What Happened to Guy Ritchie?

The Snatch director failed to bring his signature style to this forgettable Disney reboot. If you have trouble reading this message, [view it in a browser](. [Guy Ritchie's Aladdin Is Unfortunately Not a Cocaine-Addled Crime Thriller]( Guy Ritchie, he of the fast-talking cockney crime films, would seem an inspired (if, on the surface, unconventional) choice to helm Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin, its beloved 1992 animated fable based on One Thousand and One Nights’ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Whether in his breakthrough Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or his subsequent Snatch and RocknRolla, Ritchie has exhibited a fondness for projects about wisecracking thieves and crooks with big dreams. But Aladdin is a Ritchie film that’s frequently passable without being particularly engaging – a cover song with a bit more orchestration and gaudiness, perhaps, but quite a bit less purpose and heart.[Read More]( [The President* Is Acting in Pure Paranoia. There's Nothing Funny About This.]( Something about Speaker Nancy Pelosi sets all the bats flying in his belfry. On Thursday, the president* and his administration* surrendered to the bats entirely. The belfry is too crowded with bats for anyone of them to think clearly and every damn one of them at this point is in some way barking mad.[Read More]( [How to Drink Your Way Through a Three-Day Weekend (and Make It to Work on Tuesday)]( Whoever designed the weekend had a drinker in mind. They made one night, Friday, to quickly transition from work to fun. Then Saturday, an entire day to go all-out, with few responsibilities or repercussions the next morning. Finally, Sunday, a so-called "fun day" of rest, recovery, and eliminating the hangover any which way you can—usually by drinking a little more—before Monday rolls around. With Memorial Day in our sights, here's a guide for surviving a three-day weekend while imbibing your way through it—and returning to work in one piece on Tuesday.[Read More]( [Star Wars Fans Have Been Waiting Nearly Two Decades For a Knights of the Old Republic Movie]( In the 10 Star Wars movies, we've seen almost a 75 years of the franchise's history play out on screen. For casual fans, that's already overwhelming. Now, Buzzfeed News is reporting that a script is being written based on a part of the timeline that pre-dates the first film by about 4,000 years. Yes, Star Wars really is that big.[Read More]( [Robert Mueller Needs to Testify in Front of the American People. Period.]( Robert Mueller has what Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce believes to be a profound obligation to the American people as a fellow citizen to bring himself forward under oath and explain in his own words and in his own voice what he found out about the president* and his people in the two years he spent investigating them.[Read More]( [Christopher Nolan's New Movie, Tenet, Already Sounds Pretty Damn Incredible]( Christopher Nolan's career has been nothing short of phenomenal. From indie thrillers (Following and Memento, the latter of which started out as an Esquire story) to his reinvention of the superhero genre (his Batman trilogy) to cerebral blockbusters (Inception) and historical epics (Dunkirk)—Nolan has consistently produced films adored by both critics and fans. In fact, only two of his films have below 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Now, after the Oscar nominated Dunkirk in 2017, Nolan's next project is just barely coming into focus. And it already sounds incredible.[Read More]( [Read More on Esquire.com]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Notice]( esquire.com ©2019 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019