Sentences with phrase «heist flick»

Solid lead performances and a riveting tale help prevent this historic heist flick from otherwise stealing your time.

Start to finish, the soundtrack - driven heist flick Baby Driver has a bright, infectious charm — and you can dance to it.

Any successful heist flick succeeds or fails on the basis of two key components.

The faced paced bank robbery heist flick has two impressive opening sequences that will put audiences in the right mood for the unpredictable circumstances to follow.

, Side Effects, or the climaxes of heist flicks like Ocean's Eleven and Logan Lucky) is a natural fit for psychological horror.

Transposing the milieu from glitz to grits, Steven Soderbergh's LOGAN LUCKY does more set an intricate heist flick in the backroads of Appalachia, it also makes a sly statement about class, culture, and our preconceived notions about those two things.

A slick heist flick with plenty of screw - up heart, «Logan Lucky» is a generous shot of cinematic moonshine.

Is this first movie of Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase III a fun heist flick, or are superhero movies starting to loose their power?

The summer box office is starting to wind down and we have two intriguing, but mostly low - profile releases this week; the buddy comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard and the NASCAR heist flick, Logan Lucky.

Attending this Frank Oz - directed heist flick felt as much about obligation as interest, because it starred one of the most celebrated actors from three successive generations in Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Edward Norton.

Part heist flick and part history lesson, Closer to the Moon is best viewed as an entertaining, albeit flawed, entry in the sub-sub-genre of films about the aftermath of WWII.

Part sci - fi indie, part buddy heist flick, Robot & Frank explores the value of memory and asks whether we are anything at all without it.

But a more apt comparison is to an obscure Canadian bank - heist flick called «The Silent Partner,» in which teller Elliot Gould pockets some loot from thief Christopher Plummer.

Stark Raving Mad is a great comedy and one of the better recent heist flicks; more importantly, it's one of the best direct - to - video movies I've seen lately.

An energetic but paper - thin genre exercise, filled with pleasant riffs on the standard heist flick, but ultimately lacking in payoff.

Han Solo is a lovable rogue, so I don't know why we're taking this quite so seriously, but here we are with what appears to be a (nother) Star Wars heist flick where a team of scrappy rebels comes together to steal some sh*t from under the Empire's noses.

What begins as a generic, enigmatic heist flick unravels as a complex character study focusing on a number of flawed and genuinely disturbed individuals.

It's an unlikely heist flick that serves as Brando's Pick of the Month with little in the way of star -LSB-...]

Final Thoughts: We're excited for Soderbergh's next heist flick, and judging by the reviews, we're in for a good time.

Australian director John Hillcoat assembles an A-list crack squad for this gritty by - the - numbers heist flick.

After the jump, get a look at the sci - fi not - quite - remake Dredd, the YA adaptation Beautiful Creatures, Tom Hooper «s star - studded Les Misérables, Louis Leterrier «s magician heist flick Now You See Me, and Brian De Palma «s steamy thriller Passion.

Less than 5 minutes into Louis Leterrier's star - studded new magic heist flick, Now You See Me, Jesse Eisenberg's theatrical street illusionist, J. Daniel Atlas, tells an enamored fan, the closer you look, the less you see.

I also liked the gangster music that played throughout the movie, similar to what you might typically hear in other heist flicks, like Ocean's Eleven and The Italian Job.

Marvel's Ant - Man is a fun superhero heist flick.

STXfilms» heist flick Den of Thieves debuted at No. 3 with an estimated $ 15.3 million.

It's not as original or enjoyable as Eleven, but Thirteen still delivers a mostly winning heist flick with its mix of guys, gadgets, and gambling presented in a slick and stylish manner by Steven Soderbergh and the talent - filled cast.

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.

Dignan, the twentysomething fuck - up played by Owen Wilson who leads his friends into this folly, fancies himself a gangster out of a»70s heist flick.

But it's nice to have him officially back in business with Logan Lucky, a star - studded heist flick that calls to mind some of the eclectic director's most popular work even if it falters a bit at the end.

Steven Soderbergh returns with this late summer surprise, a NASCAR - set heist flick with several tricks up its sleeve

The graphically violent shootouts undermine the setup of being a cute Elvis impersonator heist flick, and soon the mood turns from amusing to sickening in a hurry, much in the same way as Natural Born Killers, except Graceland has no anti-violent satirical commentary to salvage it.

The gender - reversed remake trend looks to hit paydirt with this play on Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven movies — and just as those Rat - Pack throwback heist flicks doubled as tributes to contemporary movie - star glamour, this spin - off offers up three of Hollywood's biggest actresses (Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Anne Hathaway) in place of the Clooney / Pitt / Damon trifecta.

«Marky Mark» Wahlberg (The Truth About Charlie, Rock Star) must have been kicking himself in the fanny after passing up the chance to be in the immensely entertaining Steven Soderbergh heist flick, Ocean's Eleven.

Although there is a high - BS factor in any big heist flick, and a definite predictability, The Italian Job still delivers mightily on entertainment value, with some funny moments and breathtaking stunt work.

One can understand that when the remake of another hip ensemble - cast heist flick, The Italian Job, would land on his lap, Wahlberg might jump at the chance, and although the supporting cast isn't as impressive as that of Ocean's, these lesser - known players are up to the task, and they have a proven director of comedy and action in F. Gary Gray (Fridays, The Negotiator) to make this as hip and fun an action - packed romp as possible.

Racer and the Jailbird Bullhead director Michaël Roskam reteams with Matthias Schoenaerts and adds Adele Exarchopoulous to the mix in this race car driver heist flick to be released by Neon.

Director Nick Park brings a love of heist flicks and Alfred Hitchcock thrillers to this tale of a deadpan penguin who drives a wedge between man and dog as part of a nefarious plot that includes a robotic pair of pants and the most hilariously peculiar train chase in movie history.

Judging by his scene - stealing comedic performance in Steven Soderbergh's NASCAR heist flick, he should really try it more often.

As vacuous as it is innocuous, there is great irony in the title, as After the Sunset has come out a few too many years after much better heist flicks have had their time in the sun.

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If you heist flicks, then you should check this film out.

The second act of the film finds Petit and his allies casing the twin towers, making sure that they know everything about the tower that's still under construction — the workers» schedules, which areas give access to staircases, which elevators are best to use... Essentially, The Walk becomes a heist flick in the middle — and like all good heist flicks, everything goes like clockwork until it doesn't.

The Walk is flawed — it tries to be three different kinds of movie (charming biography, heist flick, epic achievement story) and not every moment works completely, but it doesn't really matter.

As we became comfortable with the three - act formula and knew what to expect from a heist flick, filmmakers rose to the occasion.

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.

When they are not on screen together, the heist flick loses some of its luster.