Tag Archives: coronavirus

Wakanda long ago, ‘Wakanda Forever’

Posted on November 11, 2022 by reelentropy

7/10 Everyone in the world has been through a lot since Black Panther showed us a magical dream of uncolonized Africa in February 2018. Four years later in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, that dream is tainted by real-life tragedy among … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Angela Bassett, aquaman, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Widow, Chadwick Boseman, coronavirus, half-finished Scorpion King-looking special effects, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, Marvel, MCU, Michael B. Jordan, Phase IV, Talokan, Tenoch Huerta, Wakanda | 1 Comment

Did they really do a full Academy Awards show for 2020?

Posted on May 11, 2021 by reelentropy

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 →

Posted in White Noise | 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 | Leave a comment

Guy Ritchie must be stopped

Posted on May 11, 2021 by reelentropy

2/10 Fourteen months into a lockdown that feels like it will never end even as it draws to a close, the world under coronavirus is still uncanny. Masks are still as mandatory as they ever were, work is still remote … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #the man from uncle, coronavirus, Guy Ritchie, Guy Ritchie must be stopped, Guy Ritchie Special, Heat, Jason Statham, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, knockoff Tarantino dialogue, Layer Cake, Matthew Vaughn, Snatch, Tarantino-Mann-Scorsese wannabe, Wrath of Man | Leave a comment

Dreamy ‘In the Earth’ kicks off the era of COVID reaction films

Posted on May 7, 2021 by reelentropy

7/10 In the Earth is meant to be a better class of COVID-19 era horror, and it’s all right. It certainly has the pandemic on its mind, at least. In the throes of a global pandemic, park ranger Alma (Ellora … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Annihilation, Ben Wheatley, coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 crisis, In the Earth, Mandy, Midsommar, shit is getting real, The Witch, The Witch meets Midsommar, The Woman in the WIndow | 1 Comment

‘Chaos Walking’ solid, unique and urgent

Posted on March 11, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Chaos Walking is a troubled, inventive exploration of masculine crisis and fear of the self that executes its main hook cleverly and evocatively. It’s a valuable meditation for an era of men inundated by stories of our peers’ abuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Chaos Walking, Charlie Kaufman, coronavirus, Daisy Ridley, Donald Trump, Lionsgate, Mads Mikkelsen, Patrick Ness, Robert Zemeckis, The Hunger games, Tom Holland | 1 Comment