Tag Archives: Joker

‘New Order’ is a bullshit snuff film, what the fuck is going on at Venice

Posted on July 2, 2021 by reelentropy

1/10 New Order came out of the quiet 2020 film festival circuit heavily decorated with the Grand Jury Prize from the Venice International Film Festival and rapturous marketing that was, if anything, more than proportionate. If only I’d done a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged 2020, Joker, New Order, Parasite, Venice Film Festival | Leave a comment

Sometimes good things happen

Posted on February 11, 2020 by reelentropy

This was supposed to be 1917’s night, but I came in with a sneaking suspicion. A suspicion that there would be, well, not quite an upset, but the Academy would go a different direction, that they would give 1917 its … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta Decay, White Noise | Tagged #oscars, 1917, Ad Astra, Bong Joon-ho, Greta Gerwig, Joker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, The Current War, The Irishman | 1 Comment

The most important movies of 2019

Posted on January 10, 2020 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 lists are dumb and arbitrary and I hate them, even as I’ve started doing them. We can do better here. Instead of a static list of 10 favorites, 10 peanuts with which to pack the year away … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #Disney, #martin scorsese, #quentin tarantino, #robert eggers, #spotlight, #star wars, #the lion king, 21 Bridges, A Hidden Life, Aladdin, Ari Aster, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bird Box, Black and Blue, Box Office Mojo, Captain Marvel, Dark Waters, Dumbo, Frozen II, It: Chapter 2, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Jordan Peele, Josh and Benny Safdie, Maleficent 2, Midsommar, Official Secrets, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Queen and Slim, Roma, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Disney Empire, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, The Mandalorian, The Report, Toy Story 4, Uncut Gems, Us | Leave a comment

Stop what you’re doing, don’t even finish this review, and go see ‘Parasite’

Posted on November 18, 2019 by reelentropy

10/10 2019 Palm d’Or winner Parasite screams into American theaters as a decent choice for film of the decade. Advertising has been meticulously kept free of plot details, to the point that even the premise is a bit of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #bernie sanders, Bong Joon-ho, class, film of the decade, Film of the year, Harvey Weinstein, Joker, Karl "Daddy" Marx, Palm d'Or, Parasite, South Korea, Us | Leave a comment

Adaptation leaps into 21st century, doesn’t bring ‘Addams Family’ with it

Posted on October 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 I didn’t really know how I felt about The Addams Family as a property going into last weekend. The Barry Sonnenfeld movies straddle my birth in 1992, causing them to have a massive cultural influence on me despite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #charlize theron, #donald trump, #Oscar Isaac, Addams Family, Angelica Huston, Anti-Semitism, Barry Sonnenfeld, chloe grace moretz, Christina Ricci, Finn Wolfhard, intentional community, Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, New Jersey, The Addams Family | Leave a comment