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The most important films of 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 lists are boring and dumb and arbitrary and full of movies nobody’s ever heard of. A big goal of this site is to try and extrapolate the future of movies, so, instead of talking about the year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #10 cloverfield lane, #batman v superman, #DC, #deadpool, #Disney, #ghostbusters, #hail caesar, #jared leto, #johnny depp, #jungle book, #margot robbie, #mcu, #pixar, #rotten tomatoes, #ryan reynolds, #sony, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the force awakens, #the witch, #warcraft, #warner bros., #zootopia, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America, captain america: civil war, Chinese New Year, comic con 2015, Darth Vader made a pun, DCEU, Disney made $7 billion this year, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, finding dory, Fox, gareth edwards, his name rhymes with Pullverine, Hunger Marketing, Lights Out, Logan, Marvel, now you see me 2, rogue one, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar Pei, Scientist Man, Secret Life of Pets, Shut down Rotten Tomatoes, Sing Girls, Steven Chow, The Ghostbusters cinematic universe, The Mermaid, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Zach Snyder | 1 Comment

Applying Chaos Theory: Announcing Blade Runner 2049

Posted on December 24, 2016 by reelentropy

Jeez, anybody want some music with that feedback? The first thing to notice about this trailer for Blade Runner 2049, once your ears and pulse recover, is the due date — next October. It’s way too early to start promoting this … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #denis villeneuve, #harrison ford, #prisoners, #ryan gosling, #sicario, #suicide squad, Arrival, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Johan Johansson, Roger Deakins | Leave a comment

‘Jackie’ an intimate winner

Posted on December 24, 2016 by reelentropy

I’ve got an instinct to dismiss late-year biopics as Oscarbate, but Jackie is something more. In 1963, Theodore H. White (Billy Crudup) interviews Jackie Kennedy (Natalie Portman) in her Massachusetts estate for the now-famous article comparing her husband’s administration to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #natalie portman, Billy Crudup, Camelot, Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, JFK, JFK assassination, Life Magazine, Pablo Larrain, Theodore H. White | Leave a comment

‘Assassin’s Creed’ doesn’t make sense

Posted on December 23, 2016 by reelentropy

Steven James @StevenLeeJames Assassin’s Creed, based on the Ubisoft video game series, is a chaotic movie. Murderer Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender, who also produces) is kidnapped by the modern day Knights Templar to locate the Apple of Eden, an artifact … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #brendan gleeson, #macbeth, #marion cotillard, #michael fassbender, Assassin's Creed, Jeremy Irons, Justin Kurzel, Michael K Williams, Ubisoft, Video Game movies | 2 Comments

‘Passengers’ a cliche-ridden mess

Posted on December 23, 2016 by reelentropy

Passengers is a fantastic concept for a film and, starring the two hottest actors in the world, a guaranteed success, but inept, lazy filmmaking allows this concept to descend into cliche and disturbing moral carelessness. Aboard the starship Avalon, more … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #chris pratt, #jennifer lawrence, #prattprattpratt, cliche, morten tyldum, passengers, Stockholm Syndrome | 1 Comment