Hail, Caesar! And The Celluloid Communion
Posted: February 8, 2016 Filed under: Rant-a-palooza | Tags: 2016, Alden Ehrenreich, Film Review, George Clooney, Hail Caesar!, Hollywood, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, The Coen Brothers 1 Comment
On my Facebook page, I have my religion listed as “Film”. Because ultimately, film has been the biggest guiding light in my life, the art form that has not only led me to so many tremendous stories but that has comforted me when times have been most difficult. I think that film, at its best, can be the great Rosetta Stone for the times in which we live, and provide meaning and comfort just as well as the Church or the Talmud. I only bring all of this navel-gazing bullshit up because this seems to be exactly the mentality guiding the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! and while I may not unreservedly love the whole package I absolutely appreciate its dramatization of my feelings on film in a film.
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Monthly Preview: February 2016
Posted: February 1, 2016 Filed under: Monthly Preview | Tags: Coen Brothers, Deadpool, Eddie The Eagle, February 2016, Hail Caesar!, How To Be Single, John Hillcoat, Monthly Preview, Ryan Reynolds, The Witch, Triple 9 1 Comment
Now that we’ve survived the snooze of January, it’s time to kick off February, which as usual features a nice little line-up of niche movies that should help liven up the unseasonably-warm doldrums of the shortest month. My limited (but exciting!) selections follow:
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