Sentences with phrase «in stolen art»

Once inside, the men bound and gagged the watchman and a fellow security guard and made off with $ 500 million in stolen art.

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«The big break in the case came Wednesday when Pasadena police officers received a tip that the stolen art was held at an automobile stereo shop, Santa Monica police said in a news release.

In September, Gundlach held a press conference to announce his offer of a $ 1.7 million reward for the return of stolen art on his property.

For example, DoubleLine CIO Jeff Gundlach invests in fine art (some of which were briefly stolen from his home by professional thieves).

Despite the increasing fear Americans have of personal and financial information being stolen, most financial - services firms have been complacent on updating or implementing state of the art — or even basic — cybersecurity technology, according to a recent study by Dalbar / ThinkAdvisor entitled «The State of Authentication in Financial Services.»

Before I joined TLS, I could see my thoughts and some of my experiences in his art, so he must have been telepathically stealing my personal stories.

Sales of stolen pieces of art work from churches in Iraq and Syria is the fourth largest source of income for Islamic State.

Sales of stolen pieces of art work from churches in Iraq and Syria is the fourth largest source of income... More

In 2004, the Christ child was stolen again, this time by a 19 - year - old student at the Art Institute of Chicago who was caught a few blocks from the plaza and charged with misdemeanor theft.

Mr. Lally's past practice has included successfully representing President George W. Bush before the Miami - Dade and Orange County Boards of Election at the 2000 Florida Recounts; handling numerous complex corporate reorganizations involving multi-jurisdictional assets; recovering priceless stolen art from an international auction house; restructuring of clients» business affairs to reduce their tax and liability exposure; successfully litigating major elections cases and appeals; representing media groups in domestic and international litigation; handling complex domestic relations, divorce, and custody matters; serving as general counsel to numerous corporations in the health care, media, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; and representing parties in multi-national litigation.

The art work is the African mud cloth I found in a market in NYC and the small round mirror was a steal from Hobby Lobby.

After having his girlfriend stolen by a handsome (at least momentarily) Eduardo Noriega in director Amenábar's art - house hit Open Your Eyes (later remade in the U.S. as Vanilla Sky), Martínez spent the next few years carving a comfortable niche for himself in the realm of Spanish cinema.

Earlier this year, it was reported that Clooney was going to produce, write, direct and star in The Monuments Men, the story of a group of art experts selected to find artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

If you're worried that the re-teaming of Clooney and Cate Blanchett in a World War II movie signals something like «The Good German,» fear not: She's better here, playing a French art historian who worries the Americans will «rescue» the art in order to steal it for their own country.

Michael B. Jordan, who broke out in Coogler's debut film, «Fruitvale Station,» brings scrappy, street - smart volatility to his performance as a character with whom T'Challa has a karmic connection, and Gurira steals every scene she's in as an indomitable warrior trained in the art of spearcraft.

Clooney will direct and star in this adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's book about a disparate group of art experts brought together to recover valuable artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Desperate to find him so they can get him back to L.A. in time for the wedding, they begin a journey that leads them to confront a singing Mike Tyson, find a pissed off Asian man trained in martial arts (Ken Jeong) in the trunk of the police car they stole, and meet a ditzy stripper (Heather Graham) who might have married one of them.

The plot revolves around renowned art - dealer Charlie Mortdecai, who gets caught up in a race to find a stolen painting that contains the code to a lost bank account full of Nazi gold.

Starring an excellent cast (George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, and Cate Blanchett), the film focuses on a group of men from the United States, Great Britain and France, who are moved by their love of art to recover the masterpieces that were on the verge of being destroyed by the war, or stolen by the Nazis (and the Soviets), in the waning years of World War II.

Lee Valmassy has a lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a scene - stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans of bad movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.

The film's whiz - bang opening sets the stage when art auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) teams up with a group of criminals to steal Francisco Goya's 1798 masterpiece «Witches in the Air» during an auction in progress.

Not the alien - fighting kind, Highsmith's Ripley is a con - artist and serial killer, living the high life courtesy of a stolen inheritance, a wealthy father - in - law and a lucrative sideline in art forgery.

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

He places the audience, for the most part, in the thick of it with Gustave and Zero as they try not only to solve the murder of Madame D. (one of Gustave's elderly blonde lovers - played by Tilda Swinton in glorious prosthetics, as pictured above right), but as they break out of prison, steal some art and as they go on a perilous adventure.

Scene - Stealers and Lost in Reviews have joined forces for a one - night - only special event of art, rock, and videogames at Screenland Crossroads 4/20/2012.

Dan bets it all on the chance to steal a major client out from under Chuck, flying his motley little crew over to Europe where, among other things, he goes to a nude German unisex spa, finds himself the main exhibit — «American Businessman 42» — in an avant - garde museum / performance - art piece, and does an entire scene surrounded by penises in a gloryhole gallery.

Landscape architects Will (Jude Law) and Sandy (Martin Freeman) set up their new state - of - the - art studio office in King's Cross, only for thieves to break in and steal all of their equipment.

The film stars Johnny Depp as the roguish Charlie Mortdecai, an art dealer who finds himself in a race to recover a stole painting rumored to contain the...

Riches: It's kind of a composite of my experiences in Miami over the years — from having my bicycle stolen to seeing street dogs and chickens to the art fairs to hearing a friend's story about a meditation class, and so on.

(In Japanese with subtitles) The Lonely Maiden (PG - 13 for profanity, nudity and brief fantasy violence) Crime comedy, set in Massachusetts, about three museum security guards (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and William H. Macy) who hatch an inside job to steal several masterpieces in order to prevent a new curator (Todd Weeks) from transferring their favorite works of art to another institutioIn Japanese with subtitles) The Lonely Maiden (PG - 13 for profanity, nudity and brief fantasy violence) Crime comedy, set in Massachusetts, about three museum security guards (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and William H. Macy) who hatch an inside job to steal several masterpieces in order to prevent a new curator (Todd Weeks) from transferring their favorite works of art to another institutioin Massachusetts, about three museum security guards (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and William H. Macy) who hatch an inside job to steal several masterpieces in order to prevent a new curator (Todd Weeks) from transferring their favorite works of art to another institutioin order to prevent a new curator (Todd Weeks) from transferring their favorite works of art to another institution.

The picture stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassell in a story about an art thief (McAvoy) who is injured while stealing a painting.

The trippy thriller centers on Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer who assists in the theft of a stolen painting.

It starts with recruiting her intense neighbor — a rat - tailed martial - arts enthusiast named Tony (Elijah Wood, putting his fragility to riotous use)-- in her quest to recover her stolen laptop.

Lieutenant Frank Stokes (Clooney) has been granted permission from President Roosevelt to form a troop of men to rescue precious buildings, monuments, and art that could be lost and damaged in the war or stolen by Hitler's men for the Fuhrer museum.

McAvoy plays a crooked art auctioneer, Cassel plays the thug he falls in cahoots with, and Rosario Dawson's character is introduced later, a hypnotherapist who has to pull the whereabouts of the stolen art from McAvoy's memory.

James McAvoy plays Simon, a fine art auctioneer who teams up with a gang of criminals in order to steal an expensive painting.

Daniel Day - Lewis plays a haute couture dressmaker in 1950s England; the actor has announced this will be his last film but in a spirit of genuine humility has allowed it to be stolen by Vicky Krieps, a little - known actress from Luxembourg who plays the dressmaker's muse, progressing from a shy nonentity — a living mannequin — to his emotional equal and the keeper of his art and soul.

You wouldn't think that with all the collections of the Smithsonian to play with — and they stole famous works of art and historical objects from other museums around the world and pretended they're on exhibit in Washington DC, too — the filmmakers would have to strain themselves this hard to come up with something they deemed clever, but there we are.

An art theft thriller about stealing one of the most famous paintings by Claude Monet should have been a suspenseful peek into the criminal art forger's craft, a Boston underworld character study built around accomplished stars such as John Travolta in the title role, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan and Jennifer Ehle in support.

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to... Read On

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The film stars Johnny Depp as the roguish Charlie Mortdecai, an art dealer who finds himself in a race to recover a stole painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor turn in arguably their worst performances with this simply awful movie about a shady art dealer trying to recover a stolen painting.

After an art restorer is murdered and a Goya painting is stolen, Martland enlists Mortdecai to help in tracking down the thief.

The two starting points to the intrigue are an in - house debate around a new art installation, a luminous square, in search of a media gimmick to augment the museum's inclusive profile (and please donors) and a more personal one that involves a street scam, which sees Christian's wallet and phone... plus his heirloom cufflinks, stolen through an impressively contrived drama that could even be considered street art for its ingenious execution.

In this movie he plays a debonair art dealer who has to recover a stolen painting while dealing with the British Mi5, an international terrorist, some angry Russians and his wife.

Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing make ideal NYC art snobs in Fred Schepisi's excellent adaptation of the John Guare play, filled with pitch - perfect details: swank UES apartments, a visit to the Strand Bookstore, a stolen kiss in a Central Park buggy.

The film — which tells the story of the greatest treasure hunt in history — follows the platoon that was tasked by FDR to rescue art treasures stolen by the Nazis.

While there is still a throwback to the 2010 Sundance festival edition when Exit Through the Gift Shop premiered and annual reminder that a still standing Banksy original remains intact in the heart of Park City on Main Street, this is not the case for this other physical art lieu featured in The Man Who Stole Banksy.

However, it was only a matter before the Massachusetts native stepped back into the breach, and having first acted in a 1962 episode of Dennis the Menace, The Art of the Steal ensures that his extraordinary career has surpassed the 50 year mark.