By Lexi Paidas ’17

Are you a history buff? Movie fanatic? Then go to see “Hail, Caesar!” while it’s still in theaters. “Hail, Caesar!” depicts a day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), a movie fixer, as he struggles to decide whether or not to quit his job and go work as the manager for an airline. While making this decision, Mannix keeps busy by trying to wrangle his movies stars, each parodying a celebrity from the tail end of the Hollywood Golden years in the 1950’s.

“Hail, Caesar!” is the latest work of the Coen brothers, who have also created films such as “No Country for Old Men,” “The Big Lebowski” and “O, Brother Where Art Thou?” Period pieces such as these skew towards a specific audience which does not generally include high school students. While “Hail, Caesar!” is a very intelligent, well written, highly enjoyable movie, it also lacks obvious moments of humor which may put some people off. History buffs, however, will love the amount of detailed accuracy the scenery, speech, clothing and themes, such as communism, that are used to portray this time period.

“Hail, Caesar!” brags a cast filled with major celebrities such as George Clooney, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson and many more. Channing Tatum takes a surprisingly fresh role as he masquerades as the sweet tap dancing and singing Burt Gurney. George Clooney, of course, portrays a hilarious Baird Whitlock and completely steals the show. Clooney’s character stars as the lead in the studio’s latest film “Hail, Caesar!” but holds production up as he is kidnapped. Alden Ehrenreich, who burst into the hollywood scene when he starred in “Beautiful Creatures,” plays Hobie Doyle, a naive western film star who eventually finds and brings back Baird Whitlock, saving the studio $100,00 in ransom money.

“Hail, Caesar!” with its dry humor and wit comes out on top as the go-to movie of the season. However, while the film is of high quality, teenagers may need to pay a bit more close attention while watching it to understand the history-themed jokes. It’s not the typical movie for teens, but because of the star-filled cast, costume and artfully done camera work, people of all ages should give it a shot.