Category Archives: White Noise

Remaking ‘The Raid’ is a stupid, self-defeating idea and it’s never going to work

Posted on April 27, 2017 by reelentropy

The American remake of 2011 cult classic Indonesian martial arts film The Raid: Redemption seems to finally be getting underway. All the paperwork was done way back in November 2011 — the movie didn’t even release in the U.S. until … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #chris hemsworth, #frank grillo, #liam hemsworth, #sony, #star wars: the force awakens, #the raid 2, American remake, Joe Carnahan, The Bourne Legacy, The Raid | Leave a comment

Oscar upset isn’t fair to anyone

Posted on February 27, 2017 by reelentropy

Presenters shocked the world last night by presenting the Academy Award for Best Picture to the wrong movie due to a clerical error. While no one wanted this onstage situation, in which La La Land producers were asked to physically … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #casey affleck, Best Picture, La La Land, Moonlight, politics, upset | 1 Comment

On La La Land and fascist propaganda

Posted on February 26, 2017 by reelentropy

As La La Land danced through theaters the past few months to the tune of $137.5 million domestic, a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations and a Best Picture victory that’s been presumed to be in the bag for months now, … Continue reading →

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On whitewashing and the death of movie stars

Posted on February 22, 2017 by reelentropy

The Great Wall came out in American theaters last weekend, beating industry expectations with a $21.7 million take. It’s a good result of a movie that was primarily met with claims of whitewashing and racism for starring Cambridge-born Matt Damon … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #china, #henry cavill, #matt damon, #scarlett johansson, #superman, Chinese box office, death of movie stars, erasure, Ghost in the Shell, Hong Kong, Japan, national anxiety, Shin Godzilla, The Great Wall, Transformers 4, uniquely Japanese story, whitewashing | 1 Comment

The most important films of 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 lists are boring and dumb and arbitrary and full of movies nobody’s ever heard of. A big goal of this site is to try and extrapolate the future of movies, so, instead of talking about the year’s … Continue reading →

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