Author Archives: reelentropy

2016 Academy Awards fallout

Posted on March 1, 2016 by reelentropy

#Oscarssowhite dominates the ceremony The Academy Awards are normally awful, but this year, they traded in the usual tedium for a three-hour apology for #oscarssowhite that managed to cast a pall over the entire ceremony. It’s easy to see why … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #affirmative action, #alejandro inarritu, #annie hall, #argo, #birdman, #chariots of fire, #cheryl boone isaacs, #chris rock, #drive, #eddie murphy, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #forsest gump, #fury road, #george miller, #heaven's gate, #it follows, #its on us, #joe biden, #lady gaga, #leonardo dicaprio, #mad max, #michael fassbender, #morgan freeman, #oscars, #oscarssowhite, #pulp fiction, #raiders of the lost arc, #ride along 2, #sam smith, #samuel l jackson, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the artist, #the revenant, #tom hardy, Transformers | 1 Comment

If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates

Posted on February 27, 2016 by reelentropy

Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant | Leave a comment

Risen proves evangelical movies are here to stay

Posted on February 23, 2016 by reelentropy

Isn’t this the movie the Coen brothers pretended to make in Hail, Caesar! two weeks ago? Risen follows Clavius (Joseph Fiennes, the very spitting image of Michael Jackson), a Roman tribune, through the story of Jesus’ Resurrection. Clavius is charged by Pontius Pilate … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #affirm, #coen brothers, #exodus, #fireproof, #hail caesar, #joseph fiennes, #mormons, #pure flix, #ralph fiennes, #ridley scott, #risen, #the witch, #tom felton, #war room, Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Aronofsky, God's not Dead, Harry Potter, Noah | 2 Comments

The Witch trades in thrills to deliver unbelievable chills

Posted on February 21, 2016 by reelentropy

No, it’s not the scariest movie ever made. It may, however, be the scariest movie ever made entirely about boobs. Set in the 1600s a few decades before the Salem Witch Trials, The Witch follows a Puritan family banished from their plantation over … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anya taylor-joy, #black phillip, #david robert mitchell, #deadpool, #harvey scrimshaw, #it follows, #kate dickie, #ralph ineson, #robert eggers, #Satan, #shameless plug, #stanley kubrick, #the shining, #the witch | Leave a comment

I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: The Danish Girl

Posted on February 16, 2016 by reelentropy

It’s the most cynical thing in the world. Former Oscar winners? Check. Based on a true story set in the early 1900s? Check. Gay* person that dies? Check. The Danish Girl was set up to be one of the most insufferably … Continue reading →

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