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Eat shit, Disney
Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced big changes for upcoming ceremonies at the behest of the Disney-ABC Television Group that owns the awards ceremony broadcast rights through 2028. Among other changes meant to reduce runtime … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #apocalypse now, #jaws, #star wars, #the dark knight, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Best Picture, Best Popular Film, Chinatown, Eat Shit Disney, La La Land, Moonlight, Schindler's List, Shape of Water, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3
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‘The Dark Knight’ 10 years later
It’s the Citizen Kane of superhero movies. That comparison gets thrown around a little more often than it should, but it’s completely appropriate in this case. Citizen Kane in 1941 was really the movie that alerted mass audiences to the … Continue reading
A less chaotic state: 2008’s Iron Man
Wow, the first Iron Man. It’s been a while. It’s been 10 years.
Posted in A less chaotic state
Tagged #Age of Ultron, #ant-man, #black panther, #doctor strange, #ghostbusters, #Hulk, #iron man, #jon favreau, #mcu, #robert downey jr, #spider-man 3, #the dark knight, #the incredible hulk, #X-Men, captain america: civil war, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Infinity War, iron man 2, Iron Man 3, Jeff Bridges, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Avengers
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On Heath Ledger, Jared Leto and revisionist history
Give him a chance! You can’t judge until you’ve seen the movie! He won an Oscar, for Pete’s sake! People were upset about Heath Ledger’s casting, too! I’ve been hearing things like this for more than a year now. This … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #Batfleck, #batman begins, #christopher nolan, #david ayer, #green lantern, #jared leto, #man of steel, #mark hamill, #paul bettany, #robin williams, #ryan gosling, #steve carell, #suicide squad, #the dark knight, Aaron Ekhart, fairness, Heath Ledger, Juggalo Joker, Lex Jewthor, Optimism, optimism is wrong, reshoots, The Avengers, The Joker, The new joker definitely vapes right, Thug 4 lyfe Joker
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Experimental Terrence Malick trilogy ends with a bang
“Oh, you think Affleck is playing ‘Sad Batman?‘ I’ll show you Sad Batman” — Christian Bale, probably. The past few years, film legend Terrence Malick has been turning out a semi-autobiographical trilogy of experimental films, starting with Tree of Life in 2011 and To the … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #antonio banderas, #Batfleck, #batman v superman, #Ben Affleck, #brian dennehy, #cate blanchett, #christian bale, #Dawn of Justice, #freida pinto, #imogen poots, #isabel lucas, #knight of cups, #natalie portman, #sad batman, #sad ben affleck, #tarot, #teresa palmer, #terrence malick, #the dark knight, #to the wonder, #tony danza, #tree of life, #wes bentley
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