Tag Archives: Disney+

The bust-out of Warner Bros.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by reelentropy

Industrial-scale film distribution dates back to before World War I. In the bad old days with no way to transmit information digitally, movies had to be physically carried from Southern California outward, a supply chain that wound its way across … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory, White Noise | Tagged "House of the Dragon", Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Batgirl, Black Adam, Christopher Nolan, DCEU, Disney, Disney+, Ezra Miller, HBO, HBOmax, Justice League, Marvel, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Streaming wars, The Batman, The Flash, The medium is the message, Warner Bros., Zack Snyder | 2 Comments

Pixar ‘turns red’ for sexy streaming generation

Posted on June 6, 2022 by reelentropy

8/10 In 1995, Pixar’s Toy Story wrenched animation into the 21st century early, bringing action the type of action figures that were already growing outdated as playthings to life in a way that simply wouldn’t have been possible in another … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Bao, Disney Pixar, Disney+, Domee Shi, Luca, Turning Red | Leave a comment

The MCU you loved has been gone for a while now

Posted on July 22, 2021 by reelentropy

6/10 It’s finally here! After almost 20 years of development, 11 years of the character existing in the background, seven years of that with an infamously mangled backstory, and more than a year of pandemic-related delay, Black Widow finally has … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Black Widow, Cate Shortland, Disney, Disney+, Eric Pearson, Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny, Florence Pugh, It's another Marvel movie, Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese setting the entire internet on fire, Marvel, MCU, Olga Kurylenko, Scarlett Johansson | 1 Comment

‘Raya’ another perfectly enjoyable product of an exhausting, cynical machine

Posted on March 10, 2021 by reelentropy

7/10 Outside the theater for Raya and the Last Dragon, a survey company stooge hands out questionnaires in cheap plastic bags meant to reassure moms who don’t really understand how COVID-19 spreads. When asked, he tells me all the big … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged Awkwafina, Disney, Disney+, Kelly Marie Tran, My Little Pony, Raya and the Last Dragon | Leave a comment

On ‘Tenet,’ ‘Fury Road’ and the end of blockbusters

Posted on January 29, 2021 by reelentropy

Tenet came out on DVD Dec. 15, 2020, three months and change after its long-delayed theatrical release over Labor Day weekend. It’s still playing in 70 theaters as this is being written, I’m actually of a mind to go see … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged Christopher Nolan, coronavirus, COVID-19, Disney, Disney+, HBOmax, Inception, John David Washington, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mission: Impossible -- Fallout, Parasite, Tenet, Warner Bros. | 1 Comment