Category Archives: White Noise

We need to talk about Pitch Perfect’s rape joke problem

Posted on May 14, 2015 by reelentropy

UPDATE: It’s still not funny, but the movie fleshed out an under-the-table relationship between the Amy and Allen that explains the interaction and turns it into something that doesn’t dump all over the idea of consent. Rape jokes can be … Continue reading →

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An internal dialogue about whether or not to review Hot Pursuit

Posted on May 8, 2015 by reelentropy

OK Leo. It’s 11:50. You’ve been putting it off all night. Time to go see Hot Pursuit. I don’t want to go see Hot Pursuit. Oh, whatever! You go see movies you don’t want to see all the time. That’s different. If … Continue reading →

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On slut-shaming and female superheroes

Posted on May 8, 2015 by reelentropy

About a week before Age of Ultron was set to come out, stars Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner got into hot water for calling Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) a mean word. Since its release, in a series of stories that predictably are … Continue reading →

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Sony hits astonishing new low with Ghostbusters announcement

Posted on March 10, 2015 by reelentropy

In late January, Sony announced Paul Feig would be directing an all-female Ghostbusters reboot. I didn’t like it, but the studio announced something yesterday I like even less. Original film director Ivan Reitman and writer/star Dan Akroyd have been tapped to oversee a … Continue reading →

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What Fifty Shades of Grey will say about our culture

Posted on February 12, 2015 by reelentropy

By most accounts, Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t a good book. It was born of a housewife in her mid-40s with a hardon for Edward Cullen typing a requiem for a sex life that was never this exciting, and that’s what … Continue reading →

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