Tag Archives: the neon demon

‘Live by Night’ is a joke, right?

Posted on January 13, 2017 by reelentropy

After three weeks in a four-theater limited release intended to generate excitement but only achieving a tepid indifference, it’s finally going wide! Ben Affleck’s latest vanity picture, Oscar… maybe a pity nomination? Live by Night! Here’s the thing about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Batman, #Ben Affleck, #quinten tarantino, Breakfast at Tiffany's-style racism, Butt shot, DCEU, Elle Fanning, Ku Klux Klan, Riff Track, sex object, side-dish sampler of sexist character arcs, Sienna Miller, the neon demon, traditional misogyny, Underworld: Blood Wars, Vanity picture, Zoe Saldana | 1 Comment

Entropy on Labor Day — Davids rule the summer, Goliaths crash and burn

Posted on September 7, 2016 by reelentropy

Labor Day weekend 2016 was bad. If you discount last summer’s holiday weekend that saw War Room take the weekend crown, you have to go all the way back to 2005 to find a Labor Day weekend that did worse than this … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #alice in wonderland, #anna kendrick, #apocalypse, #batman v superman, #days of future past, #deadpool, #disney pixar, #ghostbusters, #johnny depp, #pete's dragon, #pixels, #snow white and the huntsman, #sony, #star trek, #star trek beyond, #star trek into darkness, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the witch, #tim burton, #warcraft, #X-Men, alice through the looking glass, Bad Moms, Beauty and the Beast, Ben-Hur, cannibalism, Central Intelligence, CGI is bad, China loves WoW, Collision Course, Don't Breathe, Election Year, finding dory, ha ha ha ha Mila Kunis, Harry Potter, Hollywood is dumb, Ice Age, Independence Day, Jason Bourne, Kubo and the Two Strings, Laika, Legend of Tarzan what were they thinking, maleficent, me before you, Me Before You genuinely advocates suicide, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Mila Kunis, Movie budgets are too damn high, Nerve, Nerve is everything you've ever wanted in a hollywood movie, Nicholas Sparks, now you see me 2, out of the shadows, Resurgence, Sausage Party, Secret Life of Pets, Seth Rogen, Sexism and feminism be damned, Teenage mutant ninja turtles, the BFG, The Conjuring 2, The Last Stand, the lobster, the neon demon, The Purge, The Shallows, There is absolutely no reason to make a movie for more than $120 million, Transformers 4, War Dogs | 2 Comments

Light Between Oceans delivers on promising cast, tough to enjoy anyway

Posted on September 2, 2016 by reelentropy

I’ve never seen a movie that started this slow get this much slower. Based on M.L. Stedman’s 2012 novel, The Light Between Oceans follows Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) as he returns home to Australia from World War I. Looking to get away … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #michael fassbender, Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, Excuses, Light Between Oceans is too slow, Light Between Oceans rewarding visually rich, Nerve, Nicholas Sparks, Nicholas Sparks knockoff, The Light Between Oceans, the neon demon, The Place Beyond the Pines | Leave a comment

Swiss Army Man is the funniest thing in theaters, but only if you’re into fart jokes

Posted on July 12, 2016 by reelentropy

The thing about comedies is, like any joke, they ultimately comes down to the joke-teller’s sense of humor. Co-writer/directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan have a really weird sense of humor. Swiss Army Man opens on Hank (Paul Dano) cast away on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #A24, #ghostbusters, #jurassic park, #mary elizabeth winstead, #reservoir dogs, #stalking, Anatoly Moskvin, bible covered in shit, bottle movie, Central Intelligence, corpse surfing, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Radcliffe wouldn't use his dummy, dummy, everyone poops, farts, Hank, I don't get it, implied necrophilia, jet ski, let's go surfing now, McGiver, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Paul Dano, Paul Feig, really weird, Remember when Jeremy Renner was gonna be the next big thing?, song, Swiss Army Man, The Daniels, the neon demon, theme, trash, vocals | Leave a comment

The demons were inside us all along

Posted on June 29, 2016 by reelentropy

Christina Ulsh @Stina_Ulsh Amidst blood and glitter, The Neon Demon is a visually striking tale of vanity and jealous rage. Jesse (Elle Fanning), a 16-year-old orphan, becomes part of the Los Angeles modeling scene after photographer Dean (Karl Glusman) discovers … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #david lynch, #drive, #keanu reeves, #stanley kubrick, beauty isn't everything its the only thing, Bronson, Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, nicolas winding refn, Only God Forgives, the neon demon, The Neon Demon convinces the audience to trust it then betrays us, The Neon Demon is narcissism, The Neon Demon uses silence as a weapon | 1 Comment