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"The Bank Job" is a caper well worth catching

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2008-03-09 07:49:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...caper and makes the most of it As far as the many supporting players, I will reveal that that is indeed David Suchet (a k a Hercule Poirot) who plays a truly sleazy porn king (well, duke really) with relish, and that Colin Salmon (a k a almost-the-first-black-James-Bond and a familiar face to "Prime Suspect" fans) plays one of the...
 
Tags: heist, heist flick, flick, bourne flick, flick tells, extraordinary heist, heist movies, donaldson, movie
 
 
 
 
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Tally ho!

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2008-07-07 12:14:00 by ARBOGAST in Arbogast on Film
...CAPER (aka, GAMES GIRLS PLAY , aka SEX PLAY 1974) begins with a nod to Marilyn Monroe's infamous skirt lift from THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955 except that this time you can see bush. There you go, the essence of this fine film in a bra cup. As far as pieces of shit go, this one's not too bad and kind of fun if you're not easily offended by broad...
 
Tags: bunny, bunny caper, christina hart, remember christina hart, hart, dark sky films, monster, films, monster resume
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: What's Your Favorite Sub-Genre of Science Fiction and/or Fantasy?

2008-10-01 00:28:16 by John in SF Signal
 
...caper running close behind The pull of a mystery that needs to be solved, or of an unseen and looming threat that needs to be thwarted is alluring for many readers, and for me, combining that with either an epic, urban or alternative fantasy setting is better than ice cream and cake The stories about the private investigator, and more...
 
Tags: sub-genre, fiction, science fiction, rich sub-genre, favorite sub-genre, genre, science-fiction strips, science fiction movies, social science sub-genre
 
 
 
 
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2008-01-22 00:23:00 by Tanner in Double O Section
...Caper" demonstrates how an exceedingly run-of-the-mill crime that normally wouldnt even warrant the attention of the state police could lead to an international incident in the days of the Cold War. The crime is ordinary car theft, yet when McGarrett takes the call and sidekick Danno asks him where theyre going, he intones, "To prevent WWIII...
 
Tags: five-o season, season, plot, plot concerns agents, spy, mcgarrett, traditional spy, mcgarrett clashes strongly, dramatic spy plot
 
 
 
 
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2008-01-08 20:18:00 by Tanner in Double O Section
...caper tone for the movie. The actors are game for this, and all fun to watch, and we end up with a lighter-than-air Oceans 11 kind of movie about arming the future Taliban. If Nichols and Sorkin could have left it at that, and relied upon the intelligence of their audience to add the irony by pausing after they cheer for the Mujahaddin with...
 
Tags: charlie, charlie wilson, charlie connects, charlie wilsons war, war, wageand winhis war, covert war, quote charlie directly, charlie arranges
 
 
 
 
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THE PRICE OF DEATH (1971)

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2008-01-29 06:06:00 by Dan in The Klaus Kinski Files
...caper or sting flick flirting around its edges, while THE PRICE OF DEATH is like a private detective story/thriller/giallo set in the Old West Gianni Garko is great as Silver ("Call me Mr. Silver!" he insists more than once in the flick, occasionally slapping the person he's talking to after he says it.), a hot shot hired gun/private eye (?)...
 
Tags: traditional spaghetti western, spaghetti western, jail cell window, jail cell, western, jail, hang conway, death, detective
 
 
 
 
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New TV Spot for Statham's 'The Bank Job'

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2008-02-07 00:00:00 by Jessica Barnes in Cinematical
...caper and by the looks of things, this film is just going to be another paint-by-numbers British crime caper -- the legacy of Guy Ritchie lives on The Bank Job is based on the true story of the famous Baker Street Robbery. In 1971, over $900,000 was stolen from Lloyds Bank in London. The thieves were never caught and even stranger was the...
 
Tags: bank job, tv spot, story, true story, crime caper, british crime caper, royal family, real story, director roger donaldson
 
 
 
 
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THE PRICE OF DEATH (1971)

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2008-02-22 14:24:00 by Dan in Exploitation Retrospect
...caper or sting flick flirting around its edges, while THE PRICE OF DEATH is like a private detective story/thriller/giallo set in the Old West Gianni Garko is great as Silver ("Call me Mr. Silver!" he insists more than once in the flick, occasionally slapping the person he's talking to after he says it.), a hot shot hired gun/private eye (?)...
 
Tags: traditional spaghetti western, spaghetti western, jail cell window, jail cell, western, jail, hang conway, death, detective
 
 
 
 
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Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

2008-03-20 22:27:00 by The Sly Fox in The Sly Fox Film Reviews
 
...caper recalls the real-life exploits of a quintet of card-counting MIT students who, with the help of their math professor (Kevin Spacey), beat the house for millions in winnings. Cast includes Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Sturgess and Aaron Yoo Run, Fatboy, Run (PG-13 for crude humor, profanity, sexuality, nudity and smoking)...
 
Tags: dysfunctional family comedy, grace lee, profanity, family, grace lee project, pervasive profanity, pg-13, violence, graphic violence
 
 
 
 
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RIP Jules Dassin and Abby Mann

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2008-04-02 06:09:47 by bob in Forward to Yesterday
...caper film, Topkapi . Even pan-and-scanned and chock full of commercials late at night, it was a wonder. As a twelve-year-old, the sce