Author Archives: reelentropy

‘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

‘The Favourite,’ and with good reason

Posted on February 1, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 The Favourite is at once a fearsome period drama and a no-holds-barred, pitch-black comedy about power, sex and sass. It queers a fascinating historical power struggle and brings it perfectly into the Trump era. In 1708 during the War of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #oscars, Academy Awards, BAFTA, completely cuntstruck, cunt, Deborah Davis, Emma Stone, fishbowl, fuck the Oscars, Joe Alwyn, Nicolas Hoult, Olivia Colman, parliament, Rachel Weisz, Robbie Ryan, Roma, The Favourite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, whore, Yorgos Lanthimos | 1 Comment

On Netflix, ‘Roma’ and Auteur Theory

Posted on January 30, 2019 by reelentropy

Ever since Netflix began to produce and procure original content in 2012, it has struggled to legitimize itself in the eyes of mainstream trendsetters. This has been no real trouble for the company whatsoever – Twitter and other social media … Continue reading →

Posted in Reel understanding, White Noise | Tagged #martin scorsese, #Netflix, Auteur Theory, directors are fucking whackos, French New Wave, German Expressionism, Joel and Ethan Coen, New Hollywood, Roma, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Irishman | 4 Comments