Sentences with phrase «caper film»

The Sting is a well crafted caper film with a great cast of talented actors under the direction of George Roy Hill and the result is an exciting and entertaining picture.

After a few more low - budgeters, Kaplan was allowed to spend a little more time and money on White Line Fever (1975), then enjoyed his most lavish budget to date on Mr. Billion (1976), a lighthearted and empty - headed caper film starring Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine and Jackie Gleason.

If you've enjoyed this brand of caper film before, you may get something out of this.

That is why it is such a pleasant surprise to take part in such a fun little caper film as Man on a Ledge.

Hong Kong Superstar Andy Lau plays a charismatic thief pursued by French icon Jean Reno as a tenacious detective in this globetrotting caper film.

Following a strong debut at Sundance this year, a new online trailer is out for the darkly comic crime caper film «American Animals» about two friends who attempt one of the most brazen art heists in history.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) This 1930s style caper film is the most complete realisation yet of Wes Anderson's aesthetic.

The Silent Partner (1978): Delicious, offbeat caper film as a smarmy villain (Christopher Plummer) in Santa Claus garb robs a shopping center bank in Toronto.

After that, the best things about «Sexy Beast» are delicious performances, amusing plot twists, and an enjoyable hearkening back to good old caper films (with just a touch of redeeming social value thrown in).

The space is truly amazing and feels like something out of a Hollywood caper film.

Paul Newman and Robert Redford shine together in this brilliant and hugely amusing caper film that offers us, among many notable qualities, a marvelous production design and an ingenious (and unpredictable) plot that plays like a refined sleight - of - hand trick.

Geriatric hi - tech action - packed spoof caper film that starts out semi-believable and ends on an unbelievable low point.

Apparently it's already been and gone from British cinemas, but I don't remember noticing it was there; a pity, because it sounds quite engaging, the kind of lighthearted caper film which used to come from these shores on a frequent basis in days gone by.

Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, and Riley Keough star in a charming caper film set at a NASCAR race.

Stanley Kubrick's all - time great caper film is a taut, fast paced thriller with a wonderfully seedy cast (Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor and Vince Edwards).

Admittedly a few of the jokes are funny (the heist itself has a pretty creative slapstick humor gag), but for the most part Masterminds is the annoying kind of lowbrow humor, which is frustrating because the real story is certainly ludicrous enough to make a madcap caper film out of that is filled with wit alongside dumb fun.

A disparate collection of crooks, small - time hustlers, and disreputable characters knocking around Monte Carlo are brought together to rob a casino in an elaborate heist in Seven Thieves (1960), an unshowy caper film from Hollywood veteran Henry Hathaway.

Interstellar (Paramount, Blu - ray, DVD)-- Christopher Nolan used his clout as the director of the hugely successful Dark Knight trilogy and cerebral caper film Inception to get this big - budget science fiction epic made on a scale that otherwise would be out of reach.

Quentin Tarantino understood this when he populated his debut caper film Reservoir Dogs with a bunch of white dudes in sunglasses and matching black - and - white outfits.

But we missed having him make the sort of funky, genre - bending movies he specialized in, so the fact that we got Logan Lucky — a goofy caper film that somehow still ran with clockwork precision — felt like we won the lottery.

As sequels go, you can only really describe this as The Godfather II of quasi-animated family caper films.

Twenty - five years older than his pretty co-star, Grant keeps the romance light, and Walter Matthau turns in a great performance in this fun, frothy caper film.

It's an old school caper film with a little more self - reflexivity than most.

Yet, that's exactly what this little caper film strives to be.

The whole thing is just a fine excuse to watch two great stars in a stylish, self - mocking caper film.

Human 1980s anecdote machine Frank Henenlotter returns with Chasing Banksy, a comedic art heist caper film, while BUFF honors special guest and indie horror stalwart Larry Fessenden with a special presentation of his cult classic Wendigo, which will be screened in a glorious 35 mm print.

So, if you're someone who easily fawns over the sights of Paris and Venice, can't get enough of a retro 1960s caper film vibe (a la Charade) over a Hitchcock - light screenplay (a la To Catch a Thief), or just adore looking at Depp at his most dashing or Jolie her most ravishing, you're exactly the audience the makers of this film are going for.

The 1974 directorial debut of Michael Cimino packs a lot of of subtext into what could have been a standard caper film, albeit one whose final, headlong descent into grimness marked it as a product of its pessimistic era.

Kino presents Henri Verneuil's compelling caper film The Sicilian Clan in two newly restored versions, along with some top - notch extras.

Thematically, it is a heist / caper film following a concierge and his assistant as they escape countless dilemmas.

Will Smith makes his pitch as a fast talking, high rolling, charming con man in his comeback caper film, Focus.

The Killing — Stanley Kubrick's breakthrough film is this film noir - caper film starring Sterling Hayden as the leader of a gang of crooks out to rob a race track in broad daylight.

(November 13, 2017)-- Hong Kong Superstar Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers, Internal Affairs) as a charismatic thief is pursued by French icon Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional, The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible) as a tenacious detective in the globetrotting caper film THE ADVENTURERS, stealing onto on digital December 5 and on Blu - ray ™ Combo Pack January 2 from Well Go USA Entertainment.

Snatch The Rupert Grint - led remake of Guy Ritchie's crime caper film «Snatch» has already shot its second season, and now Crackle have announced a September premiere and released a first look clip.

Earlier in his career one might have looked to Soderbergh to aim higher than a»70s - style caper film that could have been a vehicle for Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, but if you're going to make that kind of movie, this is exactly the way you want to make it.

Zero expectations or information made this little caper film a fan favorite — I didn't hear a bad thing about it from anyone who saw it.

Zemeckis crafts this section like a caper film leading up to the thrilling walk.

Everyone got on board, so Cheadle proceeded to co-write, direct and star in what now amounts to a piece of Miles Davis fan fiction: Miles Ahead is a caper film with a refreshing sense of creative authority, chutzpah and goodwill.

Going in Style is based on a 1979 caper film starring three elder statesmen, but this version features an updated and revamped plot and stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin in the lead roles.

Based on a 1979 caper film starring three elder statesmen, this version casts octogenarians Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin in the lead roles.

Ant - Man is Marvel's attempt at a heist - caper film, and the film is at its best when our hero Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) brings together his rag - tag team and we see all the steps involved.

He captures the rhythms of a caper film, matched step - for - step by Fiennes whose mouth and body are always on the go.

Inception (Warner)-- Christopher Nolan's Inception, a caper film that heists dreams instead of treasure, is surely the most cerebral action thriller to become a blockbuster.

Dropping them into a caper film with a funky beat, Tarantino creates genre soup.

I've seen Good Time called a caper film, but using that term to describe the movie is a mistake on two counts — it sells the film short, but it also gives audiences the wrong idea of what to expect.

No one is as adept as Steven Soderbergh in making a caper film and utilizing all the machinations that go with it.

Brody, Ruffalo, Weisz and Kikuchi are all fantastic and engaging as larger - than - life characters, their performances readily rising to the challenge of the energy required by a caper film.

And so, it might seem that at this time of high tensions, a caper film revolving around genteel southern manners and what might charitably be termed as the «hillbilly» archetype, would be about as welcome as a canteen full of watery grits.

Unfortunately, there are interesting twists and turns that are necessary in con / caper films to keep you guessing and playing along.