hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Got jokes, Inception, Mads Mikkelsen, Marvel, the Origin Story Blues, Tilda Swinton | 4 Comments

Inferno is one third of a great movie, then it gets boring

Posted on October 28, 2016 by reelentropy

Oh, that’s right, Sony owns the rights to this series. That explains it. In Inferno, the third film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novels, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) returns to bring more obscure Catholic conspiracy theories into the mainstream. This go around starts … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #memento, #ron howard, #tom hanks, Angels & Demons, Ben Foster, Catholic conspiracy trivia, Catholicism, CERN, Dan Brown, Dante, Dante's Inferno, Felicity Jones, Holocene Extinction, Inception music, Inferno, Irrfan Khan, Large Hadron Collider, Mary Sue, Power fantasy, Robert Langdon is kind of dumb, The Da Vinci Code, The World Health Organization does not have a police force, World Health Organization | Leave a comment

Ouija defies the Natural Order

Posted on October 26, 2016 by reelentropy

Ever since The Conjuring blew the lid off the horror genre by opening to $41 million in July 2013, studios have been devoting most of their scary movie resources into Blockbuster season. October, traditionally horror’s time to shine, has become something of … Continue reading →

Posted in Documented entropy, Entropy | Tagged #blumhouse productions, #jack reacher, Absentia, annabelle 2, Annalise Basso, Blockbuster season, Boo! A Madea Halloween, Brett Ratner, David F. Sandberg, Elizabeth Reaser, Gerald's Game, John M. Chu, Lights Out, Lulu Wilson, Mike Flanagan, Occulus, Ouija, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Stephen King, The Conjuring | Leave a comment

Stop what you’re doing and go see Shin Godzilla

Posted on October 16, 2016 by reelentropy

Shin Godzilla is a monumental achievement in filmmaking. It’s a gleefully atypical disaster film. It’s an inspiring vision of the human spirit. More than anything else, though, it’s Japanese. Manmade and natural disasters On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a magnitude … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #godzilla, 3/11 Triple disaster, Fukushima, Get in the damn robot Shinji, Hideaki Anno, Hiroshima, Independence Day, Japan, Japanese Special Defense Forces, Nakasaki, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nuclear attack on Japan, Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi, The Fukushima 50, Tokyo, World War II | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anna kendrick, #Batfleck, #batman v superman, #Ben Affleck, #illuminati confirmed, #sad batman, #X-Men, Aspergers syndrom, Aspergers syndrome is not a superpower, Autism, Carrollton, JK Simmons, jon bernthal, Lewis Carroll, Lewisville, The Accountant | 1 Comment