Tag Archives: #star wars

Spoiler alert — ‘The Last Jedi’ isn’t very good

Posted on December 15, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a colossal technical failure. It is a clear-cut case of “good story poorly told,” and that’s very painful because there are far more good ideas here than bad ones. Poor editing, which arises … Continue reading →

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The Möbius strip: ‘Blade Runner’ flops, Harvey Weinstein exposed as a sexual predator

Posted on October 10, 2017 by reelentropy

Blade Runner 2049 won the weekend box office, but its $32.8 million intake was a fraction of the $50 million domestic the studios were expecting. That said, it should hardly surprise that a film saddled with the combined incompetence of … Continue reading →

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Come see our new ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie!

Posted on May 26, 2017 by reelentropy

Anonymous Disney executive @M.EdgarMaus 13/10 Avast, scallywags of all ages! It’s me, your favorite corporate mascot, Mickey Mouse! And I want to extend to you a personal invitation to come see our all-new, all-different Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Dead … Continue reading →

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40 years of ‘Star Wars’

Posted on May 25, 2017 by reelentropy

Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading →

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‘Vol. 2’ not as good as first, but with new and different merits

Posted on May 5, 2017 by reelentropy

7/10 In August 2014, the first Guardians of the Galaxy burst into theaters as a wildly different offering from the MCU. From the formula that was finally beginning to grow stale — and kept right on doing so with its next … Continue reading →

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