You know the sequel doesn’t measure up to the original hit film when even the fourth wall-breaking protagonist calls out the lazy writing.
Josh Brolin
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Film review: “Hail, Caesar!”
Imagining an alternate history of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cinematic treasure, “Hail, Caesar!” observes a day in the life of studio “fixer” Eddie Mannix. Though Mannix was a real executive for MGM during the 1950’s, the Coens offer a fictionalized version of his life. Set in the studio era, […]
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“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”
Nearly 10 years after the release of “Sin City,” Robert Rodriguez’s ultra-stylish adaptation of Frank Miller’s hard-boiled, neo-noir graphic novel series, the director returns to the rain-slick streets and darkened alleyways of Basin City. But something has clearly been lost in the intervening years. The original “Sin City” (one of the best films of 2005) […]
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“Land Ho!”
Grandpa gets his groove back in “Land Ho!” an episodic road trip comedy about aging friends. Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhoorn) as they travel through picturesque Iceland. Perpetually horny Mitch, somehow always ready with a pot hookup and an off-color joke, is the instigator of the impromptu trip, hoping it will cheer […]
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“Oldboy”
Of all the movies he’s directed in a decidedly uneven career, Spike Lee’s newest production, “Oldboy,” qualifies as the strangest and perhaps the least Spikeish of all his works. To begin with, the picture derives from an unusual source, a Korean movie based on one of those Japanese graphic novels known as manga. Remaking a […]
