Author Archives: reelentropy

The bubble bursts- on Moviepass and the rise of monopoly-class movies

Posted on September 4, 2019 by reelentropy

When I started doing these Labor Day summer wrapups five years ago, what I identified — and what plenty of other people identified — was a crashing bubble at the domestic box office, and after a rebound year in 2018, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #3D, #avatar, #Avengers, #black panther, #Disney, #george lucas, #iron man, #lucasfilm, #marvel studios, #pixar, #the lion king, Aladdin, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, Business Insider, Captain Marvel, Crazy Rich Asians, Dark Phoenix, Endgame, Frozen II, Incredibles 2, Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Labor Day, Men in Black International, Midsommar, Monopoly class movies, MoviePass, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Toy Story 4, Us | 15 Comments

Margot Robbie’s ‘Hide and Seek’ a hellish delight

Posted on August 29, 2019 by reelentropy

8/10 Sifting through an August overflowing with movies that wouldn’t compete with Disney for the prime summer months, we find another one of the last Fox movies, unceremoniously dumped on a mid-August Wednesday by its new owner, ironically, Disney. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #margot robbie, a dumbwaiter or a basement full or corpses, Far From Home, Hide and Seek, Midsomman, Ready or Not, Samara Weaving, Spider-Man | 2 Comments

‘Angel’ falls forward onto weekend crown, Disney looms over Sony

Posted on August 27, 2019 by reelentropy

Lionsgate’s Angel has Fallen rose high above industry expectations with an opening of $21.4 million, nearly matching its 2016 predecessor London has Fallen. It’s the series’ worst opening, but the first entry to spend time at no. 1. Other new … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #china, #Disney, #lionsgate, #martin scorsese, #sony, #the lion king, Angel has Fallen, D23, Good Boys, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbs & Shaw, Hong Kong protests, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Feige, Marvel, MoviePass, Mulan, No Time to Die, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Overcomer, Ready or Not, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Hunt, The Irishman, Us, Weathering With You | Leave a comment

They can’t make ‘Quality has Fallen’ puns when the quality was already pretty low

Posted on August 25, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I really don’t want to think about Gerard Butler as a weirdo-James Woods type who makes movies to deliberately overcorrect for “liberal Hollywood” because he’s so talented, but it’s getting kind of ridiculous. The guy’s from Glasgow, but he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #gerard butler, #london has fallen, #morgan freeman, #nick nolte, Angel has Fallen, Die Hard, Everything has Fallen, Gerard Butler has Fallen and he Can't Get Up, James Woods, Olympus has Fallen, Your pants have fallen | Leave a comment

‘Good Boys’ wins weekend, ‘Mulan’ facing calls for boycott

Posted on August 20, 2019 by reelentropy

Universal’s Good Boys outperformed expectations, coming away with the weekend crown with $21.4 million. Of the four other new releases, only The Angry Birds Movie 2 with $10.4 million for a no. 4 place finish drew more than $10 million. … Continue reading →

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