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‘Moonfall’ is a feature-length Q drop, merchandise included
1/10 If the frequent Qanon-related kidnappings and other stupid acts of violence are suddenly all being committed in the all-new Lexus NX, the only vehicle rugged and agile enough to get you through the coming storm, Moonfall will definitely be … Continue reading
A quarantine with The Master
Several years ago now, I started systemically moving through the work of high-profile directors. This is part of the path from loud movie nerd to legitimate film scholar – film scholars actually study film, they don’t just write about it. … Continue reading
Posted in A less chaotic state, White Noise
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, David O. Selznick, Dial M for Murder, Disney, Dr. No, Foreign COrrespondent, Francois Truffaut, Frenzy, Gone with the Wind, Halloween, I Confess, Independence Day, Jamaica Inn, Lifeboat, Marnie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Windo, Rebecca, Rope, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Silence of the Lambs, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Strangers on a Train, Studio system, The 39 Steps, The Birds, The Dark Knight, The Lady Vanishes, The Paradine Case, The Trouble with Harry, Tippi Hedren, To Catch a Thief, Torn Curtain, Under Capricorn, Vertigo
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Stop what you’re doing and go see Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla is a monumental achievement in filmmaking. It’s a gleefully atypical disaster film. It’s an inspiring vision of the human spirit. More than anything else, though, it’s Japanese. Manmade and natural disasters On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a magnitude … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #godzilla, 3/11 Triple disaster, Fukushima, Get in the damn robot Shinji, Hideaki Anno, Hiroshima, Independence Day, Japan, Japanese Special Defense Forces, Nakasaki, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nuclear attack on Japan, Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi, The Fukushima 50, Tokyo, World War II
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Entropy on Labor Day — Davids rule the summer, Goliaths crash and burn
Labor Day weekend 2016 was bad. If you discount last summer’s holiday weekend that saw War Room take the weekend crown, you have to go all the way back to 2005 to find a Labor Day weekend that did worse than this … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #alice in wonderland, #anna kendrick, #apocalypse, #batman v superman, #days of future past, #deadpool, #disney pixar, #ghostbusters, #johnny depp, #pete's dragon, #pixels, #snow white and the huntsman, #sony, #star trek, #star trek beyond, #star trek into darkness, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the witch, #tim burton, #warcraft, #X-Men, alice through the looking glass, Bad Moms, Beauty and the Beast, Ben-Hur, cannibalism, Central Intelligence, CGI is bad, China loves WoW, Collision Course, Don't Breathe, Election Year, finding dory, ha ha ha ha Mila Kunis, Harry Potter, Hollywood is dumb, Ice Age, Independence Day, Jason Bourne, Kubo and the Two Strings, Laika, Legend of Tarzan what were they thinking, maleficent, me before you, Me Before You genuinely advocates suicide, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Mila Kunis, Movie budgets are too damn high, Nerve, Nerve is everything you've ever wanted in a hollywood movie, Nicholas Sparks, now you see me 2, out of the shadows, Resurgence, Sausage Party, Secret Life of Pets, Seth Rogen, Sexism and feminism be damned, Teenage mutant ninja turtles, the BFG, The Conjuring 2, The Last Stand, the lobster, the neon demon, The Purge, The Shallows, There is absolutely no reason to make a movie for more than $120 million, Transformers 4, War Dogs
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Secret Life of Pets is… you know
I mean… you know… The Secret Life of Pets follows Max (Louis C.K.), a Jack Russell Terrier who is way too in love with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper). This becomes a huge problem when she brings home another rescue dog, … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #albert brooks, #despicable me, #disney pixar, #fight club, #illuminati, #illuminati confirmed, #illumination entertainment, #inside out, #jurassic world, #kevin hart, #minions, Central Intelligence, Dallas Shooting, finding dory, I want you to hit me as hard as you can, Independence Day, Louis C.K., low-quality animation, low-quality movie, low-quality story, open your eyes, Secret Life of Pets, Tyler Durden
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