Word: heist
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...course, the heist isn’t going to happen if Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington), the detective-cum-hostage negotiator on the case, has anything to say about it. Frazier is dealing with a psychotically-calm bank robber, but his personal life is a mess. He is embroiled in a fraud scandal at work and has a girlfriend who is pushing for marriage. So we have the cop-with-something-to-prove and the mysterious British villain (actually, Clive Owen might be playing American—his accent is a bit hard to pin down); toss in a shady power...
Feehan and Hamilton take their subject seriously, but not all do. In Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson, a former model uses her can't-be-killed status to scare the bejesus out of her stepmother, who did a postmortem heist of all her Manolo Blahniks (a shoe brand that pops up in these books a lot; the designer must offer a specter discount). It ends happily for our heroine, although these books are not the kind that necessarily conclude with a wedding. It's probably safer that way, given that for vampires, "till death do us part...
...version is still marginally validated by its 40 minutes of car chases. The automotive craziness and special effects are almost as heart-pounding and realistic as that of the remake. While many critics insist that remakes are never as good as originals, H.B. Halicki’s original heist extravaganza contradicts conventional wisdom. Even with special features about Halicki’s life and extra car chases, the Collector’s Edition of “Gone in 60 Seconds” is stale and massively overshadowed by the newer model...
...lifting the weighty themes is some lighthearted banter—and at least one mention of a “sexual bus stop in purgatory.”CRYSTALLIZING THE CHARACTERSCusack plays Charlie Arglist, a mob lawyer who, as the narrative begins, has just conducted an apparently successful heist of $2 million on Christmas Eve. The victim is Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid), the Godfather of the Kansas City crime syndicate. His partner in crime is alpha male Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton, in a sly reversal of the accomplice role from “A Simple Plan?...
...that the two are different but part of a “genre we love—musical character studies.” Crowe continues: “Hallelujah that the world is big enough for two movies about real characters. In a world where there are a zillion heist movies, let there be more movies about coping with loss and longing with great music.” Can I hear an “Amen” for the gospel of Cameron Crowe...