Tag: Jonah Hill
War Dogs: Weapons of mass enjoyment
by Matt Ward
“War Dogs” seeks to answer a pretty simple question asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in the film’s trailer. “How did two 20-something young men land a $300 million Pentagon contract?” If you keep watching the rest of the trailer, the film attempts to highlight the exploits of Jewish-American gunrunners with the same comedic precision of “The Wolf of Wall Street.” It even extolls the … Read More War Dogs: Weapons of mass enjoyment
Hail, Caesar!: A big swing and even bigger miss
by Matt Ward
Joel and Ethan Coen don’t owe us anything. The writing/directing brothers and masterminds behind some of cinema’s best films over the last few decades – from The Big Lebowski and Fargo to No Country For Old Men and Burn After Reading – are allowed a pass every once in a while to take a big swing for the fences on a prestige picture and … Read More Hail, Caesar!: A big swing and even bigger miss
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