Tag Archives: Alien: Covenant

Bloodcurdling ‘It Comes at Night’ stands as the year’s best so far

Posted on June 15, 2017 by reelentropy

10/10 It Comes at Night might have been filmed on a golden reel. After a zombie-esque plague rips through society, Paul (Joel Edgerton, who also executively produces) lives with his wife and son, Sarah and Travis (Carmen Ejogo and Kelvin … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #wonder woman, Alien: Covenant, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, It Comes at Night, The Mummy | 1 Comment

The Möbius strip: ‘Alien’ barely edges ‘Guardians,’ Cannes clashes over Netflix

Posted on May 24, 2017 by reelentropy

New offering Alien: Covenant slightly underperformed and week-three holdover Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had another strong showing, to the end that Covenant earned the weekend’s top spot by just a $1.5 million margin. Teenage romance adaptation Everything, Everything was the only other movie to … Continue reading →

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‘Alien: Covenant’ is everything wrong with filmmaking in 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by reelentropy

5/10 Watching Alien: Covenant, it’s hard not to think about the death of cinema, as director/producer Ridley Scott recently described with a remarkable lack of self-awareness. Like the edema, back pain and noxious bad breath of advanced renal failure, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alien, #michael fassbender, #prometheus, #ridley scott, 2017, Alien: Covenant, franchise potential, inglorious basterds, Just make a movie, No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers | 2 Comments

‘Prometheus:’ five years later, still shitty

Posted on May 18, 2017 by reelentropy

Prometheus is probably the most famously bad movie in recent memory. Well, no, there are a lot of people who would pretty condescendingly disagree with that. Maybe it’s the most often defended bad movie in recent memory? The worst good movie … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #alien, #michael fassbender, #prometheus, #ridley scott, #steve jobs, Alien: Covenant, Ancient astronauts, Chariots of the Gods, deleted scenes, Guy Pearce, Leviticus, Max von Sydow, shitty, Space Jesus | 1 Comment

The Möbius Strip: Still hooked on a feeling

Posted on May 17, 2017 by reelentropy

As expected, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continued its reign over Mother’s Day weekend with $65.2 million. It will be interesting to see how it fares against Alien: Covenant this weekend- Box Office Mojo The MCU’s first offering, Iron Man, was humor-heavy, but it was Guardians … Continue reading →

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