|
Review by Benn Robbins |
Produced by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney,
Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill,
Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton,
Channing Tatum, Alison Pill, Christopher Lambert,
David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens, Clancy Brown,
Robert Picardo, Dolph Lundgren
The long awaited film
Hail, Caesar! from four-time Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen is absolutely perfect.
I can’t remember the last time I sat in a movie theater and laughed till my sides hurt and tears poured out of my face. At times I laughed that laugh where no sound comes out and I nearly sent myself into an asthma attack.
Reminding me of their earlier comedies,
Raising Arizona and
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Hail, Caesar! is a beautiful homage to a bygone era known as “The Golden Age of Hollywood”.
Set in the 1950’s and with television all the rage, big studios like the Capitol Pictures must have the biggest, brightest, and most popular stars in their films. The sets are bigger, production values soar along with the cost and with this comes turmoil. Stars get into trouble and all sorts of predicaments occur for directors and producers.
That is where Eddie Mannix steps in.
Read more »