Tag Archives: #the hobbit

‘Aquaman’ gets big picture wrong, gets details wrong too

Posted on December 29, 2018 by reelentropy

2/10 Last year, The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale love story about banging a frog person, won best picture, and I warned at the time to be ready for an influx of movies about sexy frog people. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged "Master director" James Wan, #guillermo del toro, #james wan, #justice league, #the hobbit, 300, amber heard, aquaman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Flashpoint, Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, patrick wilson, sexy frog people, The New York Times, The Shape of Water, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | 1 Comment

Captain America: Actually, Quite Civil

Posted on May 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Captain America: Civil War isn’t officially an Avengers movie, but I already wish they’d kept Joss Whedon to direct it. In many ways, Civil War is The Avengers: Age of Ultron Part 2. In the direct aftermath of that movie and the disaster in Sokovia, the New … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Age of Ultron, #agents of shield, #batman begins, #batman v superman, #black panther, #chadwick boseman, #chris evans, #civil war, #daniel bruhl, #Dawn of Justice, #doctor strange, #don cheadle, #elizabeth olsen, #emily vancamp, #frank grillo, #house, #Hulk, #iron man, #joss whedon, #marisa tomei, #martin freeman, #paul bettany, #robert downey jr, #russo brothers, #scarlett johansson, #sebastian stan, #spiderman, #teamironman, #the hobbit, #the winter soldier, #Thor, #tom holland, #william hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Captain America, Sherlock, The Avengers | Leave a comment

The Möbius Strip: Jungle Book easily repeats, Dredd 2!!!

Posted on April 26, 2016 by reelentropy

Leopold Knopp Facing weak competition, Jungle Book easily repeated last weekend with $61.5 million. Main challenger The Huntsman: Winter’s War didn’t even top $20 million- Box Office Mojo The success of Disney’s Jungle Book — Jon Favreau’s eighth feature film — and its announced sequel puts even more … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #Age of Ultron, #andy serkis, #ang lee, #anna kendrick, #beyonce, #brewvies cinema pub, #chris hemsworth, #deadpool, #Disney, #dredd, #dredd 2, #green room, #james franco, #jay z, #jeremy saulnier, #jj abrams, #jon favreau, #joss whedon, #jungle book, #karl urban, #knight of cups, #kristen stewart, #lemonade, #marvel, #prince, #rian johnson, #ryan reynolds, #simon pegg, #snow white and the huntsman, #star trek beyond, #star wars, #terrence malick, #the force awakens, #the hobbit, #tribeca film festival, #warner bros., #winter's war, The Avengers | 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