On Tuesday, Kevin Hart was announced as the host of next year’s Oscars. Three days later, he’s out. With just two months to go until the ceremony – the Academy’s ninety-first – we’ve rounded up some possible alternatives for a late substitution.
The final line of White Boy Rick comes from an on-form Matthew McConaughey, here playing the father of juvenile cocaine kingpin Richard ‘Rick’ Wershe Jr. Through a sheet of thick glass, he sobs: ‘we’re lions’ and stabs at the soul. Unfortunately, it’s a last minute roar in a film that is rarely more than competent.