Heist

Bad Santa 2 releases naughty Red Band trailer

Posted 10 years ago

I remember liking the first BAD SANTA quite a bit when I saw it. It was funny, vulgar, and, most importantly, dark as shit. But I also felt like it was a movie I had no desire see continue on. The story...

Travis Fimmel and Kate Bosworth join heist flick Finding Steve McQueen

Posted 10 years ago

Misleading title aside, FINDING STEVE McQUEEN actually sounds really interesting. It's a 70's-set heist movie that involves Nixon (yet, still somehow not Steve McQueen) directed by Mark Steven Johnson (of DAREDEVIL and SIMON BIRCH "fame"). It stars Kate Bosworth, Travis Fimmel, William Fichtner, and...

Bruce Willis & Hayden Christensen team up for generically-titled First Kill

Posted 10 years ago

Man, I want a Bruce Willis who gives a shit back. It's not like he can't still give a great performance (just look at the recent MOONRISE KINGDOM). It's just that he seems content to do basically two-day walk-ons in Rebox...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Hitman Agent 47, Ray Donovan, Shameless

Posted 10 years ago

This Week: The last week of new releases for 2015 includes the return of Ray Donovan, Shameless and – for some reason – Hitman. Also, Kurt Russell vs. Cannibals. ► I’m pretty sure there was zero demand for another ‘Hitman’...

Review: Heist

Posted 10 years ago

  PLOT: Desperate for cash, the father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) of a terminally ill child rip-offs a violent casino boss (Robert De Niro) and finds himself pinned-down by both gangsters and the cops on a crowded city bus with his...

Danny Boyle to take on the Pink Panthers jewel thieves with Smash and Grab

Posted 13 years ago

TRANCE wasn't your typical heist movie, but apparently Danny Boyle enjoyed working in the genre so much he has to do another. Variety is reporting Boyle is set to direct a feature film version of the documentary SMASH AND GRAB:...

Sony picks up the Seth Rogen animated film Sausage Party and a maple syrup heist flick with Jason Segel

Posted 13 years ago

Somebody at Sony must have the munchies because today the studio has announced plans to move forward with two food themed films. The first is an R-rated animated comedy from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg titled SAUSAGE PARTY. Now, before...

Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist to be re-imagined as a heist movie; Bookworms worldwide die a little inside

Posted 13 years ago

Ow…this hurts my brain… THR has news that Sony has a re-imagining of the Charles Dickens‘ novel Oliver Twist in the works called DODGE AND TWIST. The idea comes from Ahmet Zappa (yes they are related) and his company Monsterfoot...

Heist

Posted 24 years ago

Review Date: Director: David Mamet Writer: David Mamet Producers: Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens Actors: Gene Hackman as Joe Moore, Delroy Lindo as Bobby Blane, Sam Rockwell as Jimmy Silk Plot: An old-school jewel thief hopes to do “one last job”...