Tag Archives: James Gunn

Steel yourself for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

Posted on May 6, 2023 by reelentropy

7/10 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is more intense than it is good. It’s very well made and there’s a lot of value that you wouldn’t be expecting as a natural extension of the series, but plenty of people … Continue reading →

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Make a different movie.

Posted on August 30, 2021 by reelentropy

Suicide Squad (Ayer, 2016) hit theaters after more than a year of fanfare, polarizing audiences who loved and hated it for a wide breadth of reasons. Five years later to the exact weekend, The Suicide Squad (Gunn, 2021), a remake/sequel/reboot … Continue reading →

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The Möbius strip- ‘Lion King’ breaks July records, ‘Endgame’ takes all-time crown

Posted on July 23, 2019 by reelentropy

Disney’s The Lion King stampeded into theaters this weekend with a $191.8 million debut, even higher than industry expectations. The picture immediately leaps to no. 6 on the 2019 domestic chart and sets opening weekend records for July and for … Continue reading →

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‘Brightburn’ soft on satire, complex take on family disfunction

Posted on May 30, 2019 by reelentropy

6/10 Brightburn is a minimalist, almost frustratingly simple film. That’s what might be disappointing about it, and it’s also what might be great about it. In Brightburn County, Kansas, Tori and Kyle Breyer (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) struggle to conceive a … Continue reading →

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‘Vol. 2’ not as good as first, but with new and different merits

Posted on May 5, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 In August 2014, the first Guardians of the Galaxy burst into theaters as a wildly different offering from the MCU. From the formula that was finally beginning to grow stale — and kept right on doing so with its next … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #chris pratt, #mcu, #prattprattpratt, #star wars, #vin diesel, bradley cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, I am Groot, James Gunn, Marvel, Volume 2, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment