Author Archives: reelentropy

Why ‘Tenet’ is coming out now

Posted on September 3, 2020 by reelentropy

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic closed theaters around the globe in the winter, Warner Bros. has held firm that Tenet would hit the big screen, the clarion call that would summon audiences back to the movies in droves. Over a … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip, White Noise | Tagged #christopher nolan, #warner bros., Tenet | 3 Comments

After two years to get the edit right, ‘New Mutants’ is a mess

Posted on September 2, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 After two years of post-production, you’d think The New Mutants would at least be organized. In The New Mutants, Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) awakens imprisoned in a facility for adolescent mutants who have killed people with their emerging powers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #anya taylor-joy, #deadpool, #Disney, #game of thrones, #the fault in our stars, #the witch, #X-Men, 13 Reasons Why, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Bryan Singer, Charlie Heaton, coming of age, Halloween costume horror, Henry Zaga, Ian McKellen, Insidious, It, Jon Hamm, Josh Boone, Maisie Williams, Mean Girls, Stranger Things, The Breakfast Club, The Conjuring, The New Mutants | Leave a comment

Nostalgia dial revs, roars to ’90 in ‘The Batman’ trailer

Posted on August 27, 2020 by reelentropy

If there is one unequivocally good thing about 2020, it’s that 1990 is now exactly 30 years ago. Because mass media nostalgia famously operates in 30 year cycles – roughly, it’s more complicated than that – that means it’s ‘90s … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #alfred hitchcock, #Batman, #batman: the animated series, #christopher nolan, #the dark knight, #the dark knight rises, #warner bros., David Fincher, It's '90s time baby, Matt Reeves, Nirvana, Paul Dano, Robert Pattinson, Seven | 2 Comments

40-minute tantrum takes 90 minutes in ‘Unhinged’

Posted on August 22, 2020 by reelentropy

3/10 And we’re back. In New Orleans, where only two bridges service the mighty river that bisects the metro area, Rachel Hunter (Caren Pistorius) honks her horn at a grey Super Duty stopped in front of a green light. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Caren Pistorius, coronavirus, Mulan, pandemic, Russell Crowe, Tenet, Unhinged | 1 Comment

Reely understanding the ‘Suspiria’ remake

Posted on August 19, 2020 by reelentropy

The 2018 Suspiria remake is a daunting masterpiece of queer and anti-fascist cinema that demands to be understood on its own terms. I’ve ‘splained this movie enough times during quarantine, or tried to, that I think it’s time to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Reel understanding | Tagged #dakota johnson, #the witch, German Autumn, Hereditary, Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Tilda Swinton | Leave a comment