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The Möbius strip: Big movies hover around $10 million each as the film world holds its breath

Posted on December 15, 2015 by reelentropy

Movies raked in a total of $77.4 million this weekend, the year’s second lowest total only to traditionally glacial Halloween weekend. It’ll probably bounce back next weekend. But for now, almost every major moneymaker simply hovered around a sad $10 … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #bryan cranston, #creed, #golden globes, #hunger games, #in the heart of the sea, #krampus, #lucasfilm, #mad max: fury road, #moby dick, #mockingjay, #SAG, #star wars, #sylvester Stallone, #the big short, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #trumbo | Leave a comment

Why not just remake Moby Dick?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by reelentropy

In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of the Essex, a whaling ship that was sunk in 1820, leaving eight survivors. And hey! Did you know? The story partially inspired Moby Dick! The movie follows Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), first … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ben whishaw, #brendan gleeson, #chirs hemsworth, #hail cthulu, #in the heart of the sea, #moby dick, #ron howard, #sea monsters, #Thor | Leave a comment

A less chaotic state: Star Wars

Posted on December 14, 2015 by reelentropy

This article has been written several times in several places, I’m just going to try to put it all in one place. Star Wars is the single most influential movie of all time. Starting from a minute 40-theater release in May … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #george lucas, #industrial light and magic, #lucasfilm, #marvel comics, #mcu, #return of the jedi, #skywalker sound, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens | Leave a comment

Movie about one of Hollywood’s best writers poorly written

Posted on December 10, 2015 by reelentropy

Trumbo can easily be reduced to one word, and that word is “ironic.” The film tells the relatively true story of Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston), a communist screenwriter who won two academy awards for Roman Holiday and The Brave One despite being blacklisted from Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn is the worst thing a movie can be — boring

Posted on December 10, 2015 by reelentropy

Brooklyn has received rave reviews, and I have absolutely no idea why. It’s not a bad movie, it’s worse — it’s a bland movie. Based on Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel, the film is about Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young woman moving … Continue reading →

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