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Coen brothers find Christ, communism in new period piece
Every great filmmaker eventually makes a movie about moviemaking, and that movie is always kind of weird. The Coen brothers are kind of weird anyway, so it follows that Hail, Caesar! would be a doubly weird movie. It’s not a doubly weird movie. … Continue reading
And then they cast him as Lex Luthor
American Ultra has two major problems — it’s completely tone deaf, and the lead is one of the most sloppily written characters of the year. That lead, Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg), is a stoner living with his girlfriend, Phoebe Larson (Kristen … Continue reading