Tag Archives: #brad pitt

‘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

Once upon a film historian’s dream

Posted on July 27, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 I’m sure writer/director/producer Quentin Tarantino enjoys Once Upon a Time in Hollywood very much. Once upon a time in Hollywood – Feb. 8, 1969 to be exact – TV cowboy Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) tries and fails to transition … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #brad pitt, #Disney, #leonardo dicaprio, #margot robbie, #quentin tarantino, #roman polanski, #sony, #suicide squad, Al Pacino, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, Golden Age of Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, Hays Code, Hello Dolly!, Jeffrey Epstein, Julia Butters, Los Angeles, Manson family, Midnight Cowboy, MPAA rating system, New Hollywood, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Sharon Tate, Tate murders, The Wolf of Wall Street, Timothy Olyphant, Weinstein scandal | Leave a comment

Director, star spoil intriguing spy movie

Posted on November 25, 2016 by reelentropy

Robert Zemeckis and Brad Pitt each owe Steven Knight a stiff drink. He wrote a sharp, intriguing film and they ruined it. Allied follows a pair of spies, Max Vatan (Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard). Tasked with assassinating the German … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #brad pitt, #marion cotillard, #the big short, 12 Years a Slave, Allied, lazy, Robert Zemeckis | Leave a comment

The Big Short too directly inspired

Posted on December 24, 2015 by reelentropy

Hey, remember 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street? Want to watch a shorter, lower-quality version? Well, have I got a movie for you! The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’ 2010 non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, is about the investors who predicted … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam mckay, #brad pitt, #christian bale, #housing bubble, #leonardo dicaprio, #martin scorsese, #paramount pictures, #ryan gosling, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, #wolf of wall street | 1 Comment

The Möbius strip: Bond, Brown finally crash The Martian’s party

Posted on November 9, 2015 by reelentropy

In a predictable weekend box office race, popular newcomers Spectre and The Peanuts Movie took first and second place with $73 million and $45 million. The Martian dropped below second place for just the first time in its six-week run with $9.3 million- Box Office Mojo … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #aaron sorkin, #amc, #angelina jolie, #bill cosby, #blacklivesmatter, #brad pitt, #casablanca, #cinemark, #concussion, #daniel craig, #dark knight rises shooting, #david lynch, #emma watson, #eraserhead, #Fantastic Four, #hotel transylvania, #hugh jackman, #jennifer lawrence, #john wick, #katie holmes, #michael moore, #mpaa, #nicholas winding refn, #quinten tarantino, #robert de niro, #sec, #spectre, #spotlight, #star trek, #star wars, #steve jobs, #the force awakens, #the hateful 8, #the peanuts movie, #the revenant, #tom cruise, #where is my mind, #will smith, #X-Men, #x-men: apocalypse | Leave a comment