Tag Archives: #the revenant

A less chaotic state: 1959’s Ben-Hur

Posted on August 18, 2016 by reelentropy

Ben-Hur holds a unique place in cinematic history for a wide variety of reasons. It’s a movie you’ve definitely heard of, but it’s only on the fringe of what I’d call an enduring classic. It’s highly emblematic of the time it was … Continue reading →

Posted in A less chaotic state | Tagged #fury road, #lord of the rings, #mad max, #star wars, #the force awakens, #the revenant, 70mm, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Fury Road was the best thing ever, the Ben-Hur remake is going to be a disaster, the chariot race, Titanic, ye uninitiated heathens | Leave a comment

2016 Academy Awards fallout

Posted on March 1, 2016 by reelentropy

#Oscarssowhite dominates the ceremony The Academy Awards are normally awful, but this year, they traded in the usual tedium for a three-hour apology for #oscarssowhite that managed to cast a pall over the entire ceremony. It’s easy to see why … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #affirmative action, #alejandro inarritu, #annie hall, #argo, #birdman, #chariots of fire, #cheryl boone isaacs, #chris rock, #drive, #eddie murphy, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #forsest gump, #fury road, #george miller, #heaven's gate, #it follows, #its on us, #joe biden, #lady gaga, #leonardo dicaprio, #mad max, #michael fassbender, #morgan freeman, #oscars, #oscarssowhite, #pulp fiction, #raiders of the lost arc, #ride along 2, #sam smith, #samuel l jackson, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the artist, #the revenant, #tom hardy, Transformers | 1 Comment

If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates

Posted on February 27, 2016 by reelentropy

Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in White Noise | Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant | Leave a comment

Audacious production sunk by poor writing, editing decisions

Posted on January 7, 2016 by reelentropy

And for his followup to last year’s Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and should-have-been Best Actor winner, the astounding Birdman, acclaimed director Alejandro G. Iñárritu takes his crew to the northern edges of the world in the Western Canadian wilds to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged #alejandro inarritu, #birdman, #daredevil, #leonardo dicaprio, #oscar bait, #oscar season, #revenantmovie, #the revenant, #tom hardy | 1 Comment

The Möbius strip: Krampus surprises, awards start rolling in

Posted on December 8, 2015 by reelentropy

As with last week, part two of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay took the crown with an unimpressive total — $18.9 million — but the real story is the surprising runner up, Krampus. The weekend’s only wide release was expected to settle for the no. 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in The Möbius strip | Tagged #african american film critics association, #alamo drafthouse, #angelina jolie, #blacklivesmatter, #boston society of film critics, #british independent film awards, #burnt, #by the sea, #carl weathers, #carol, #charlie sheen, #cnn, #concussion, #creed, #edward scissorhands, #ex machina, #gotham independent film awards, #jennifer lawrence, #joy, #krampus, #leonardo dicaprio, #los angeles film critic association, #mad max: fury road, #mockingjay, #msnbc, #national board of review, #Netflix, #new york film critic's circle, #nightcrawler, #our brand is crisis, #pixar, #quinten tarantino, #sandra bullock, #spotlight, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #the hateful eight, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the revenant, #tim burton, #washington dc area film critics association, #will smith, bradley cooper | Leave a comment