11 Harrowhouse (1974)
11 Harrowhouse is a wryly witty spoof on the heist flick, adapted by star and first-time screenwriter Charles Grodin from a Jeffrey Bloom script based on the Gerald A. Browne novel of the same...
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The Getaway (1972)
This is the third time I’ve seen The Getaway (as of this writing) and with each instance, I have grown to like it more. It’s one of those films that seems edgier and fresher as time...
21 Eyes (2003) | aka: Replay
21 Eyes is a high-concept thriller told almost entirely from the perspective of twenty-one security video cameras capturing the events revolving around a botched robbery attempt of a priceless diamond at the home of a...
Little Man (2006)
They superimposed Marlon Wayans’ head on the body of a young dwarf to create the effect of making him look small, but one part of him did appear to shrink down to tiny size during...
Across 110th Street (1972)
One of the grittiest and most violent films of its era, Across 110th Street, is a reliable police action vehicle made especially compelling with its claustrophobic location work, giving us a feel of the bleakness and...
Quick Change (1990)
Bill Murray stars as Grimm, a man who dresses like a clown in order to fool the police when he and his two cohorts commit a bank robbery which sees them taking away a...
Hudson Hawk (1991)
I guess my biggest surprise about Bruce Willis’ most notorious turkey is that it actually has gained a cult following over the years. I can only speculate as to why. Then again, I was...
After the Sunset (2004)
After the Sunset mixes the quirky plot of To Catch a Thief, the plucky tongue-in-cheek humor of Ocean’s Eleven, and the character-driven interactions of damn near every Elmore Leonard novel that was ever written (The Big Bounce‘s...
The Ladykillers (2004)
Perhaps the lesser of all of the Coen Brothers’ films, their remake of the 1955 film, The Ladykillers, proves to be just too disjointed to fully enjoy in its totality. Blame miscasting of the supporting...
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Cradle 2 the Grave marks the third hip hop kung fu gangsta flick from Polish cinematographer Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds being the other two), and the result isn’t bad, it’s just more of the same. Cradle is...