Category Archives: White Noise

‘The Predator’ is a two hour riff on mental illness and I’m actually a little sick to my stomach

Posted on October 3, 2018 by reelentropy

1/10 The Predator is one of the most appalling things that’s ever been released in theaters. I don’t want to give this a full review – it’s not a full movie, so why would I? It was established very publicly … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #jacob tremblay, #olivia munn, #the predator, Humans are not Dungeons and Dragons characters, Keegan-Michael Key, Shane Black, Trevante Rhodes | 9 Comments

On ‘Christopher Robin,’ ‘Eighth Grade’ and parents making movies about children

Posted on September 5, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Oh my shitting God, they killed Christopher Robin’s parents too. Disney’s Christopher Robin starts with the title character (Ewan McGregor, Orton O’Brien as a child) being sent to dreary, grey boarding school and necessarily abandoning his fuzzy friends that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #Batman, #Disney, #mpaa, Disney's Christopher Robin, Dumbo, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Ewan McGregor, Mary Poppins Returns, The Breakfast Club, Where the Wild Things Are, Winnie the Pooh | Leave a comment

Eat shit, Disney

Posted on August 14, 2018 by reelentropy

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced big changes for upcoming ceremonies at the behest of the Disney-ABC Television Group that owns the awards ceremony broadcast rights through 2028. Among other changes meant to reduce runtime … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #apocalypse now, #jaws, #star wars, #the dark knight, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Best Picture, Best Popular Film, Chinatown, Eat Shit Disney, La La Land, Moonlight, Schindler's List, Shape of Water, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3 | 4 Comments

‘The Dark Knight’ 10 years later

Posted on July 18, 2018 by reelentropy

It’s the Citizen Kane of superhero movies. That comparison gets thrown around a little more often than it should, but it’s completely appropriate in this case. Citizen Kane in 1941 was really the movie that alerted mass audiences to the … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state, White Noise | Tagged #batman begins, #christopher nolan, #citizen kane, #david ayer, #iron man, #james wan, #jared leto, #man of steel, #mcu, #suicide squad, #the dark knight, #warner bros., #zack snyder, DCEU, Heath Ledger, Marvel | 5 Comments

‘Soldado’ is… hoo boy…

Posted on June 30, 2018 by reelentropy

Soldado kicks off with a mass suicide bombing in Kansas after the cartels send Islamic terrorists across the Mexican-American border, a scenario that’s sometimes used to justify harsh immigration laws even though it’s literally never happened. CIA advisor Matt Graver’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #bill cosby, #birth of a nation, #casablanca, #denis villeneuve, #pan's labyrinth, #sicario, Abolish ICE, Harvey Weinstein, Johan Johansson, Soldado, Stefano Sollima | Leave a comment