Tag Archives: #samuel l jackson

Watching, or not, as ‘Marvels’ fail

Posted on January 18, 2024 by reelentropy

For the past several years as Disney pivoted toward a streaming-first business model, the company line has been that instead of movies about individual heroes leading into a bigger crossover movie, they’ll have solo TV shows, and every movie will … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged "content", #Disney, #iron man, #mcu, #samuel l jackson, #the dark knight, #the incredible hulk, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Becomes the Princess of the Bollywood Planet, Nia DaCosta, The Marvels | Leave a comment

‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ is a 100-minute blast of chaotic evil energy

Posted on June 22, 2021 by reelentropy

8/10 Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a riot. It’s a trashy, meat-and-potatoes genre piece that’s light on the meat, but it’s got an avalanche of potatoes, and that’s just fine. The Italian Riviera- Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds), suffering post-traumatic nightmares … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #ryan reynolds, #samuel l jackson, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Salma Hayek, South Park, The Hitman's Bodyguard | Leave a comment

‘Far From Home’ puts Spider-Man front and center of MCU

Posted on July 10, 2019 by reelentropy

7/10 Is Spider-Man: Far From Home good as an individual, stand-alone movie? Eh, who cares. After going toe-to-toe with Captain America, being shot into outer space and turned into dust by a weirdly hot wannabe-nihilist with a scrotum on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Avengers, #Disney, #jake gyllenhaal, #mcu, #robert downey jr, #samuel l jackson, #spiderman, #tom holland, Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Homecoming | Leave a comment

‘Shaft’ tries to go anti-millennial, goes anti-gay instead

Posted on June 29, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 Several years ago, there was a major social media hubbub over the idea of Donald Glover playing Spiderman. A counterargument that rose above the initial din was to equate that to casting Michael Cera as Shaft. Now it’s 2019. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #anthony mackie, #chadwick boseman, #donald glover, #michael b jordan, #samuel l jackson, Alexandra Shipp, homosexism, Jessie Usher, Michael Cera, Michael Cera should play Shaft, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, Shaft, Shaft 2000, Shaft 2019, Tim Story, toxic masulinity, transsexism | Leave a comment

The Möbius Strip- All ‘Captain Marvel’ all the time, ‘Us’ premiers at SXSW

Posted on March 12, 2019 by reelentropy

Captain Marvel zoomed in to save the 2019 box office with a $153.4 million debut and $456.7 million worldwide. That ranks for the third highest March opening, the fifth highest international opening and the sixth highest worldwide opening on the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #black panther, #brie larson, #china, #mcu, #michael jackson, #oscars, #rotten tomatoes, #samuel l jackson, 2019 Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Grammies, Jordan Peele, Kong: Skull Island, Leaving Neverland, Peanut Butter Flacon, Shia LaBeouf, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Us | Leave a comment