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Adaptation leaps into 21st century, doesn’t bring ‘Addams Family’ with it

Posted on October 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I didn’t really know how I felt about The Addams Family as a property going into last weekend. The Barry Sonnenfeld movies straddle my birth in 1992, causing them to have a massive cultural influence on me despite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #donald trump, #Oscar Isaac, Addams Family, Angelica Huston, Anti-Semitism, Barry Sonnenfeld, chloe grace moretz, Christina Ricci, Finn Wolfhard, intentional community, Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, New Jersey, The Addams Family | Leave a comment

‘Captain Marvel’ is everything that drives me up a wall about the MCU, I hate it so much

Posted on March 8, 2019 by reelentropy

6/10 It is such a tremendously good thing that Captain Marvel is a movie that exists, but could the movie itself have been good? Is that really so much to ask? In 1996 on the Kree homeworld of Hala, Vers … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #brie larson, #charlize theron, #Disney, #mcu, #samuel l jackson, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Atomic Blonde, Ben Davis, Ben Mendelsohn, Captain Marvel, Debbie Berman, Elliot Graham, Guardians of the Galaxy, Lashana Lynch, Marvel, Nicole Perlman | 1 Comment

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

‘Fate of the Furious’ is solid

Posted on April 14, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 Remember when these guys were just stealing Playstations? In Fate of the Furious, after 30 disposable minutes of honeymooning and little league soccer, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel, who also produces) inexplicably betrays his team, stealing an EMP device and … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #cnn, #dwayne johnson, #helen mirren, #kurt russell, #paul walker, #the fast and the furious, #vin diesel, dragging a bank vault through Rio, Dwayne Johnson's candy-ass co-stars, F8, Fate of the Furious, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood, THE LEGEND OF KURT RUSSELL | 2 Comments

Kubo condescending, animation doesn’t make up

Posted on August 19, 2016 by reelentropy

Kubo and the Two Strings is one of those frustrating movies that starts off great, then gets worse and worse as it goes on. I’d go as far as to say it’s probably better than I’m giving it credit for because … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #ralph fiennes, #rooney mara, Coraline, dark themes, Kubo and the Two Strings, Kubo has 7 Oscar nominations within its voice cast, Kubo has a ton of creative aspects, Kubo isn't that intricate visually, Laika, Matthew McConaughey, oragami, ParaNorman, stop-motion animation, Stop-motion animation doesn't give you a free pass, The Boxtrolls, the first movie you've ever seen, the giant beetle that says "oh foot!" | 2 Comments