Tag Archives: #the departed

Scorsese lays out fears in ‘Irishman’

Posted on December 17, 2019 by reelentropy

5/10 So, don’t tell anybody about this, but I think Martin Scorsese might be a little nervous about dying. In I Heard You Paint Houses — marketing title The Irishman — an elderly Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (Robert De Niro), … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy, White Noise | Tagged #anna paquin, #leonardo dicaprio, #martin scorsese, #mcu, #robert de niro, #the departed, Al Pacino, Bill Bufalino, Frank Sheeran, Gemini Man, Goodfellas, I Heard You Paint Houses, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, The Irishman | 2 Comments

‘Current War’ electrifying, a systemically perfect film

Posted on November 18, 2019 by reelentropy

10/10 The Current War was the last film Harvey Weinstein worked on, and consequently took a bit of a serpentine path to theaters. Weinstein, who is listed as a producer but not credited, had reportedly re-edited the movie despite producer … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #martin scorsese, #michael shannon, #nicholas hoult, #the departed, #tom holland, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chung Chung-hoon, Harvey Weinstein, The Current War, The Imitation Game | Leave a comment

Visually creative ‘Tolkien’ failed by fundamentally poor storytelling

Posted on May 16, 2019 by reelentropy

3/10 With the rate at which boring, inaccurate and horrendously bad biopics win awards, Tolkien could easily have been a formulaic Oscar grab. Instead, the creative team has gone in a different, much more ambitious direction, trying to recreate the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Disney, #lord of the rings, #nicholas hoult, #peter jackson, #the departed, Do we have a fucking problem?, Dome Karukoski, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lily Collins, The Godfather, Tolkien | Leave a comment

Scorsese passion project ‘Silence’ finally hits theaters

Posted on January 14, 2017 by reelentropy

Martin Scorsese has wanted to tell this story for more than 25 years. Silence begins with two 17th century Portuguese priests, Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver) learning that their mentor, Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), was captured by … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam driver, #liam neeson, #lord of the rings, #martin scorsese, #the departed, Andrew Garfield, Bringing Out the Dead, Christian persecution, Christian persecution complex, Goodfellas, Issey Ogata, Japan, Martin Scorsese's passion project, Silence, Spider-Man | 1 Comment

Warren Beatty returns to the silver screen in sharp Hughes biopic

Posted on November 26, 2016 by reelentropy

Rules Don’t Apply is a movie split in half between joy and somberness, the big-eyed dream of Hollywood and its unremarkable reality. It’s an extremely good and interesting film. Too bad no one will ever see it. Rules Don’t Apply is … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alec baldwin, #chris pratt, #hail caesar, #harrison ford, #indiana jones, #kill bill, #prattprattpratt, #the departed, #warcraft, Alden Ehrenreich, Candice Bergen, Han Solo, Howard Hughes, Lily Collins, Martin Sheen, Matthew Broderick, New Han Solo, Rules Don't Apply, The Aviator, Warren Beatty, Warren Beatty is a living legend | Leave a comment