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‘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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‘Kitchen’ not worth watching, and no one did

Posted on August 15, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 The Kitchen is a story about women who stage a hostile takeover of a traditional men’s space. It’s a pun! Get it? Because it’s, when that happens, the traditional response is to tell the woman to “get back in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #domhnall gleeson, #hell's kitchen, #new york city, #rotten tomatoes, Andrea Berloff, Elizabeth Moss, girl power, Melissa McCarthy, The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish, Widows | 1 Comment

Decent ‘Scary Stories’ can’t capture books’ magic

Posted on August 15, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a film caught between its iconic source material and a risk-averse production that leans heavily on the exhausting, bland choices common in the past decade’s horror. Still, there are significant highlights … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #guillermo del toro, #pulp fiction, #sin city, Insidious, Ouija, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Seven Psychopaths, Stranger Things, The Bye Bye Man, The Conjuring, Truth or Dare | Leave a comment