Films

Hail, Caesar! OK, a bit short on laughs, couple of decent set pieces, Coen brothers by numbers 6.5/10

Saw it last night. Short on out-right guffaws, but was smiling all the way through it.
The homage's to 50's Hollywood are really well done, showing equal amounts of humour and love for the material.
For instance, Tatum's increasingly gay sailor dance routine is both funny and amazingly choreographed at the same time.
Some people have complained that the film is nothing more than a series of sketches, but I thought Brolin's Mannix storyline held the film together well.

I'm a fan of 50's Hollywood, so probably went in with a certain amount of good will and enjoyed spotting some of the obvious and not-so obvious homages.
Companion piece to the Hudsucker Proxy in some respects.