Category Archives: White Noise

‘I’m done with Harry Potter:’ J.K. Rowling’s journey away from and then back to her iconic franchise

Posted on November 16, 2016 by reelentropy

Steven James @StevenLeeJames Harry Potter prequel and spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be the first in a five-movie series. Fantastic Beasts is based on the 2001 book of the same name by J.K. Rowling about the … Continue reading →

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Did Nate Parker really rape that woman, and how much does it matter to you?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by reelentropy

Editor’s note — this subject matter calls for some form of coping mechanism. Mine is flippancy and course language. I’m fucking serious. If you continue to read this, it’ll ruin your night. Graphic content warning. *** The U.S. as a culture, from … Continue reading →

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Entropy on Labor Day — Davids rule the summer, Goliaths crash and burn

Posted on September 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Labor Day weekend 2016 was bad. If you discount last summer’s holiday weekend that saw War Room take the weekend crown, you have to go all the way back to 2005 to find a Labor Day weekend that did worse than this … Continue reading →

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On Heath Ledger, Jared Leto and revisionist history

Posted on August 2, 2016 by reelentropy

Give him a chance! You can’t judge until you’ve seen the movie! He won an Oscar, for Pete’s sake! People were upset about Heath Ledger’s casting, too! I’ve been hearing things like this for more than a year now. This … Continue reading →

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The real-life Bourne legacy

Posted on July 29, 2016 by reelentropy

The Bourne Identity is one of those movies that was so massively influential it gets taken for granted. On the eve of the franchise’s second attempt at rebooting, let’s look back at the movie that shifted action on its axis. Going … Continue reading →

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