Tag Archives: #black panther

Careening off the international tightrope of ‘Mulan’

Posted on September 6, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 $30. This ugly, fascy movie costs $30. China has been on track for several decades to become the dominant economy in the world. This has affected the film industry like any other, as China’s burgeoning theatrical distribution system has … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, The Möbius strip, White Noise | Tagged #black panther, #china, #china all the time, #Disney, #donald trump, #i love china, #star wars, Bob Iger, Great Wall of China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong protests, Liu Yifei, Mulan, The Great Wall, The Wall, Uyghur genocide | Leave a comment

‘Ad Astra’ is the terrible, majestic, urgent space opera for our time

Posted on September 21, 2019 by reelentropy

10/10 In space, no one can hear you scream. No one can hear you do or say anything at all, in fact. That’s because in space, there’s usually no one else there. In the near future, the United States Space … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #2001: a space odyssey, #alien, #black panther, #brad pitt, #donald trump, #interstellar, #star wars, #the martian, Ad Astra, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, James Gray, Moon pirates, Tommy Lee Jones | Leave a comment

The bubble bursts- on Moviepass and the rise of monopoly-class movies

Posted on September 4, 2019 by reelentropy

When I started doing these Labor Day summer wrapups five years ago, what I identified — and what plenty of other people identified — was a crashing bubble at the domestic box office, and after a rebound year in 2018, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #3D, #avatar, #Avengers, #black panther, #Disney, #george lucas, #iron man, #lucasfilm, #marvel studios, #pixar, #the lion king, Aladdin, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, Business Insider, Captain Marvel, Crazy Rich Asians, Dark Phoenix, Endgame, Frozen II, Incredibles 2, Infinity War, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Labor Day, Men in Black International, Midsommar, Monopoly class movies, MoviePass, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Toy Story 4, Us | 9 Comments

The Möbius Strip- All ‘Captain Marvel’ all the time, ‘Us’ premiers at SXSW

Posted on March 12, 2019 by reelentropy

Captain Marvel zoomed in to save the 2019 box office with a $153.4 million debut and $456.7 million worldwide. That ranks for the third highest March opening, the fifth highest international opening and the sixth highest worldwide opening on the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #black panther, #brie larson, #china, #mcu, #michael jackson, #oscars, #rotten tomatoes, #samuel l jackson, 2019 Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Grammies, Jordan Peele, Kong: Skull Island, Leaving Neverland, Peanut Butter Flacon, Shia LaBeouf, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Us | Leave a comment

The Möbius Strip: Bryan Singer accused by four more, SAG awards

Posted on January 29, 2019 by reelentropy

It was a whisper-quiet weekend at the box office, with the top 12 making only $79.8 million overall, the third worst number going back a full calendar year. A big reason why was a lack of exciting new releases – … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #black panther, #DC comics, #kevin hart, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Bryan Singer sexual assault allegations, Glass, Glenn Close, Into the Spider-Verse, Jim Carrey, Leaving Neverland, Remi Malek, SAG awards, Serenity, Sundance FIlm Festival, The Atlantic, The Kid Who Would be King, The Upside | Leave a comment