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‘It: Chapter Two’ is boring, homosexist and three hours long

Posted on September 7, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 I can’t believe they got James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain to show up for this. Derry, Maine, 2016- You saw It, and for some reason, loved it. Now it’s 27 years later, and Pennywise, the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård) … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #bill hader, #Disney, #james mcavoy, #jessica chastain, #lord of the rings, #oscars, #star wars, #warner bros., Bill Skarsgard, epic horror film, Finn Wolfhard, It, It: Chapter Two, The Godfather | Leave a comment

‘Dark Phoenix’ has its merits, but falls apart as you’re watching it

Posted on June 13, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 X-Men: The Last Stand was a doomed production. Franchise director Bryan Singer and two of X2’s writers had jumped ship to makeSuperman Returns, which had its own problems, and 20th Century Fox producers set a May 26, 2006 release date and refused to move off … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #james mcavoy, #jennifer lawrence, #jessica chastain, #michael fassbender, #X-Men, Bad touch, Bryan Singer, Captain Marvel, Dark Phoenix, Simon Kinberg, sophie turner, there are some truly irredeemable turds in the x-men punchbowl, X-Men: The Last Stand | 1 Comment

‘Molly’s Game’ spectacular

Posted on December 31, 2017 by reelentropy

9/10 Aaron Sorkin has been holding out on us. Molly’s Game, the revered writer’s directorial debut, is based on the life of underground poker mistress Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain, with Samantha Isler and Piper Howell playing her as a teenager … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #aaron sorkin, #idris elba, #jessica chastain, #joss whedon, #m. night shyamalan, #quentin tarantino, #steve jobs, #the social network, David Fincher, Mark Zuckerberg, Molly's Game, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

On open secrets, cover-ups and systemic denial

Posted on October 18, 2017 by reelentropy

Late in 2015 Best Picture winner “Spotlight,” which details The Boston Globe’s 2002 Pulitzer-prize winning report on systemic pedophilia in the Catholic Church, editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) remarks that everyone in Boston already seems to know the story, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #jessica chastain, #seth macfarlane, Courtney Love, cover-up, Harvey Weinstein, open secret, systemic denial, The Associated Press, The Boston Globe, The New York Times | 1 Comment

The Möbius strip: ‘Alien’ barely edges ‘Guardians,’ Cannes clashes over Netflix

Posted on May 24, 2017 by reelentropy

New offering Alien: Covenant slightly underperformed and week-three holdover Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had another strong showing, to the end that Covenant earned the weekend’s top spot by just a $1.5 million margin. Teenage romance adaptation Everything, Everything was the only other movie to … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #adam sandler, #hugh jackman, #james bond, #jessica chastain, #joss whedon, #justice league, #Netflix, #prometheus, #warner bros., #will smith, #zack snyder, Alien: Covenant, Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Logan, Okja, Pablo Almodovar, Roger Ailes, Roger Moore, Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled, The Meyerowitz Stories, Toy Story 3, Unforgiven | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: #jessica chastain

‘It: Chapter Two’ is boring, homosexist and three hours long

‘Dark Phoenix’ has its merits, but falls apart as you’re watching it

On open secrets, cover-ups and systemic denial

The Möbius strip: ‘Alien’ barely edges ‘Guardians,’ Cannes clashes over Netflix

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