Tag Archives: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Chaotic, unwatchable ‘Black Adam’ finally launches onto screen, already burned out behind it

Posted on January 9, 2023 by reelentropy

1/10 I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to leave a theater more than I wanted to leave my screening of Black Adam. Within 20 minutes, I was fighting the urge to shout “Stop! Please, just stop!” at the screen. Producer/star … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Black Adam, Candy-ass, Cats, DCEU, Non-stop assault of cartoon nonsense, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Suicide Squad (Ayer 2016), The Suicide Squad (Gunn 2021), torrent of cartoon cacopohony | Leave a comment

‘Dominion’ is near-enough the ‘Jurassic Park’ sequel you’ve been waiting for

Posted on July 5, 2022 by reelentropy

7/10 “The end of the Jurassic era,” woah! The Jurassic Park series is an “era” now, OK, that’s certainly a word. And Jurassic World: Dominion is the end of that era! Don’t get sick of it now, we’ve only got … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Avengers: Endgame, Colin Trevorrow, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The end of the Jurassic Era | Leave a comment

The most important movies of 2019

Posted on January 10, 2020 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 lists are dumb and arbitrary and I hate them, even as I’ve started doing them. We can do better here. Instead of a static list of 10 favorites, 10 peanuts with which to pack the year away … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #Disney, #martin scorsese, #quentin tarantino, #robert eggers, #spotlight, #star wars, #the lion king, 21 Bridges, A Hidden Life, Aladdin, Ari Aster, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Bird Box, Black and Blue, Box Office Mojo, Captain Marvel, Dark Waters, Dumbo, Frozen II, It: Chapter 2, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Jordan Peele, Josh and Benny Safdie, Maleficent 2, Midsommar, Official Secrets, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Queen and Slim, Roma, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Disney Empire, The Irishman, The Lighthouse, The Mandalorian, The Report, Toy Story 4, Uncut Gems, Us | Leave a comment

‘1917’ is an idea so grand it couldn’t be ruined

Posted on January 9, 2020 by reelentropy

10/10 1917 is a one-take World War I movie. Great idea. All movies should be built from of ideas this great. Spectacular work. Bravo. No notes. April 6, 1917, the day the U.S. officially enters the Great War, Eastern France- … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Disney, 1917, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Glorious IMAX, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, They Shall Not Grow Old | Leave a comment

Simpering, cowardly ‘Rise of Skywalker’ grovels its way to saga’s end

Posted on December 20, 2019 by reelentropy

2/10 In the aftermath of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so many disillusioned fans were demanding deep and specific revisions that the proposal to make a different version of the installment for each individual viewer became a running gag. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam driver, #daisy ridley, #Disney, #harrison ford, #john boyega, #lord of the rings, #mark hamill, #Oscar Isaac, #star wars, #star wars: the force awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Carrie Fisher, Disney’s unholy facial animation technology, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, J.J. Abrams and his fucking mystery boxes, Kathleen Kennedy, no one has done more damage to 21st century storytelling than J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | 5 Comments