Author Archives: reelentropy

What can you say about ‘Baywatch?’

Posted on May 26, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 I really don’t know what to make of this movie. Can’t say it’s everything wrong with 2017 filmmaking, already did that last week. Can’t really say it’s juvenile, that’s the whole point. On Emerald Bay, the renowned lifeguard team … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alien, #dwayne johnson, #josh gad, #zac efron, Alexandria Daddario, aliens, Are you sure that's not Josh Gad?, Baywatch, Lampshade, sex, That's not Josh Gad, That's racist | Leave a comment

40 years of ‘Star Wars’

Posted on May 25, 2017 by reelentropy

Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #Disney, #george lucas, #jaws, #jurassic park, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens, Attack of the Clones, ET, Heir to the Empire, Revenge of the Sith, rogue one, The Last Jedi, The Other Side of Midnight, The Phantom Menace, You think God is in control here? | Leave a comment

The Möbius strip: ‘Alien’ barely edges ‘Guardians,’ Cannes clashes over Netflix

Posted on May 24, 2017 by reelentropy

New offering Alien: Covenant slightly underperformed and week-three holdover Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had another strong showing, to the end that Covenant earned the weekend’s top spot by just a $1.5 million margin. Teenage romance adaptation Everything, Everything was the only other movie to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #adam sandler, #hugh jackman, #james bond, #jessica chastain, #joss whedon, #justice league, #Netflix, #prometheus, #warner bros., #will smith, #zack snyder, Alien: Covenant, Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Logan, Okja, Pablo Almodovar, Roger Ailes, Roger Moore, Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled, The Meyerowitz Stories, Toy Story 3, Unforgiven | Leave a comment

‘Alien: Covenant’ is everything wrong with filmmaking in 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by reelentropy

5/10 Watching Alien: Covenant, it’s hard not to think about the death of cinema, as director/producer Ridley Scott recently described with a remarkable lack of self-awareness. Like the edema, back pain and noxious bad breath of advanced renal failure, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alien, #michael fassbender, #prometheus, #ridley scott, 2017, Alien: Covenant, franchise potential, inglorious basterds, Just make a movie, No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers | 2 Comments

‘Prometheus:’ five years later, still shitty

Posted on May 18, 2017 by reelentropy

Prometheus is probably the most famously bad movie in recent memory. Well, no, there are a lot of people who would pretty condescendingly disagree with that. Maybe it’s the most often defended bad movie in recent memory? The worst good movie … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #alien, #michael fassbender, #prometheus, #ridley scott, #steve jobs, Alien: Covenant, Ancient astronauts, Chariots of the Gods, deleted scenes, Guy Pearce, Leviticus, Max von Sydow, shitty, Space Jesus | 1 Comment