Tag Archives: #Disney

Watching, or not, as ‘Marvels’ fail

Posted on January 18, 2024 by reelentropy

For the past several years as Disney pivoted toward a streaming-first business model, the company line has been that instead of movies about individual heroes leading into a bigger crossover movie, they’ll have solo TV shows, and every movie will … Continue reading →

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15 years later, ‘Raping Indy’ again

Posted on July 20, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 In 2008, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas finally dusted off Indiana Jones after 20 years for his fourth of five appearances greenlit all the way back in 1979 with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It … Continue reading →

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I demand a new ‘John Wick’ movie every year until I die.

Posted on March 22, 2023 by reelentropy

In a November 2015 essay a month before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney’s first Star Wars-branded movie-product, released, an essay in Wired popularized the idea that Disney intended to make a new Star Wars movie every year until you … Continue reading →

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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 →

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After two years to get the edit right, ‘New Mutants’ is a mess

Posted on September 2, 2020 by reelentropy

2/10 After two years of post-production, you’d think The New Mutants would at least be organized. In The New Mutants, Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) awakens imprisoned in a facility for adolescent mutants who have killed people with their emerging powers. … Continue reading →

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