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Did they really do a full Academy Awards show for 2020?
I spent January dicking around, procrastinating on the usual year-end routines for a film writer. Going through those particular motions after 2020, acting like we’d gotten a full slate of movies, felt dishonest. It felt boring. I didn’t do a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, 93rd Academy Awards, Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Another Round, Anthony Hopkins, Birds of Prey, Chadwick Boseman, Chloe Zhao, coronavirus, COVID-19 crisis, Daniel Kaluuya, David Fincher, Francis Mcdormand, Fred Hampton, Gary Oldman, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Mulan, Netflix, Nomadland, Oscars, Oscars 2021, Pieces of a Woman, Shia LaBeouf, Tenet, The Father, Trial of the Chicago 7, Vanessa Kirby
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ is a boring bait-and-switch, I am getting really tired of Marvel’s shit
4/10 Guys, go see Blade Runner 2049. This hurts me! We’ve had something bold and original and spectacular in theaters for a month now and it’s made just $82.9 million in the U.S. It’s exactly the kind of movie that … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #ant-man, #cate blanchett, #chris hemsworth, #doctor strange, #Hulk, #MakeAsgardGreatAgain, #the matrix revolutions, #Thor, #tom hiddleston, Alarmingly lackluster, Anthony Hopkins, Blade Runner 2049, Fenrir, Led Zeppelin, Ragnarok, Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: The Dark World
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Bayhem!
1/10 Baydlem! PandeBayneum! Star Wars: The Last Jedi Transformers: The Last Knight is the crowning achievement of one of history’s worst filmmakers. It’s filled with the most sound and fury, it signifies the least. It is a critical mass of … Continue reading
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Tagged #mark wahlberg, #michael bay, Age of Extinction, Anthony Hopkins, Baydlum, Bayhem, Leave Brittney alone, Michael Bay wants to have sex with underage girls, On Tuesdays we wear pink, orange and teal, PandeBayneum, statutory rape license, The Last Knight, Transformers
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‘Manchester’ bathes in critical acclaim despite being entirely unremarkable
Manchester by the Sea is sitting at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and is expected to garner several Academy Awards nominations. It’s not a bad movie, but it certainly doesn’t deserve that level of recognition. The film follows Lee Chandler … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #birdman, #casey affleck, #oscars, Academy Awards, acting, Anthony Hopkins, Boyhood, emotional appeal, grief sucks I get it, Kenneth Lonnergan, Kyle Chandler, La La Land, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts, Michelle Williams, The people demand musicals
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