The Score (2001)
In a summer where Hollywood typically tries to wow us with grandiose special effects epics, it’s refreshing to see such an old fashioned caper not only released amid the blockbusters, but a well-made one...
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Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Every few years, I’ll watch Reservoir Dogs again just to see if my opinion changes on it, since it has a fervent following of fans that maintain its brilliance among films. Without fail, my opinion stays...
Reindeer Games (2000)
As soon as you find out that the movie’s set around Christmas time, and the main characters in the film are named “Rudy” and “Nick”, you know you’re going to be in for a...
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Wealthy billionaire playboy Thomas Crown (Brosnan, Tomorrow Never Dies) devises a plan whereby he steals a Monet painting values at over $100 million. An insurance agent (Russo, Lethal Weapon 4) would much rather get the painting back rather...
Hard Rain (1998)
Hard Rain and Chain Reaction. What do these two movies have in common? Answer: they both have Morgan Freeman (Kiss the Girls, The Shawshank Redemption) as the bad guy, and star an annoying, young, lackluster protagonist. Note...
Bottle Rocket (1996)
A terrific start of sorts for most of the people involved creatively in this quirky but extremely fun tale. Director Wes Anderson, who later went on to gain more respect with Rushmore, seems to have...
Wonder Seven (1994)
Wonder Seven assembles a varied cast as a group of seven well-trained Chinese government secret op agents who are assigned to recover a stolen computer disk. Things get a bit dicey for the crew when...
Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (1994)
Lee is the head inspector for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau of Hong Kong, a sort of swat team battling Chinese crime syndicates. Tung is the leader of one of Hong Kong’s most...
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Five strangers are hired by millionaire Thomas Crown (Bullitt, The Getaway) to pull of a bank robbery, dump their money and go their separate ways. The Boston police are baffled until a female insurance investigator...