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Spoiler alert — ‘The Last Jedi’ isn’t very good
4/10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a colossal technical failure. It is a clear-cut case of “good story poorly told,” and that’s very painful because there are far more good ideas here than bad ones. Poor editing, which arises … Continue reading
X-Men: Apocalypse a substandard addition to an otherwise improving franchise
Steven James @StevenLeeJames X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t a terrible film, but I wish it did not exist. En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaac), the world’s first mutant, was born in Egypt and worked his way to the status of living god. The movie … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #b movie, #days of future past, #deadpool, #game of thrones, #hugh jackman, #james mcavoy, #jennifer lawrence, #michael fassbender, #olivia munn, #onelasttime, #Oscar Isaac, #wolverine, #X-Men, #x-men: apocalypse, #xmenapocalypse, age of apocalypse, anal sex, evan peters, first class, mr sinister, olivia munn's internalized sexism, re-writes, Rose Byrne, sophie turner, terrible visual effects, why you waste my time, wolverine 3, x-men apocalypse wastes so much time
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The most important female characters of 2015
Something that escaped mention in the previous year-end post is that 2015 was also a fantastic year for women in film, filled with strong characters and stronger economic motivations to serve a female audience. Given that I completely forgot about it … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #brie larson, #bryce dallas howard, #charlize theron, #daisy ridley, #dakota johnson, #domhnal gleeson, #ex machina, #feminism, #fifty shades of grey, #fury road, #jamie dorman, #john boyega, #jurassic park, #jurassic world, #mad max, #masculism, #Oscar Isaac, #prattprattpratt, #rape culture, #room, #star wars, #the force awakens, #tom hardy, #we are not things, #wheresrey
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The most important movies of 2015
Annual top 10 lists are stupid, lame and wrong. They’re easy to write, boring to read and represent everything wrong with modern film criticism. At this site, we aspire to track the progress of movies over time, so instead of … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #50 shades of grey, #A24 films, #Age of Ultron, #Alicia Vikander, #avatar, #beasts of no nation, #china all the time, #chris pratt, #dakota johnson, #DC comics, #Disney, #domhnall gleeson, #el james, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #furious 7, #fury road, #glorious 70 mm, #green lantern, #i love china, #inside out, #it follows, #jamie dorman, #josh trank, #judgment day, #jurassic world, #lionsgate, #mad max, #marvel comics, #marvel studios, #metropolis, #michael b jordan, #minions, #mission: impossible, #mockingjay, #Netflix, #Oscar Isaac, #parks and recreation, #pirates of the caribbean, #pixar, #prattprattpratt, #quentin tarantino, #sam taylor-johnson, #spectre, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #terminator 2, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the hobbit, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the matrix, #the visit, #universal pictures, #venice film festival, #war room, #warner bros., Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, The Avengers, Transformers
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens!!! Oh man, this movie is going to be so great! There’s no way they could mess this up! The movie is set in motion when Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) set off to escort … Continue reading