Tag Archives: #donald trump

‘Foreign Correspondent,’ live from Washington

Posted on April 18, 2024 by reelentropy

Alex Garland’s Civil War is a pulse-pounding, eye-popping masterpiece from start to finish. The Londoner has seen this country’s heart, which is not difficult right now from that distance, and brought it to screen in such accuracy that many Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Alex Garland, #civil war, #donald trump, Annihilation, Donald Trump's incessant cocaine sniffle, Jan. 6 insurrection | 1 Comment

‘Barbie’ is all about queerness and domestic violence and it took my dumb ass a week to fully realize it

Posted on July 29, 2023 by reelentropy

My Barbie review last week ended with several paragraphs on the romantic relationship played out in stereo between the Barbies and the Kens in the final leg of the film, the main argument being it seems like writer/director Greta Gerwig … Continue reading →

Posted in Reel understanding | Tagged #2001: a space odyssey, #donald trump, Abortion access, Barbie, domestic violence, Don't Worry Darling, Greta Gerwig, my dumb ass, Noah Baumbach, Oppenheimer, queerness, Supreme Court | 1 Comment

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 | 1 Comment

Stewart flubs highly resistible new comedy

Posted on July 4, 2020 by reelentropy

3/10 In early 2020, a nightmare virus – highly contagious for up to two weeks before symptoms start to show and triggering an agonizing, potentially deadly pneumonia in a significant percentage of its victims – made its way to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #donald trump, #hillary clinton, #steve carell, 2016 presidential election, Chris Cooper, coronavirus, George Floyd, Jon Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Rose Byrne | Leave a comment

Revisiting ‘Contagion’ in the age of coronavirus

Posted on March 18, 2020 by reelentropy

As the COVID-19 pandemic quietly spreads through the U.S. and the country very loudly grinds to a halt, movie theaters are one of many businesses that are shutting their doors. Amid news of delayed releases and entire theater chains closing, … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state, White Noise | Tagged #donald trump, #jude law, #laurence fishburne, #Magic Mike, #marion cotillard, #steven soderbergh, Alex Jones, CDC, Contagion, coronavirus, COVID-19, Gwenyth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Scott Z. Burns, The Laundromat, The Report, Unsane, WHO | Leave a comment