Category Archives: White Noise

Reexamining ‘The Matrix’ as primarily a love story

Posted on January 16, 2022 by reelentropy

Reactions to The Matrix Resurrections, the new long-gestating revisitation of the turn-of-the-century series, have been extremely strong and extremely mixed in ways that I don’t feel like quantifying. I’ve been torn between the desire to write about it and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reel understanding, White Noise | Tagged Lana and Lilly Wachowski, MPAA, Ritalin generation, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Resurrections, Warner Bros | Leave a comment

‘No Way Home,’ no way back

Posted on December 20, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Spider-Man: No Way Home is everything you want from it. No expense has been spared, no stone is left unturned, no fan is left unserviced. If you have a question about this movie, the answer is “Yes!” This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Disney, For the fans, Jon Watts, Raimi-Maguire Spider-Man, Sony, Sony Pictures' impending doom, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Ballad of Spider-Man in film, Tom Holland, Webb-Garfield Spider-Man | 1 Comment

A strange ‘Time to Die’ for Bond in the MCU era

Posted on November 4, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 What a long, strange trip it’s been for James Bond in the 21st century. In No Time to Die, we rejoin Cmdr. James Bond (Daniel Craig, who also produces), retired for the third time in Craig’s run with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Batman Begins, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Eon Productions, James Bond, MCU, No Time to Die, Rami Malek, Skyfall, Spectre | Leave a comment

Reel Entropy’s September spectacular

Posted on October 1, 2021 by reelentropy

The amount of work I’d have to do to get all these reviews fully fleshed out before I have to leave for Venom: Let there be Carnage is gargantuan – love that word, so rarely get to use it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Dear Evan Hansen, half-ass, lazy, Malignant, September Spectacular, spit these out, The Card Counter, The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Leave a comment

20 years of 9/11 in film

Posted on September 11, 2021 by reelentropy

The core ennui of being a ‘90s child is watching things disappear. This is most easily tracked through technology. Within our childhoods, we watched playing outside with neighborhood kids, maybe one of whom had an N64, turn into a kaleidoscope … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged 20 years later, 9/11, Afghanistan war, Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Climate change, COVID-19, George W. Bush, Gore won, Iraq war, Iron Man, Man of Steel, Mark Boal, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Hurt Locker, War on Terror, Zack Snyder | 6 Comments