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A less chaotic state: 2008’s Iron Man
Wow, the first Iron Man. It’s been a while. It’s been 10 years.
Posted in A less chaotic state
Tagged #Age of Ultron, #ant-man, #black panther, #doctor strange, #ghostbusters, #Hulk, #iron man, #jon favreau, #mcu, #robert downey jr, #spider-man 3, #the dark knight, #the incredible hulk, #X-Men, captain america: civil war, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Infinity War, iron man 2, Iron Man 3, Jeff Bridges, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Avengers
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Accountant movie made for dummies, tries to convince you autism is a superpower
We’ve already had one movie this year where Ben Affleck throws an autistic tantrum, and it was one too many. Now it’s two too many. The Accountant tells the story of the title character (Ben Affleck) and how awesome and amazing and … Continue reading
Entropy on Labor Day — Davids rule the summer, Goliaths crash and burn
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
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X-Men: Apocalypse a substandard addition to an otherwise improving franchise
Steven James @StevenLeeJames X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t a terrible film, but I wish it did not exist. En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaac), the world’s first mutant, was born in Egypt and worked his way to the status of living god. The movie … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #b movie, #days of future past, #deadpool, #game of thrones, #hugh jackman, #james mcavoy, #jennifer lawrence, #michael fassbender, #olivia munn, #onelasttime, #Oscar Isaac, #wolverine, #X-Men, #x-men: apocalypse, #xmenapocalypse, age of apocalypse, anal sex, evan peters, first class, mr sinister, olivia munn's internalized sexism, re-writes, Rose Byrne, sophie turner, terrible visual effects, why you waste my time, wolverine 3, x-men apocalypse wastes so much time
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Spoiler alert: He was dead the whole time
One of the primary functions of movies, and art in general, is to preserve the culture from which they developed. Human philosophy has evolved rapidly over the years, and movies provide a clear record of ideologies that have fallen out … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #10 cloverfield lane, #apocalypse, #batman v superman, #birth of a nation, #breaking dawn, #cloverfield, #Dawn of Justice, #electric boogaloo, #going down to electric avenue, #hail caesar, #judgment day, #pureflix, #red lobster, #Terminator, #the witch, #twilight, #X-Men, God's not Dead
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Reel Entropy 