Tag Archives: #the force awakens

The most important female characters of 2015

Posted on January 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Something that escaped mention in the previous year-end post is that 2015 was also a fantastic year for women in film, filled with strong characters and stronger economic motivations to serve a female audience. Given that I completely forgot about it … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #brie larson, #bryce dallas howard, #charlize theron, #daisy ridley, #dakota johnson, #domhnal gleeson, #ex machina, #feminism, #fifty shades of grey, #fury road, #jamie dorman, #john boyega, #jurassic park, #jurassic world, #mad max, #masculism, #Oscar Isaac, #prattprattpratt, #rape culture, #room, #star wars, #the force awakens, #tom hardy, #we are not things, #wheresrey | Leave a comment

The most important movies of 2015

Posted on January 4, 2016 by reelentropy

Annual top 10 lists are stupid, lame and wrong. They’re easy to write, boring to read and represent everything wrong with modern film criticism. At this site, we aspire to track the progress of movies over time, so instead of … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #50 shades of grey, #A24 films, #Age of Ultron, #Alicia Vikander, #avatar, #beasts of no nation, #china all the time, #chris pratt, #dakota johnson, #DC comics, #Disney, #domhnall gleeson, #el james, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #furious 7, #fury road, #glorious 70 mm, #green lantern, #i love china, #inside out, #it follows, #jamie dorman, #josh trank, #judgment day, #jurassic world, #lionsgate, #mad max, #marvel comics, #marvel studios, #metropolis, #michael b jordan, #minions, #mission: impossible, #mockingjay, #Netflix, #Oscar Isaac, #parks and recreation, #pirates of the caribbean, #pixar, #prattprattpratt, #quentin tarantino, #sam taylor-johnson, #spectre, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #terminator 2, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the hobbit, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the matrix, #the visit, #universal pictures, #venice film festival, #war room, #warner bros., Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, The Avengers, Transformers | 1 Comment

Star Wars: The morning after

Posted on December 21, 2015 by reelentropy

It was pretty much a given that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was going to take several box office records. This is just to round up the ones it took on opening weekend and give a little context for each one. Widest … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #avatar, #clash of the titans, #fandango, #jurassic world, #star wars, #the force awakens, #the hobbit, #the hunger games, #twilight, Harry Potter, The Avengers | Leave a comment

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Posted on December 18, 2015 by reelentropy

Star Wars: The Force Awakens!!! Oh man, this movie is going to be so great! There’s no way they could mess this up! The movie is set in motion when Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega) set off to escort … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam driver, #daisy ridley, #harrison ford, #jar jar binks, #jar jar binks is an abomination, #jj abrams, #john boyega, #kylo ren, #mark hamill, #Oscar Isaac, #rian johnson, #star trek, #star trek into darkness, #star wars, #the force awakens | 8 Comments

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