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Scarlett Johansson in Hail, Caesar! - 2016

The Coen brothers’ latest offering, Hail, Caesar! sees superstar actor Baird Whitlock (real-life superstar actor George Clooney) kidnapped and held to ransom by a mysterious organisation in a film set in Hollywood’s golden age. Studio fixer extraordinaire, Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is called in to discreetly make the pay-off before the news reaches a voracious, scandal-hunting press led by a fearsome Hedda Hopper-esque gossip columnist(Tilda Swinton). Clooney is on top form as the sterotyped handsome actor who cannot remember his lines and who would just bumble his way through life without his good looks to rely on. A superb cast featuring Ralph Fiennes as the comically named Laurence Laurentz, a very frustrated English movie director, Channing Tatum and  Scarlett Johansson as Hollywood studio starlets, Jonah Hill and a welcome appearance from 80s action star Dolph Lundgren (as a Russian submarine captain) makes this wacky comedy a side-splitting hoot

MOVIES Favorite: None truly stole my heart but let's give Boy & the World an honorable mention. Least Favorite: There wasn't a dud in the bunch Saddest: Son of Saul Funniest: Where to Invade Next, in Michael Moore's way Funnest: Hail, Caesar! Most Surprising: The Lady in the Van Important Stuff: Embrace of the Serpent It's Art, Dad: Anomalisa Missed Connections: Tangerine, Clueless, The Wisdom to Survive, Shaft, The Clean Bin Project Was TCBP super annoying or surprisingly charming? Anticipating: Springtime bike rides to the theater. Also Eraserhead and The Maltese Falcon STATS March Movies: 8 Would-a-Cost: $128 Total Movies: 24 YTD Would-a-Cost: $384 Cosmic Dual Membership: $450 - I think we'll break even in April! Outside the Roxy Pitch Perfect II, HBO The Detroit episode of Togetherness, HBO - maybe a Whites on Display version but, I'd say, not inaccurate It's Great That Garry Shandling is Still Alive Iceman Reborn, PBS La Maravilla by Alfredo Véa, Jr. http://ift.tt/1VVzNQN from Blogger http://ift.tt/1pNRJ3b

Movie: Hail, Caesar! When: 7:45 PM, Saturday, March 12, 2016 Who With: JL, ST, CT and we ran into AW, AD, and LY Movie Count: 20 Snacks: Pre-gamed it at the Bridge with JL, ST, and CT. Slices and TWO salads 'cause we healthy...and each couple split a popcorn. Also, that chipotle garlic salt we handed over to the Roxy is almost all gone and done making people cough. So, you're welcome and we're sorry. Reaction: The fun old-timey splashy productions and studio movies within the movie are really fun. Not a ton of story to analyze, I don't think. Just fun, inconsequential communism. Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you  | Let it pass Next Up: The Lady in the Van http://ift.tt/1pxsBhD from Blogger http://ift.tt/21ynPvS