Monthly Archives: November 2016

Election week arthouse binge part 2: Denial

Posted on November 8, 2016 by reelentropy

Man, Oscarbate movies really suck. If you know what you’re looking for, they feel way too much like an advertisement for something you couldn’t buy even if you wanted to. They’re just, they’re not fun to watch. Denial is based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #oscarbate, Andrew Scott, Constantine, Deborah Lipstadt, Denial, Give Rachel Weisz an Oscar: the movie, Holocaust, Holocaust denial, libel, Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener, the lobster, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson | 1 Comment

Beta Decay: witnessing in Black and Chrome

Posted on November 8, 2016 by reelentropy

The cultural phenomenon just got even shinier and even more chrome. In the year and a half since Mad Max: Fury Road’s release, writer/director/series mastermind George Miller has been talking about black and white and score-only versions of the film that … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta Decay | Tagged #daredevil, #Director's cut, #Fantastic Four, #fury road, #george miller, #mad max, #star wars, #suicide squad, Black and Chrome, Blade Runner, extended cut, High Octane edition, orange and teal, rogue one, studio interference, what's best for business | 1 Comment

Election week arthouse binge part 1: Desierto

Posted on November 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Weeks ahead of potentially electing a bewigged narcissist whose central campaign promise is building a wall on the southern border, Alfonso Cuarón’s son, Jonás, makes his American writer/directorial debut — a film about a Mauser-toting psychopath who will kill anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #dumptrump, #makeamericagreatagain, Alfonso Cuaron, Desierto, Gael Garcia Bernal, Get your politics out of my action movies, Immigration, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Jonas Cuaron, Mexico, The Wall, Trump | Leave a comment

‘Hacksaw Ridge’ is OK, I guess

Posted on November 6, 2016 by reelentropy

Whenever I watch a World War II movie, I spend the entire time asking myself whether or not I should be watching Band of Brothers instead. Hacksaw Ridge is a movie split in two, and has two answers — “yes, definitely” and “No. Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #teresa palmer, Andrew Garfield, Band of Brothers, boring, Hacksaw Ridge, Hugo Weaving, Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson is a crazy person, Saving Private Ryan, Vince Vaughn | 2 Comments

‘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