Fire up your remotes Jul 4, 2008
Stylishly directed by Bryan Singer, this caper thriller boasts one of the best male ensemble casts in recent memory including Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro and Kevin Pollak as desperadoes brought together for a heist by the possibly mythical crime lord Keyser Soze. The scene-stealer throughout is Kevin Spacey, who won a best-supporting-actor Oscar for his role as "Verbal" Kint, a small-time crook recounting his version of the crime to a U.S. Customs agent (Chazz Palminteri). (Globe and Mail)
Russell's intensity meets Denzel's mastery in 'Gangster' Oct 29, 2007
Based on a bizarre 1972 bank heist gone awry, Al Pacino plays Sonny Wortzik, a man who tries to rob a bank to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. Pacino earned a best-actor Oscar nomination for the role, which was based on the bank robbery attempt of John Wojtowicz. (USA Today)
Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007
A woman pretends to be a burglar to catch a gentleman thief planning a big heist in Malaysia on the eve of the millennium ... A parolee organizes a gang to steal $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos in a single heist ... Three downtrodden employees plan separate heists after each decides to rob the bank in which they all work. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Made in Maryland Mar 23, 2007
Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during his final heist before being arrested, but not before he and Gene Hackman appear in several sites around Baltimore. The Towson Court House doubles as the site of a presidential press conference, Brooklandville's Maryvale Prep is the mansion, and Eastwood shows the thief's artsy side while sketching at the Walters' Art Gallery. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
'Deliverance' To 'Breakfast At Tiffany's': Movies We'd Like To See Remade Mar 22, 2007
"To Catch a Thief" This 1955 Cary Grant/ Grace Kelly jewel heist whodunit/romance is widely considered one of Alfred Hitchcock's lesser efforts glitzy, superficial piffle. We still love it, but its place in the pantheon makes it less sacrosanct than, say, "Psycho." The tale of John "the Cat" Robie a former jewel thief living on the French Riviera who has to clear his name after a rash of robberies puts him under suspicion has many timeless elements, not the least being the cat-and-mouse romance... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Katie Holmes Is Alive and Well, Thanks Feb 26, 2007
She was more focused on going to back to work next month on an all-girl heist movie called Mad Money. Callie Khouri ( Thelma and Louise ) wrote and will direct her with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. (Fox News -- Views)
