Monthly Archives: October 2016

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 →

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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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Did Nate Parker really rape that woman, and how much does it matter to you?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

Editor’s note — this subject matter calls for some form of coping mechanism. Mine is flippancy and course language. I’m fucking serious. If you continue to read this, it’ll ruin your night. Graphic content warning. *** The U.S. as a culture, from … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #bill cosby, #birth of a nation, #racism, #rape, #roman polanski, #sundance, Bryan Singer, DW Griffith, Hollywood's really weird sexual assault problem, Ku Klux Klan, Nate Parker, Penn State, Why can't we figure out how to deal with rapes | Leave a comment