Tag Archives: #the big short

‘Vice’ wastes spectacular cast in disorganized docu-comedy

Posted on December 30, 2018 by reelentropy

5/10 In 2015, tired of making Will Ferrell movies, Adam McKay wrote and directed The Big Short, a strange docu-comedy that aimed to explain to mass audiences how the 2008 economic collapse happened, and that movie won a ton of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam mckay, #christian bale, #naomi watts, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, The Wolf of Wall Street, Vice | Leave a comment

Director, star spoil intriguing spy movie

Posted on November 25, 2016 by reelentropy

Robert Zemeckis and Brad Pitt each owe Steven Knight a stiff drink. He wrote a sharp, intriguing film and they ruined it. Allied follows a pair of spies, Max Vatan (Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard). Tasked with assassinating the German … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #brad pitt, #marion cotillard, #the big short, 12 Years a Slave, Allied, lazy, Robert Zemeckis | Leave a comment

If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates

Posted on February 27, 2016 by reelentropy

Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant | Leave a comment

The Big Short too directly inspired

Posted on December 24, 2015 by reelentropy

Hey, remember 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street? Want to watch a shorter, lower-quality version? Well, have I got a movie for you! The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’ 2010 non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, is about the investors who predicted … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam mckay, #brad pitt, #christian bale, #housing bubble, #leonardo dicaprio, #martin scorsese, #paramount pictures, #ryan gosling, #steve carell, #the big short, #will ferrell, #wolf of wall street | 1 Comment

The Möbius strip: Big movies hover around $10 million each as the film world holds its breath

Posted on December 15, 2015 by reelentropy

Movies raked in a total of $77.4 million this weekend, the year’s second lowest total only to traditionally glacial Halloween weekend. It’ll probably bounce back next weekend. But for now, almost every major moneymaker simply hovered around a sad $10 … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #bryan cranston, #creed, #golden globes, #hunger games, #in the heart of the sea, #krampus, #lucasfilm, #mad max: fury road, #moby dick, #mockingjay, #SAG, #star wars, #sylvester Stallone, #the big short, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #trumbo | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: #the big short

‘Vice’ wastes spectacular cast in disorganized docu-comedy

Director, star spoil intriguing spy movie

If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates

The Big Short too directly inspired

The Möbius strip: Big movies hover around $10 million each as the film world holds its breath

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