Tag Archives: HBOmax

‘Last Dance,’ and many more to come

Posted on April 25, 2023 by reelentropy

8/10 Magic Mike’s Last Dance occupies a weird spot in history. It caps an unexpected trilogy of male stripper movies stretching back to 2012, but is both born out of and works to support the ways the brand is expanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Channing Tatum, HBOmax, Magic Mike, Magic Mike Live, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Salma Hayek, Steven Soderbergh | Leave a comment

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 | 5 Comments

Gorgeous ‘Drive my Car’ leaves a lot in the glovebox

Posted on June 6, 2022 by reelentropy

7/10 Drive My Car is an expansive, slow-breathing odyssey across layers of performance. It’s never boring, but it’s deliberate and demands the viewer meet it halfway, and I can’t help but go away wanting more. Hiroshima, Japan, some time ago- … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Academy Awards, Drive My Car, HBOmax, Oscars | 2 Comments

Sad franchise happy to be resurrected in ‘Matrix 4’

Posted on December 25, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Fans of The Matrix in 2003 weren’t expecting a two-part Advanced Philosophy nightmare that turned into a cartoon whenever it wanted, and in 2021, we weren’t expecting a feel-good story about true love conquering all. But it’s been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Carrie-Anne Moss, HBOmax, Keanu Reeves, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Star Wars, The Matrix, The Matrix Resurrections | Leave a comment

‘Dune’ is not a complete movie

Posted on November 4, 2021 by reelentropy

1/10 Dune is not a complete film. It is a deliberately incomplete film, and despite what writer/director/producer Denis Villeneuve will tell you, the decision to only make half of it was made at the story’s expense, not its benefit. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve, Dune, Game of Thrones, Godzilla vs Kong, HBOmax, Legendary Entertainment, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars, Timothee Chalamet, Warner Bros. | 4 Comments