Tag Archives: Star Wars

Living with the phantom of ‘The Phantom Menace’

Posted on June 8, 2024 by reelentropy

Somehow, it is 2024, meaning we are almost a quarter-century into this new millennium. 1999, the final year that looks like it belongs in the past to my eyes, is 25 years ago. The upshot is the year was chalk-full … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state | Tagged Disney, Dune, George Lucas, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace | Leave a comment

I just rewatched ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and had a lot of feelings and now you have to read about them

Posted on June 5, 2023 by reelentropy

I remember precisely the first image I saw of Star Wars. It’s the shot of Darth Vader, lightsaber ignited, standing in a Death Star hallway waiting for Obi-Wan Kenobi to arrive. This would have been 1995 or ‘96, after the … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged David Lynch, Disney Renaissance, Dreamworks, Eraserhead, Star Wars, The Prince of Egypt, The Wizard of Oz, Wild at Heart | Leave a comment

There’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ movies now?

Posted on May 4, 2023 by reelentropy

7/10 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is fast and fun, much better than it has any right to be. The quote is “a great movie is three great scenes and no bad ones,” and there isn’t anything in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Marvel, Star Wars | Leave a comment

‘Quantumania:’ or, ‘imagine if Rick and Morty sucked’

Posted on April 25, 2023 by reelentropy

3/10 Oh, Ant-Man. What did you do to deserve getting stepped on like this? In that iconic moment in an iconic movie when the Avengers assembled onscreen for the first time, Ant-Man was already the butt of the joke. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bill Murray, Community, Disney, Evangaline Lilly, Jeff Loveness, Jonathan Majors, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Peyton Reed, Rick and Morty, Star Wars, The medium is the message, try not to think about it, What if "Rick and Morty" sucked? | 1 Comment

‘Strange World’ is the runoff of the bratty, baiting sludge of modern Disney

Posted on February 27, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 From Walt Disney Animation Studios, the classic original Disney studio that’s brought you such recent titles as Frozen and Zootopia, comes a brand new adventure, Strange World! Strange World is set in a strange world, where strange things happen. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Dennis Quaid, Disney, First queer character, It's just called Strange World!, Jake Gyllenhaal, Star Wars, Strange World | Leave a comment