Tag Archives: Paramount Pictures

Simulacra, simulation, ‘Mean Girls’

Posted on April 22, 2024 by reelentropy

Mean Girls (Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr, 2024) is an adaptation of a Broadway musical that was itself an adaptation of the iconic 2004 film Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004), and it’s exactly what it looks like. North Shore … Continue reading →

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Long-awaited ‘Top Gun’ sequel soars

Posted on May 28, 2022 by reelentropy

8/10 Top Gun: Maverick is an audacious, historic photography project unlike anything that’s ever been done before or is likely to be done after. This is the type of sensory experience for which theaters were built. NAS North Island- After … Continue reading →

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The long, strange walk down the hall from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ to Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’

Posted on April 14, 2022 by reelentropy

On Feb. 14, 2020, Paramount Pictures dumped Sonic the Hedgehog into theaters, a movie-product it handled for Sega, the video game company that developed Sonic in the early ‘90s. After an elongated marketing campaign highlighted by the character’s horrifying initial … Continue reading →

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