Sentences with phrase «crime caper»

With a growing demand for British - produced supporting movies after the Second World War, Hammer was re-formed and began to dabble in crime capers, and boy's own adventure stories.

This all - star crime caper stars Mickey Rooney as an American airline purser whose greed gets the better of him.

But it does so by substituting one seductive narrative for another: She was a victim of a feckless, abusive husband, Jeff (Stan), whose story is played here as a Coen brothers - style crime caper about a dumb man, with even dumber friends.

As he would on «First Reformed,» Schrader demanded final cut in 2016 on «Dog Eat Dog,» a black comedy crime caper with Cage.

The unlikely pairing of Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña proves irresistible in this ramshackle crime caper from Irish writer / director John Michael McDonagh.

With Logan Lucky set to arrive in cinemas next month, a new trailer has been released for Steven Soderbergh's upcoming crime caper which stars Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, and Adam Driver; check it out here... SEE ALSO: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig in first clip from Logan Lucky Trying to reverse a family -LSB-...]

,» the Coen Brother's genre - busting new comedy crime caper set in 1950s Hollywood, features a terrific cast that includes George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Alden Ehrenreich, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, and Frances McDormand.

After nearly four years grappling with the Chinese censorship board, Ning Hao's darkly comic crime caper finally comes to the screen and proves largely worth the wait.

,» the Coen Brother's genre - busting new comedy crime caper set in 1950s Hollywood, features a terrific cast that includes George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Alden Ehrenreich, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fien...

Known for crime caper movies a la the «Ocean's» franchise, Soderbergh has again crafted a highly entertaining and elaborate heist plot based on the rookie writer's conception, «Logan Lucky».

With less than two months to go until the release of Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky, a new UK trailer has arrived online for the upcoming crime caper which stars Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, and Adam Driver; check it out below after the official synopsis... Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum)-LSB-...]

The game ties in with the odd looking film which seems to be some sort of crime caper with new characters, but with the likes of Batman and other DC - types popping in to help out every now and then.

Accompanying his older works is this wacky new crime caper directed by screenwriter Lau Ho Leung.

But overseas, they unwittingly get entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine — the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog — and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two (Ricky Gervais).

eOne Films has released a new TV spot for the upcoming crime caper Logan Lucky.

Focus DVD Review by Kam Williams Will Smith Cat - and - Mouse Crime Caper Comes to DVD Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie) is an aspiring con artist who picked the worst guy to steal a wallet from when she settled on Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith).

Director Frank Oz brought us one of the best crime capers of the 1980s with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

The result is a fun time, although its pacing veers oddly between drawn - out character moments and spirited and funny crime caper elements.

With Pulp Fiction out of the way, John Travolta took his first steps toward cashing in on his newly - regained cool with the lead role in this consistently enjoyable crime caper.

The plot twist has echoes in previous classic crime capers, like 1951's The Lavender Hill Mob, in which Alec Guinness» bank clerk realizes that his scheme to steal some gold bullion has hit a roadblock.

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.

Got ta love that classic film poster though huh, just like «The Rocketeer» they really capture the essence of the old style crime caper and dare devil hero aspect.

In the exquisitely offbeat crime caper «Laugh Killer Laugh,» William Forsythe plays Frank Stone, a ruthless jewel thief known for offing his accomplices.

The unlikely pairing of Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña proves irresistible in this ramshackle crime caper from Irish writer / director John Michael McDonagh.

Given its format to refresh the narrative and cast with each season, we keenly anticipate where the next crime caper will take us and who will be cast in Fargo season three.

resh off his highly - publicized marriage to Madonna, Guy Ritchie returned to the world of cinema in 2000 with his sophomore effort, «Snatch,» a highly stylized crime caper in the same vein as «Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,» but with a satisfying West Coast flair thanks in part to the addition of Brad Pitt.

Writer / director Guy Ritchie -LRB-» Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,» «Snatch») specializes in exaggerated «Pulp Fiction» - like crime capers set in contemporary London.

Indeed, the Dublin native is simply sublime in the classic odd couple crime caper alongside the similarly underrated Cheadle, with the chalk and cheese characterisations perfectly complimenting John Michael's snappy script.

We're a long way from McDonagh's last film, Seven Psychopaths, which was a gleefully glib (albeit frequently hilarious) meta cartoon crime caper, like what Charlie Kaufman might make if assigned to write a Tarantino knockoff with his fictional brother Donald.

Funny or not, Out of Sight may well be both actors» greatest work, a sizzling crime caper centered on the romance between Clooney's schmoozy bank robber, Jack Foley, and Lopez's steely U.S. Marshal, Karen Sisco.

Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in Australia this year: Joaquin Phoenix's pothead private eye lurches between a wild bunch of star cameos in Paul Thomas Anderson's hugely enjoyable Pynchon crime caper

Logan Lucky (PG - 13 for profanity and crude comments) Oscar - winner Steven Soderbergh (for Traffic) comes out of retirement after four years to direct, shoot and edit this comic crime caper revolving around two brothers (Channing Tatum and Adam Driver) who hatch a plan to pull a heist at the Charlotte Motor Speedway during NASCAR's Coca - Cola 600 car race Ensemble cast includes Daniel Craig, Hilary Swank, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Dwight Yoakam and Riley Keough.

But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine — the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit — and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais.

Paul Thomas Anderson directs Josh Brolin and Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice, a psychedelic crime caper based on Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel.

Rockstar Games» next giant crime caper is going to be massively huge, big enough to warrant lots of air travel.

Yet another retread of the Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, this London crime caper at least creates its setting well and has some colourful characters.

Like I said, this big - city crime caper puts a lot on its animated plate.

More crime caper than neo-noir (though the specter of Bogart enters the mix several times, as the popular slang reference utilized by Easton), all of Martin's zig - zagging across characters wears thin when a rough composite forms early on — what are we supposed to think about all those «acting lessons» Danneel harps about with typical Los Angeleno abandon?

The plot seems silly as well, the bumbling crime caper experience, and I'm sure I've seen it done much better before.

Paul Schrader is having a party and you're all invited with this utterly berserko Nic Cage crime caper.

Int» l Crime Caper (3 coats) is a white pearl with pink iridescent flash and subtle glass flecks.

A coolly familiar Belgian crime caper is lent a sheen of unexpected authenticity by its ex-gangster co-writerdirector.

Provided you can get past its improbable premise, this madcap crime caper's trio of talented leading ladies manage to provide enough moments of mirth to make the rest of this raucous romp worthwhile.

But it's also just a straight forward, traditional, albeit formulaic ansd predictable crime caper following the exploits of federal agents, or G Men as they strive to bring the major criminals across the country to justice.

But Game Night loses the plot when it junks what was cruising along fine and tries to become a serious crime caper.

Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the upcoming crime caper Lowlife.

In 1991, eight years before they blew everyone's minds with The Matrix and 24 years before their sizzling sex scenes in Sense 8, the Wachowskis wrote, directed and produced Bound — a smart, sexy and stylish queer crime caper that hinted at the artistry, action, suspense and unabashed sexuality that would appear in their later work.