Sentences with phrase «heist caper»

Boasting a stellar cast along with a marketing campaign that showcased a comedic / heist caper probably should have brought in more loot.

Should the recent surge in male facial hair as a fashion accessory stall in 2015, barbers would be within their rights to blame «Mortdecai,» a perky but obstinately unfunny heist caper with a hero irksome enough to make any happily mustachioed man...

If you're in the mood for a tropical heist caper and are somehow prevented from renting «Romancing the Stone» or «Jewel of the Nile» on February 8, this is a must - see; otherwise, it looks like a lot of pointlessly lazy slacking from both of its stars.

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.

The same storyline was also used in three other films: the jewel heist caper Cairo (1963) set in Egypt, Cool Breeze (1972) with an all - black cast, and the Delmer Daves western The Badlanders (1958) with Alan Ladd.

Pitched at the mid-budget level he loves and Hollywood often neglects, Logan Lucky is prime Soderbergh: a sure - handed and warmly comic heist caper, it arrives packing layers of heart, smarts and surprises under a well - appointed hood.

Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine... His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend's Going in Style — a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs «Zach Braff — sees him share top billing with fellow aged -LSB-...]

At times, the shifts between melodrama and heist caper recall Argo, but Trumbo's stakes are lower, its goals are more diffuse, and its comic elements aren't as separated.

Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement for a heist caper.

Coolly comical crooks execute a complex Big Apple heist caper.

Based — presumably very loosely — on a true story, Masterminds is a heist caper on helium.

Who: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey What: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped up in a European jewel - heist caper headed by a Kermit lookalike and his dastardly sidekick.

Looking to have a little fun after his back - to - back successes of «Erin Brokovich» and «Traffic,» Soderbergh gathered a gang of his favorite actors who were willing to work cheap and set his sights on a high - tech retooling of the forgettable Rat Pack casino heist caper «Ocean's 11.»

Back in 1996, Wes Anderson announced himself as an exciting new voice in America's burgeoning indie film scene, adapting his earlier short film into a feature - length heist caper starring the then - unknown Wilson brothers.

A silly crime / heist caper comedy that is pleasing and well presented in the stunning Montana wilderness.

The star - studded heist caper «Widows,» from director Steve McQueen and set to begin filming in Chicago this month, is looking to hire two sets of twin infants — one set biracial (unspecified), the other white — who are between the ages of 3 months and 6 months, according to a flyer posted by 4 Star Casting, which specializes in background actors, aka extras.

Soderbergh is back to the ensemble heist capers he turned into big hits with the Ocean's films, this time even more broadly idiosyncratic and silly.

4:00 pm — TCM — Topkapi One of the classic heist capers, with a group of ragtag criminals (led by Melina Mercouri and including comic relief Peter Ustinov) planning to steal a jewel - encrusted dagger from the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul.

Not exact matches

I love crime novels and I love crime stories, I like heist and caper kind of stories and I thought, «Hey, why not do a caper on the moon?»

It was a high tech caper, involving a fake Uber and a $ 1.8 million digital currency heist, but it was old - fashioned stupidity that led Louis Meza to get caught.

Let's face it: crime capers are fun — and this slick heist may be Steven Soderbergh's best.

Directors put comedic spins on heist films and called them capers, allowing us to laugh at the absurdity of a group of fairly inept individuals attempting to pull off such a massive robbery, and some flicks even started leaving out certain acts to allow us to fill in the blanks and create a more compelling, unique story.

The heist flick rose to fame in the 1950s, but we'd already been enjoying a slew of stories involving thievery, scams, and capers since the 1930s.

Each hopes that the heist will hurtle them past life's obstacles, only to realize that the caper risks the only thing they have: their friendship.

Ten years later, working from an adaptation of the caper novel by W.R. Burnett scripted in collaboration with the author, he essentially launched the heist film as a genre of its own and set the blueprint that all subsequent heist dramas built upon.

They're often formulaic and follow a well - worn path originally etched out by classic capers such as John Huston's THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950), Jules Dassin's RIFIFI (1955), Alexander Mackendrick's THE LADYKILLERS (1955), Jean - Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR (1955) and Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING (1956) but the best heist films take unexpected turns and leave their own special mark on a genre that seems to find new ways to define itself every decade.

Charles Crichton directs this amiable caper with good humor and applies crack comic timing to the heist scene and climactic chase.

Not so surprisingly, the $ 17 million caper comes from a true story: the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery that became known as the «hillbilly heist,» so called for the half - smart maneuvering (and lavish velvet - Elvis - painting spending) of its players.

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.

Like the scheming protagonists in the slick caper Tower Heist, the film's creators had some big plans that didn't exactly work out.

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.

Unfortunately, it's not likely to gain any new fans, and some longtime fans may gripe that it regurgitates an already used heist plot similar to their own The Great Muppet Caper from 1981.

Heist is a solidly entertaining caper flick with great performances, intelligent and fun dialogue, and expertly crafted plotting.

A love letter from Edgar Wright to crime capers, diner romances and, above all, music, Baby Driver is a heist movie that nabs your heart.

Also new this week: «Tower Heist» (Universal), a caper comedy for the modern economy, stars Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick and Tea Leoni (Blu - ray and DVD, plus Digital Download and On Demand); «London Boulevard» (Sony), a crime drama with Colin Farrell and Keira Knightly (Blu - ray, DVD and Digital Download, available at Redbox kiosks); «The Son of No One» (Anchor Bay), a cop drama with Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, and Al Pacino (Blu - ray and DVD, available at Redbox kiosks); and «The Way» (ARC Entertainment), an inspirational drama with Martin Sheen (DVD and VOD, available at Redbox kiosks).

A screwball - tinged heist flick that not so much feeds «eat the rich» feelings which might be surging in the zeitgeist at the moment as offer up a divergent, flight - of - fancy caper for the middle - aged, The Love Punch plays out like a reimagining of The Parent Trap by way of Ocean's Eleven, and minus the kids.

It's so self - assured, its genre identity bends from noir, to western, to heist, to caper, all within the confines of an established fantasy / sci - fi realm.

«Ocean's 8» (June 8): The all - star heist series gets a gender flip as Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson and Rihanna star as a group of thieves planning a caper at New York's Met Gala.

And lucky us: Soderbergh is back to his wily ways with «Logan Lucky,» a slick, smarter - than - your - average - bear heist comedy that moves and grooves with all the hallmarks of a Soderbergh caper.

Similar to how «The Great Muppet Caper» followed up «The Muppet Movie» in 1981, this movie goes for the heist approach.

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.

by Walter Chaw The world's most polite heist / caper / con - man Charade thing, which feels it's finally time to continue that death trudge towards completion of a Matchstick Men trilogy, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra's Focus is a studiedly - inoffensive star vehicle for Will Smith that's interesting only because of Will Smith's casual attitude towards miscegenation.

THN has already been surprised by one British heist thriller this week, with Frank Harper's all - star crime caper ST. GEORGE»S DAY being well worth a look if it's showing at a cinema near you from Friday (Read our review and exclusive interview with director and star Harper).

Slick, smart «Tower Heist» is a timely comedy caper with Ben Stiller as the infuriated manager of one of New York's most luxurious residences who's determined to wreak revenge against a Wall Street tycoon (Alan Alda) who masterminded a Ponzi scheme that swindled the employees» pension fund.

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

The 2017 festival, which runs February 16 - 22 and is the biggest to date (20 films in seven days), takes more leeway than usual for «The Big Knockover,» a week of capers, heists, and holdups.

The heist genre occupies its own corner of the crime movie universe, sometimes embracing the dark heart of film noir's world of corruption and desperation and doom, just as often skipping into lighthearted crime comedy or slipping into cool, calculated caper spectacle.

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.

The heist movie follows four armed robbers who are killed during a caper gone wrong, leaving their widows to finish the job.

Now, after a four - year hiatus, this prolific director returned with another heist movie — but not in the same urbane vein as most of the crime caper pictures he's made.