Tag Archives: Barbie

‘Poor Things’ an artistic, crowd-pleasing snuff film

Posted on February 18, 2024 by reelentropy

Poor Things is a conspiracy to trick you into watching star/producer Emma Stone get drilled. We’re going to talk about the artistic merits and its place in the culture, but make no mistake – director/producer Yorgos Lanthimos and Stone made … Continue reading →

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The Barbenheimer Apocalypse

Posted on September 14, 2023 by reelentropy

August may have been the best time to go to the movies in my life. For the past months, movie news has been dominated by anticipation for and tracking of “Barbenheimer,” the release of both Barbie and Oppenheimer on July … Continue reading →

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‘Barbie’ is all about queerness and domestic violence and it took my dumb ass a week to fully realize it

Posted on July 29, 2023 by reelentropy

My Barbie review last week ended with several paragraphs on the romantic relationship played out in stereo between the Barbies and the Kens in the final leg of the film, the main argument being it seems like writer/director Greta Gerwig … Continue reading →

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Come on ‘Barbie,’ let’s go party with gender theory

Posted on July 23, 2023 by reelentropy

9/10 Barbie is an irrepressible explosion of high fashion, joyous and extraordinary set design and deliberately off-kilter dialogue and body language all delivered with a stone-cold straight face from writer/director/executive producer Greta Gerwig. It may be categorically a satire, but … Continue reading →

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