Author Archives: reelentropy

Unpacking the hateful version of history at the 91st Academy Awards

Posted on March 5, 2019 by reelentropy

In 1915, Epoch Producing Co. released what is widely considered to be the first epic film, though there is some pushback against that, Birth of a Nation. In the film, after chronicling the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #birth of a nation, #django unchained, #donald trump, Black Klansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Eat Shit Disney, Freddie Mercury, Green Book, Hays Code, John Ottman, John Ottman was complicit in Bryan Singer's abuse, Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Remi Malek, revisionist history, Ronald Reagan was the fucking antichrist, The Last Samurai, very fine people on both sides, White Savior | Leave a comment

‘Cold War’ artsy fartsy, would be cooler if it weren’t

Posted on February 7, 2019 by reelentropy

4/10 After debuting in May 2018 at Cannes, where writer/director Paweł Pawlikowski won the festival’s best director award, and rolling out across several film markets overseas over a period of months, Polish- and French-language period drama Cold War has finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #cold war, Joanna Kulig, Lukasz Zal, Pawel Pawlikowski, Roma, Tomasz Kot | Leave a comment

‘Serenity’ swallowed by its distributor over big dumb twist

Posted on February 7, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 After acquiring the distribution rights to Serenity in February 2018, Aviron Pictures set a Sept. 28 release date, where it would have competed against nothing even vaguely memorable, and later pushed that back to Oct. 19, where it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #halloween, #jason Clarke, anne hathaway, Aviron Pictures, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Glass, Matthew McConaughey, Serenity, Steven Knight | Leave a comment

The Möbius Strip- Confusing Oscar race is set as box office suffers worst Super Bowl weekend in almost 20 years

Posted on February 5, 2019 by reelentropy

Super Bowl weekend is always bad news for the box office, but this was one of the worst weekends in history, with movies only making $73.4 million total, with no individual film making even as much as $10 million. Glass … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #dwayne johnson, Alita: Battle Angel, aquaman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Director's Guild of America, Glass, Hobbs & Shaw, Into the Spider-Verse, Jussie Smollett, Miss Bala, Oscars 2019, Producer's Guild of America, Roma, Screen Actor's Guild, Serenity, Sundance 2019, The Upside, Velvet Buzzsaw | Leave a comment

‘Beale Street’ a major step up for already stellar Barry Jenkins

Posted on February 2, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 In 2017, I was unimpressed with Moonlight’s upset Best Picture win over La La Land. Two years later, now that writer/director/producer Barry Jenkins’ followup If Beale Street Could Talk has been strangely passed over in terms of Academy Award … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #oscarssowhite, Barry Jenkins, Black Klansman, If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin, James Laxton, Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight, Nicholas Britell | Leave a comment