Category Archives: White Noise

The most important movies of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by reelentropy

Top 10 lists are stupid and dumb and boring to write and boring to read. At Reel Entropy, we know better, so we do better — instead of talking about the best movies of the year, we’re going to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #ant-man, #black panther, #deadpool, #denis villeneuve, #Disney, #donald trump, #john wick, #justice league, #rotten tomatoes, #sony, #star wars, #steven soderbergh, #suicide squad, #the force awakens, #warner bros., #wonder woman, aquaman, Atomic Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Bright, Chad Stahelski, Darren Aronofsky, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Edgar Wright, Episode IX, Flashpoint, Fox, gareth edwards, Get Out, It, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3, Jordan Peele, Kevin Tsujihara, Logan, Logan Lucky, mother!, rogue one, Solo, The Highlander, The Last Jedi, the worst August in 20 years, Thor: Ragnarok, Wisecracked | Leave a comment

On open secrets, cover-ups and systemic denial

Posted on October 18, 2017 by reelentropy

Late in 2015 Best Picture winner “Spotlight,” which details The Boston Globe’s 2002 Pulitzer-prize winning report on systemic pedophilia in the Catholic Church, editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) remarks that everyone in Boston already seems to know the story, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #jessica chastain, #seth macfarlane, Courtney Love, cover-up, Harvey Weinstein, open secret, systemic denial, The Associated Press, The Boston Globe, The New York Times | 4 Comments

The strange, inconclusive summer of 2017

Posted on September 20, 2017 by reelentropy

Yeah, I know Labor Day was two weeks ago, fuck off It’s been a summer of transition at the movies. Transition to what? Who knows. There are several narratives to spin based on the number of movies that were released … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #pirates of the caribbean, #wonder woman, 2017, Annabelle: Creation, Atomic Blonde, Baby Driver, Baywatch, Captain Underpants, Cars 3, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Despicable Me 3, Dunkirk, fuck off, Girls Trip, It Comes at Night, Labor Day, Leap!, Logan Lucky, Rough Night, Spider-Man, The Dark Tower, The Emoji Movie, The Hitman's Bodyguard, The House, The Mummy, The Nut Job 2, Transformers 5, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, War for the Planet of the Apes | Leave a comment

Late-summer catch-up: ‘Detroit’

Posted on August 23, 2017 by reelentropy

This article contains coarse language and distressing content. *** 6/10 Both delving into the past and ripped from the headlines, Detroit explores America’s explosive racial divide. But like so much mass media that addresses these issues, it shies away at … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #anthony mackie, #birdman, #john boyega, #john krasinski, #the hurt locker, Ben O'Toole, Detroit, handheld shots, Jack Reynor, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, The Bourne Identity, the tripod-free look, Will Poulter, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

40 years of ‘Star Wars’

Posted on May 25, 2017 by reelentropy

Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #Disney, #george lucas, #jaws, #jurassic park, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens, Attack of the Clones, ET, Heir to the Empire, Revenge of the Sith, rogue one, The Last Jedi, The Other Side of Midnight, The Phantom Menace, You think God is in control here? | Leave a comment