Tag Archives: #oscars

‘The Favourite,’ and with good reason

Posted on February 1, 2019 by reelentropy

9/10 The Favourite is at once a fearsome period drama and a no-holds-barred, pitch-black comedy about power, sex and sass. It queers a fascinating historical power struggle and brings it perfectly into the Trump era. In 1708 during the War of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #oscars, Academy Awards, BAFTA, completely cuntstruck, cunt, Deborah Davis, Emma Stone, fishbowl, fuck the Oscars, Joe Alwyn, Nicolas Hoult, Olivia Colman, parliament, Rachel Weisz, Robbie Ryan, Roma, The Favourite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, whore, Yorgos Lanthimos | 1 Comment

The Open Bar Review – Moonlight

Posted on March 16, 2017 by reelentropy

In which Paul and I discuss the 2016 Best Picture winner, La La Land Moonlight.

Posted in Documented entropy | Tagged #open bar review, #oscars, La La Land, Moonlight, Paul Wedding | Leave a comment

On La La Land and fascist propaganda

Posted on February 26, 2017 by reelentropy

As La La Land danced through theaters the past few months to the tune of $137.5 million domestic, a record-tying 14 Academy Award nominations and a Best Picture victory that’s been presumed to be in the bag for months now, … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #donald trump, #hollywood, #make america great again, #nostalgia, #oscars, #oscarssowhite, #ryan gosling, 12 Years a Slave, 300, Academy Awards, Amy Adams, Emma Stone, Fake News, fascist propaganda, fuck the Oscars, jazz, John Legend, La La Land, Moonlight, white-washing | 1 Comment

‘Manchester’ bathes in critical acclaim despite being entirely unremarkable

Posted on December 20, 2016 by reelentropy

Manchester by the Sea is sitting at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and is expected to garner several Academy Awards nominations. It’s not a bad movie, but it certainly doesn’t deserve that level of recognition. The film follows Lee Chandler … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #birdman, #casey affleck, #oscars, Academy Awards, acting, Anthony Hopkins, Boyhood, emotional appeal, grief sucks I get it, Kenneth Lonnergan, Kyle Chandler, La La Land, Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts, Michelle Williams, The people demand musicals | 4 Comments

2016 Academy Awards fallout

Posted on March 1, 2016 by reelentropy

#Oscarssowhite dominates the ceremony The Academy Awards are normally awful, but this year, they traded in the usual tedium for a three-hour apology for #oscarssowhite that managed to cast a pall over the entire ceremony. It’s easy to see why … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #affirmative action, #alejandro inarritu, #annie hall, #argo, #birdman, #chariots of fire, #cheryl boone isaacs, #chris rock, #drive, #eddie murphy, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #forsest gump, #fury road, #george miller, #heaven's gate, #it follows, #its on us, #joe biden, #lady gaga, #leonardo dicaprio, #mad max, #michael fassbender, #morgan freeman, #oscars, #oscarssowhite, #pulp fiction, #raiders of the lost arc, #ride along 2, #sam smith, #samuel l jackson, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the artist, #the revenant, #tom hardy, Transformers | 1 Comment