Tag Archives: The Last Jedi

Fucking seriously?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by reelentropy

The Rise of Skywalker? What? I’m trying to imagine a more lame title. Titles have never been Star Wars’ strong suit – it’s 20 years later, and I still don’t know who the phantom menace was supposed to be, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #jj abrams, #rian johnson, #star wars, #the force awakens, Colin Trevorrow, Disney Star Wars, Episode IX, gareth edwards, JJ Abrams and his fucking mystery box, Marvel, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker | 1 Comment

The most important movies of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by reelentropy

Top 10 lists are stupid and dumb and boring to write and boring to read. At Reel Entropy, we know better, so we do better — instead of talking about the best movies of the year, we’re going to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #ant-man, #black panther, #deadpool, #denis villeneuve, #Disney, #donald trump, #john wick, #justice league, #rotten tomatoes, #sony, #star wars, #steven soderbergh, #suicide squad, #the force awakens, #warner bros., #wonder woman, aquaman, Atomic Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Bright, Chad Stahelski, Darren Aronofsky, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Edgar Wright, Episode IX, Flashpoint, Fox, gareth edwards, Get Out, It, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3, Jordan Peele, Kevin Tsujihara, Logan, Logan Lucky, mother!, rogue one, Solo, The Highlander, The Last Jedi, the worst August in 20 years, Thor: Ragnarok, Wisecracked | Leave a comment

Spoiler alert — ‘The Last Jedi’ isn’t very good

Posted on December 15, 2017 by reelentropy

4/10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a colossal technical failure. It is a clear-cut case of “good story poorly told,” and that’s very painful because there are far more good ideas here than bad ones. Poor editing, which arises … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #adam driver, #andy serkis, #Avengers, #daisy ridley, #john boyega, #lord of the rings, #mark hamill, #Oscar Isaac, #star wars, #the force awakens, B plot, Bathos, Carrie Fisher, Disney Renaissance movie with lightsabers, Laura Dern, Luke Skywalker, The Last Jedi | 2 Comments

The Möbius strip: ‘Blade Runner’ flops, Harvey Weinstein exposed as a sexual predator

Posted on October 10, 2017 by reelentropy

Blade Runner 2049 won the weekend box office, but its $32.8 million intake was a fraction of the $50 million domestic the studios were expecting. That said, it should hardly surprise that a film saddled with the combined incompetence of … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #black panther, #deadpool, #dustin hoffman, #hillary clinton, #quentin tarantino, #sony, #star wars, #the graduate, #the weinstein company, #warner bros., Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Harvey Weinstein, Jason Blum, kevin smith, Las Vegas, Mean Girls, Mean Girls Day, Miramax, Split, The Last Jedi, The New York Times, Thor: Ragnarok | Leave a comment

40 years of ‘Star Wars’

Posted on May 25, 2017 by reelentropy

Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #20th Century Fox, #Disney, #george lucas, #jaws, #jurassic park, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens, Attack of the Clones, ET, Heir to the Empire, Revenge of the Sith, rogue one, The Last Jedi, The Other Side of Midnight, The Phantom Menace, You think God is in control here? | Leave a comment