The Hunt

Good idea, poorly executed and marketed. 

Well it has been a while but I am back and raring to go! I have found some comfort in the escape of watching films during lock down, but I missed the experience of going to the cinema. I have my own little ritual to my cinema trips. I arrive early, treat myself to a coffee, and start basing my ideas on the trailer and posters I’ve seen.  

Normally you can get a pretty good idea about a movie based on the content before the release. So I first saw these posters:

So these were my assumptions and notes:

  • People are being hunted in the woods
  • Eerie images – thriller / horror film
  • Key words as violence and sick

Then I saw the trailer:

  • People wake up gagged in the woods
  • They are armed
  • They get hunted
  • Some get away and hunt the hunters
  • Explosions, blood and guts – thriller / horror genre

And then I watched it…..

First things first THIS IS NOT A HORROR FILM!!! This is a satirical political action film. This was my main problem with the film. I went in expecting one thing, and came out with something completely different. I’m going to be honest, I wanted to see some real horror and thriller moments and thats why I watched it but I was left unfulfilled.

Ok I admit there are blood and guts so i’m happy with that but the story was lacking. It is basically an US verses THEM mentality. Which is apparently what they were going for. Producer Jason Blum said “It was read as a satire, no different from The Joker or other movies that are violent. It was read as a movie that didn’t take sides…The audience is smart enough to know that what they’re seeing is a satire”.

So my issue is why not market it as a satire! I think it would have done better if it was marketed with the proper intention.

The one thing I did like was the wardrobe choices. Between the “Elite” and the “Deplorables”. You can see many stereotypes on both sides. Big shout out to David Tabbert, the costume designer. You saved this film for me.

Elite: Elites

  • Fox hunting gear
  • Suits
  • Waistcoats
  • Professional

 

Deplorables: Deplorables

  • Plaid shirts
  • Gun toting Redneck
  • Yoga pants
  • Ugg boots
  • Safari hunter
  • Caps

Overall I think it was an interesting idea, but its been marketed wrongly, and come out at the wrong time. As Crystal says in the film I think it “Depends on whether they’re smart pretending to be idiots or idiots pretending to be smart.” I think its a little of column A and a little from column B. There are always going to be conspiracies but having the link between ManorGate being very close to PizzaGate and the whole Epstein fiasco, I think it is very poorly timed.

2/5

 

 

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Director: Craig Zobel

Cast: Betty Gilin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts

Crew: Jason Blum (Producer), Damon Lindelof (Writer)

Genre: Debatable

Rating: 15

References

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/universal-sets-release-hunt-controversy-1278642

 

 

 

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

They gave up. That’s it.

I have to admit I am a fan of the original X-men films, I’m talking with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Since the reboot they haven’t lived up to expectations, and unfortunately, I think they lost their way with this film as well. Even before the film was released the marketing has been completely off.

I watched the trailer and it appears that Jean Grey has gone bad…that is it. Throughout the film it is a lot more emotional, which I liked, but it seems that they just seem this movie as a means to an end.

We only met Jean in X-Men Apocalypse and now we suddenly reach the crescendo of her journey? In Apocalypse I felt we didn’t get to see the full potential of the character and felt Sophie Turner’s performance was a bit flat. Now we can see the full potential realised as well as Turner’s portrayal.

Emotion

I feel a bit bad for Simon Kinberg who has his directing debut on this film because taking a franchise as a first film is very difficult as you don’t want it to be so drastically different in style from the other films. I would like to see him director freely allowing him to discover his true style.

Right, so here we go SPOILER ALERT!

Time to stop reading if you don’t want to get it ruined.

If you have seen Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, you will completely understand this betrayal.

Aliens, they used fucking Aliens!

This was a massive screw up. If you read the comics, you know that Phoenix is a cosmic force. But just because its cosmic doesn’t mean you have to bring aliens into it!!!!

This idea is sloppy writing and really grinds my gears! The story is lazy and the only saving grace was Turner really bringing in the emotion, but nothing could save this. Even the idea of killing off Raven / Mystique was well done but the emotional change of the other character was so sudden it really takes you out of the story.

It starts out that everyone wants to help and save Jean but as soon as she kills Raven, accidentally in a beautiful scene by the way, everyone changes to pure rage and hatred. You can understand it with Hank as he loves Raven, but Erik’s rage was too out of character. Jean goes to him for help and he tried to help but as soon as he learns of Raven’s death, she needs to die. Then as quick as he sees Charles, he changes he mind yet again! Magneto getting to the rage is absolutely on point but giving up so easily? No way!

Raven

Overall this film is below par. I found the story lacking and even though there were some good acting and big names, nothing was going to save it. It is almost like they gave up before they even released the film.

2/5

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Director:  Simon Kinberg

Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain

Crew: Hans Zimmer (Music), Mauro Fiore (Cinematography)

Genre: American Superhero

Rating: 12A

 

 

 

 

The Meg

A Meg-nificant Movie Mistake

This film plays on one of the most well known fears throughout the world…How do you really know what is lurking beneath you in the ocean?

So far scientists have only explored around 20% of the world’s oceans which means we know so little about the environment, the climates, and the species that dwell below in the deep., and back in 1975 Jaws brought this fear to the forefront of peoples minds and although many years have passed, can you tell me when you go in the water you don’t still hear the chilling theme tune?

Besides have you seen Shark Week?!?! They are discovering the bigger sharks are dwelling at deeper depths and aren’t normally seen at the surface, so what else is hiding down there?

Since Jaws is one of my favourite films and got me looking at films from numerous aesthetic angles I can’t review a shark film without discussing them both!

Just like Jaws, The Meg is based on a book and is based around the deep sea research from an ocean based marine biology centre. Oh wait does this sound familiar?  You bet! From 1975 lets time travel to 1999 and Deep Blue Sea. Marine Biologists are researching on a floating rig in the middle of the Ocean. I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this already aren’t you?

So lets cut to the chase and look at our big bad sharks:

Jaws:

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

25ft or 7.5ms

Man- eater

Attacks from below

 Jaws.jpg

The Meg:

Megalodon

Carcharocles megalodon

68-88ft or 21-27ms

Top predadtor of the oceans

Extinct 2 million years

Lighting

We have learnt in recent years that giant Great White Sharks called mega-sharks do exist.

I would like to introduce you to Deep Blue, a 20 ft female Great White Shark found in the Guadalupe Islands off of Mexico. She is believed to be one of the biggest White Sharks discovered, but she is still growing. She is believed to be around 50 years old and she is still growing. She is only 5ft off the shark in Jaws, so who else is hiding down there?

Deep Blue

“You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”

But I digress!

The Meg has tried to learn a lot from its predecessor shark films such as:

  • Using music to build tension
  • Not showing the shark straight away and playing on the audiences’ own fears
  • Using Point of View shots from both the characters and the sharks

But it differs on the way it has been filmed.

To get the best shots of the actors in the water they wanted to be able to control the environment so instead of shooting in the ocean they shot in a tan. I can completely understand the reasoning behind it but it is soo obvious! You know it isn’t the ocean, purely because there isn’t anything disturbing the shots and to me it is going to scare me of the ocean because it clearly isn’t the ocean!

In Jaws they filmed in the ocean and tied ropes on to the actors and pulled them around giving the authentic feel, admittedly the shark is nothing by todays standards it gave a focal point for the actors. This is the problem with CGI because the actors are trying to act with a tennis ball on a stick for reference. I don’t care if you were the world’s greatest actor, you are not going to get believable reactions. I really believed that with clever angles and a smaller realistic model this would have been a much better film.

In my opinion, this film is style over substance and is weakened by bad aesthetic choices – CGI can only take you so far.  I know it was never going to be a master piece, but I really had higher expectations, a few funny moments can’t save it.

2/5

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Director: Jon Turtletaub

Cast: Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing,

Crew:  Harry Gregson-Williams (Music), Tom Stern (Cinematographer)

Genre:  Science Fiction Thriller (apparently???) 

Rating: 12A

 

 

 

 

 

Winchester

Washed out and wimpish

This horror film (and I use the term horror very lightly), is “Inspired by true events” (Spierig, 2018), based on the Winchester Mystery House in San Diego California.  This mysterious house was built between 1883 and 1922 continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 38 years. Why you may ask? This is because Sarah Winchester, the heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune from her late husband, believed she was being haunted by the victims of the rifle. Looking back at the unfortunately luck that followed Sarah Winchester.

 

HISTORY

1866 – First Winchester rifle created

1866 – Annie Winchester – Born and died at 6 weeks old

1881 – William Winchester died

1883 – House was started to be built

1884 – Sarah Winchester bought the unfinished house

1906 – San Francisco Earthquake

1922 – Sarah Winchester dies and construction stops on the house.

HOUSE

According to folklore, Sarah Winchester kept building the house because she consulted a Boston medium who said when channelling her husband “He says for me to tell you that there is a curse on your family, which took the life of he and your child. It will soon take you too. It is a curse that has resulted from the terrible weapon created by the Winchester family. Thousands of persons have died because of it and their spirits are now seeking vengeance.” (Taylor, 2013)

The film is set in April 1906 just before the San Francisco earthquake on the 18th April. Before the earthquake the house was 7 stories high, the earthquake brought it down to the 4 stories we know today.

The house itself has 161 rooms and it includes a varied use of the number 13.

There are 13 bathrooms with 13 steps on the stairs that lead to the 13th bathroom and 13 windows found inside. There are also 13 wall panels in the room preceding the 13th bathroom. The Carriage Entrance Hall is divided into 13 sections. There are 13 rails by the floor-level skylight in the South Conservatory, 13 squares on each side of the elevator, 13 holes in the sink drain covers, 13 glass cupolas on the Greenhouse, and 13 gas jets on the Ballroom chandelier. What’s even more interesting than all of that is that there are 13 parts to her will and she signed it 13 times. (Group, 2011) In the film the number 13 is described as a divine number instead of the traditional idea of it being the devils number.

In the film the house is represented as a stereotypical haunted house, with the dark gothic appearance and spooky ambience. I must admit I did expect more from The Spierig brothers. Their last film was Jigsaw last year and I enjoyed that a lot more than this film. I was jumping during that film!

WMH Film

That is my main problem with this film. It is classed as a horror film, so I therefore expect to be scared or at least jump at some point. The one thing I noticed in the cinema was that there was more laughing than jumping. The main “scares” had already been advertised and were in the trailers. WHAT IS THE POINT TO SEE THE MOVIE!?!?

For this reason, I can’t give it a high rating. Not even Helen Mirren can save this picture. Boring, bleak and just plain bad.

2/5

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Director:  Michael and Peter Spierig

Cast: Helen Mirren, Jason Clark, Sarah Snook

Crew:  Michael and Peter Spierig and Tom Vaughan (Writers)

Genre: Supernatural Horror

Rating: 15

Works Cited

Brothers, S. (Director). (2017). Jigsaw [Motion Picture].

Brothers, S. (Director). (2018). Winchester [Motion Picture].

Group, H. H. (2011, October 19). Haunted Travels: The Winchester Mansion. Retrieved from HRS Hotels Group: http://hrshotelsgroup.com/blog/haunted-winchester-mansion

Robinson, J. (2018, February 2). Winchester: The True Ghost Story Behind Helen Mirren’s Haunted House Thriller. Retrieved from Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/winchester-helen-mirren-haunted-house-san-jose

Spierig, M. a. (Director). (2018). Winchester [Motion Picture].

Taylor, T. (2013). THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE The Haunted History of One of America’s Strangest — & Most Haunted — Houses. Retrieved from The Prairie Ghosts: https://www.prairieghosts.com/winchester.html

Williams, J. (2018, January 17). The Legend Of Sarah Winchester. Retrieved from Winchester Mystery House: http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/blog/legend-sarah-winchester/

 

Inferno

Terribly predictable

I was looking forward to this movie because I love “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”. Considering that Ron Howard has stayed on as director and David Koepp is still writing the Screenplay I had high hopes, but it just hasn’t worked.

I can’t pin point what it is exactly that bugged me so much. I think personally it was the inconstancies and the lack of mystery.

Firstly there was some positive things in the film, first of all Tom Hanks. As soon as I heard that the books were going to be made into movies I said to my Dad I think Tom Hanks would be perfect for the role of Robert Langdon and he agreed. We always do this for books, suggest who we would want in the film, and apparently we think the same as Ron Howard. I think he really brought the essence of the character to life, unfortunately the same cannot be said for Felicity Jones as Sienna. Her performance was fairly flat and was monotonous throughout but I think it’s just the way the film turned out.

I also liked the use of technology in the film. Youtube, Gmail, The Guardian and Drones are all used as nice touches but the drone scene has a big no-no for me. Considering that it is set in Florence, Italy and everyone is speaking Italian, so why is the drone in English? For me little things like this really bug me as it makes it obvious that I am watching a film and I am suddenly detached from the actual story.

I haven’t read the book but I am sure it is not as cheesy as the script. “Humanities final hope” (Howard, 2016) is an awful phrase although I do like the idea of if “There’s a switch, if you throw it half the people on earth will die, but if you don’t in a hundred years then the human race will be extinct.” (Howard, 2016)  Films that make you think about these seemingly impossible questions and I think that is why I love thrillers.

One thing that I have to mention is the CGI in the vision scenes. It was terrible! Seeing people walking around with their head facing the wrong way should be terrifying but it was not it was cringe worthy and not in a good sense.

Overall, when I am going to see a mystery thriller I expect it to be unpredictable and keep me guessing. I don’t expect to be able to guess the ending half way through the film. I just found it was messy and incoherent. In the final scenes somewhere that is supposed to be full of people suddenly cut to scenes where there was only 2 characters. These inconsistencies are easy enough to fix but unfortunately just not for this movie.

2 stars.

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Works Cited

Howard, R. (Director). (2016). Inferno [Motion Picture].

 

Director: Ron Howard

Cast:  Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster

Crew: Hans Zimmer (Music), David Koepp (Screenplay)

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Rating: 12A

Ghostbusters 3D

“Scarily Simple”

I am going to be honest I HATE REBOOTS AND REMAKES. I believe that once a movie has been made it should be left alone. I even don’t understand when they do shot for shot remakes of a foreign film (*Cough* REC and Quarantine) just read the subtitles people!

So I guess my point is that I am a traditionalist, but I always try and keep an open mind.  The original Ghostbusters from 1984 I am a big fan. I love the quirkiness and the actor’s portrayals of the characters, and I guess that’s where I came into my first problem with the reboot. Gender swapping.

To me I don’t find that it adds anything to the film it seems more of a gimmick. Don’t get me wrong I love female led movies and everything. For instance back in 2010 Angelina Jolie took the role in Salt which was originally attached to Tom Cruise. (Zeitchik, 2010) This was a great decision and Jolie was amazing in the role. But we didn’t already have the image of the character in our heads until we saw the film. I don’t see the need to do the gender swap in this instance though.

I am a fan of the actresses (Wiig, McCarthy, McKinnon and Jones) but I don’t know I just didn’t connect to them. They were trying too hard to be funny in my opinion and I don’t think it was their best performances. When I think of the original Ghostbusters one scene that really sticks out for me is when Sigourney Weaver is possessed and you can see a complete change in her character. A similar thing happens to Melissa McCarthy’s character and although there was a slight change it wasn’t as defined as Weaver’s and don’t even get me started on Chris Hemsworth. He did not change at all! He may look pretty but he is not needed and this annoys be because I love him as Thor but the character of Kevin is below him. The character would fit in to a movie like Hail Caesar! As all the characters are pointless.

The one highlight in the film was the discovery of the logo. Bringing the graffiti on the subway was very clever and makes a lot of sense with the dialogue. I also enjoyed the cameo’s of the original actors. Sigourney Weaver briefly appears as Holtzmann’s mentor Rebecca Gorin. Ernie Hudson, as an undertaker Bill and uncle of Tolan, Bill Murray, as Martin Heiss, accuses the Ghostbusters of being fraudsters. Dan Aykroyd, an all knowing cab driver. Annie Potts appears as a desk clerk, snapping her 1984 line, “What do you want…” (Ghostbusters 2016 , 2016).

At the end of the day I guess for people who don’t know the original they may like it (not many people I admit), but I don’t. I find the whole concept flawed. It is very predictable, over acted and I found myself bored. Stick to the original if you want a real laugh. Also as you may have noticed I hate pointless 3D, and once again this is guilty of it. Occasionally it works for instance with the vomiting scene but apart from that it adds nothing to it.

2 stars.

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Director: Paul Feig

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones

Crew:  Ivan Reitman (Producer)

Genre: Supernatural Comedy

Rating: 12A

Works Cited

Ghostbusters 2016 . (2016). Retrieved from IMDB: http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

Zeitchik, S. (2010, July 22). Women’s work: Angelina Jolie steps into a spy’s role originally written for a man in ‘Salt’. Retrieved from Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/22/entertainment/la-et-salt-20100722

 

 

 

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Before I even saw the film I can’t help but find that DC is just going up against Marvel. Marvel has gradually introduced their characters during phase 1 and 2 and now phase 3 we see the Civil War breakout between Captain America and Iron Man. DC Have passed this and gone straight in which I feel is a mistake, especially for people who do not follow the comics.

From the first scene you can tell it is a Zack Snyder film from the stylisation, the slow motion walks with things gently falling from the sky. Very 300esq ……in parts. The film is very bitty. The main problem I have with this film is that it’s not one film. It seems like two different films which are just edited into a “story”. Considering I know the characters and story arcs and I am confused! My poor mum had no clue what was going on.

I can see what DC were going for obviously trying to set up the Justice League but I think they have gone about it the wrong way. With Marvel they started with phase one – the independent character films where you see the start of the story arc and get the character’s backstories. This then developed into phase two where more characters are brought in, like Black Widow into Iron Man 2, and then you hit phase three, Civil War (literally in Captain America). Where the sides are chosen. By this part in the franchise we know the characters and you have already chosen sides. I already know I am Team Cap but in all honesty I didn’t care about who “won” in Batman v Superman, as it wasn’t set up in same way as I hadn’t made the connection with the characters.

Speaking of characters Wonder Woman had no real purpose for 95% of this film and at the end even Batman and Superman don’t know who she is, she just shows up unannounced.
“Superman: Is she with you?
Batman: I thought she was with you.” (Snyder, 2016)
If you don’t know anything about the character, for instance that her alias is Diana Prince, this is another confusing aspect for people that don’t follow the comics. Ben Affleck was ok but nothing special as Batman. I found that he was trying too hard instead of letting the character flow through him naturally. Henry Cavill was just flat as a pancake and brought no character to Superman. Considering they are meant to be the main cast I really don’t have much to say about their performance.

The saving grace of the film who gets a star all of his own is Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. I admit I was a bit sceptical when I first heard of the casting choice thinking Eisenberg may not have the depth the character required. Boy did I eat my words. Eisenberg brings the real psychopathic tendencies of Luthor which I don’t believe we have seen to this extent on screen.
Eisenberg has said “My goal was to play a character who had recognizable pathologies, I wanted people to look at Luthor as a modern person in need of help, not a stock movie villain. I know people like this. I’ve been harassed by people like this. I’ve been accidentally charmed by people like this.” (Schleier, 2016) “You know he’s charming, and also terrifying, eccentric and very smart. He is almost all these very interesting, and almost in conflict, characteristics that I [had] to bring together,” (Unger, 2016).

All well as the story being very bitty and not put together well, I also don’t think it should have been in 3D. To be honest with a lot of 3D films I can see no reason to pay more to see it in 3D as it makes no difference. This film is no exception. The thing that made it worse was the shaky camera work in the films. In a 2D film this can work to build tension and pull the audience into the film more but in 3D it just gives you a headache. At some points I had to take my glasses off and rub my eyes. This film does have some good ingenuity as Batman turns the kryptonite into many different weapons, kudos to the writers for that, but the actually fighting just seems like two egotistical boys having mummy issues. The fact that this huge battle is stopped because their mothers have the same name is a very easy way to close the book on the story, just not very good story telling.

I know that everyone is saying that you can’t compare DC and Marvel in other reviews I have read but come on in reality you know this is going to happen. I mean I love both the franchises I just wish that DC has thought about it a bit more. Maybe when we see the Justice League form it will make more sense. Until then 2 stars.
Works Cited
Schleier, C. (2016, March 22). ‘Batman v. Superman’: Jesse Eisenberg on Lex Luthor’s Jewish qualities. Retrieved from Jewish Telegraphic Agency: http://www.jta.org/2016/03/22/arts-entertainment/batman-v-superman-jesse-eisenberg-on-lex-luthors-embrace-of-jewish-culture
Snyder, Z. (Director). (2016). Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice [Motion Picture].
Unger, M. (2016, March 24). Jesse Eisenberg Talks About His Unconventional Lex Luthor. Retrieved from Screen Rant: http://screenrant.com/batman-v-superman-interview-jesse-eisenberg/

Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Jesse Eisenberg
Crew: Christopher Nolan (Executive Producer)
Genre: Superhero Film
Rating: 2 stars

Hail Caesar!

“A Marmite Film”

I was really excited to see this new film from the Coen Brothers. I was kind of thinking it could be another Big Lebowski. Considering the cast has some fantastic names with the likes of George Clooney, Scarlett Johansen and Ralph Fiennes. But for me I was bitterly disappointed. I just found myself bored and although there were a couple of funny slapstick moments it just felt very forced. I like natural comedy when it just happens and it’s not predictable.

This led me to look at other reviews online and I found mixed reviews from When the mighty fall, they fall hard.” (Telegraph, 2016) to“The Coen brothers conjure up nostalgic joy from this hilarious knockabout homage to the golden age of film” (Kermode, 2016).

To me this is a marmite film based on your sense of humour. From being a Coen Brothers film I think comparing it to other of their films is what ultimately lets it down.  Instead of clever jokes they just include slapstick which is funny every once in a while but not an entire film based on it. The last film I saw from them was Bridge of Spies where they had writing credits and I loved that film seeing the seriousness of the film but interjected with some snippy one liners which I expected from the brothers.

James Donovan: Aren’t you worried?

Rudolf Abel: Would it help?” (Speilburg, 2015)

But I can’t remember any one liners from this film and you expect to remember lines from them!

Josh Brolin gave a good performance and reminded me of Jack Nicholson as J.J Gittes in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, in the way he carries himself and gives little smug grins in the film. One person that was completely useless was Tilda Swinton as the twins Thora and Thessaly. Just tell me why there was the need for twins that were exactly the same, only wearing different clothes. There were no defining characters between the two and basically a completely useless use of a talented actress. Channing Tatum saves the film for me in his first scene where he is a sailor dancing and singing around. I didn’t know he could sing like that. But after that it goes downhill….fast.

The story its self sounds like a good idea for a film, going behind the scenes of making a film  but it was just very bitty for me. I want to be able to believe the story and follow it with ease. This is not one of those films. The characters you also want to follow the story lines but instead it feels like a lot of  cameos.

On the plus side, the set designs are nice but that’s the best I can find with the movie.

So this film gets my lowest mark of the year with only 2/5.

I feel I have to watch The Big Lebowski to get the nasty taste out of my mouth.

Swing and a miss boys, swing and a miss.

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Works Cited

Kermode, M. (2016, March 6th). Hail, Caesar! review – superbly silly. Retrieved March 7th, 2016, from The Guardian:http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/06/hail-caesar-observer-film-review

Speilburg, S. (Director). (2015). Bridge of Spies [Motion Picture].

Telegraph, B. (2016, March 4th). Hail, Caesar! Review: Coens badly misfire with comedy light on laughs. Retrieved March 7th, 2016, from Belfast Telegraph: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/reviews/hail-caesar-review-coens-badly-misfire-with-comedy-light-on-laughs-34509561.html

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen

Cast: George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Josh Brolin

Genre: Comedy (supposedly)

Rating:  12A