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The Möbius strip: TMNT carries weak weekend, Rogue One reshoots steal headlines

Posted on June 7, 2016 by reelentropy

As expected, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows carried the week with a limp $35 million. X-Men: Apocalypse came in second, while Me Before You more than doubled its expected opening- Box Office Mojo With Ninja Turtles disappointing, just like Apocalypse a week before, Variety asks whether or … Continue reading →

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Captain America: Actually, Quite Civil

Posted on May 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Captain America: Civil War isn’t officially an Avengers movie, but I already wish they’d kept Joss Whedon to direct it. In many ways, Civil War is The Avengers: Age of Ultron Part 2. In the direct aftermath of that movie and the disaster in Sokovia, the New … Continue reading →

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Spoiler alert: He was dead the whole time

Posted on April 13, 2016 by reelentropy

One of the primary functions of movies, and art in general, is to preserve the culture from which they developed. Human philosophy has evolved rapidly over the years, and movies provide a clear record of ideologies that have fallen out … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #10 cloverfield lane, #apocalypse, #batman v superman, #birth of a nation, #breaking dawn, #cloverfield, #Dawn of Justice, #electric boogaloo, #going down to electric avenue, #hail caesar, #judgment day, #pureflix, #red lobster, #Terminator, #the witch, #twilight, #X-Men, God's not Dead | 1 Comment

On Darkseid and the actual value of Easter eggs in movies

Posted on April 3, 2016 by reelentropy

There’s an idea that’s been developing for the past few years in comedy around reference humor or call-out humor. Comedians — or film or television — will, in place of a joke, simply call out a title and hope that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #Batfleck, #Batman, #batman v superman, #Ben Affleck, #civil war, #dane cook, #darkseid, #Dawn of Justice, #DC, #deadpool, #ezra miller, #henry cavill, #jesse eisenberg, #lex luthor, #memes, #sad batman, #steppenwolf, #superman, #zack snyder, Captain America, Marvel | Leave a comment

Experimental Terrence Malick trilogy ends with a bang

Posted on March 28, 2016 by reelentropy

“Oh, you think Affleck is playing ‘Sad Batman?‘ I’ll show you Sad Batman” — Christian Bale, probably. The past few years, film legend Terrence Malick has been turning out a semi-autobiographical trilogy of experimental films, starting with Tree of Life in 2011 and To the … Continue reading →

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