#caper comedy

[ulkaralakbarova]

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they’ve decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Penelope Stamp: Rachel Weisz Bloom: Adrien Brody Stephen: Mark Ruffalo Bang Bang: Rinko Kikuchi Curator: Robbie Coltrane Diamond Dog: Maximilian Schell Narrator (voice): Ricky Jay Rose: Nora Zehetner Young Bloom: Zachary Gordon Young Stephen: Max Records Charleston: Andy Nyman The Duke: Noah Segan Himself: Ram Bergman Apple Cart Vendor: Craig Johnson Albino: Dubravko Jovanović Young Girl: Esme Tyler Young Boy: Jovan Vitas Charleston’s Wife: Ana Sofrenović Chief of Police: Vladimír Kulhavý Snack Car Attendant: Alek Rodic Oafish Foster Father: Josif Tatić Foster Dad: Slobodan Ćustić Foster Mom: Branka Pujić Excited Boy: George Bocchetti Excited Boy: Elis Derham Bar Patron: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Bar Patron: Lukas Haas German Bar Owner (uncredited): Stefan Kapicic Film Crew: Casting: Mary Vernieu Costume Design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor Writer: Rian Johnson Production Design: Jim Clay Original Music Composer: Nathan Johnson Director of Photography: Steve Yedlin Producer: Ram Bergman Casting: Shannon Makhanian Executive Producer: Wendy Japhet Producer: James D. Stern Editor: Gabriel Wrye Executive Producer: Douglas Hansen Music Supervisor: Brian Reitzell Music Editor: Drew DeAscentis Stunt Coordinator: Glenn Marks Set Decoration: Sophie Newman Script Supervisor: Nada Pinter Co-Producer: Tom Karnowski Co-Producer: Matthew J. Birch Unit Production Manager: Elena Zokas Unit Production Manager: Richard Sharkey First Assistant Director: Sean Guest Second Assistant Director: James Andrew Haven Hair Designer: Graham Johnston Supervising Art Director: Paul Kirby Art Direction: Jasna Dragović Assistant Art Director: Branislav ‘Bane’ Stevanović Assistant Art Director: Mladen Lisavac Assistant Set Decoration: Dejan Anđelković Property Master: Dave Fisher Unit Publicist: Alisa Buckley Still Photographer: Slobodan Pikula Transportation Coordinator: Nenad Kokot Post Production Supervisor: Philip Harrelson Visual Effects Supervisor: Ron Simonson Sound Designer: Jonathan Miller Sound Recordist: Jason Gaya ADR Mixer: Andrew Morgado ADR Mixer: Judah Getz Foley Mixer: Zach Michaelis Foley Mixer: John B. Cormier Driver: Aleksandar Ilić Movie Reviews:

[talk-danmei-to-me]

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre in "All Through the Night"

I could not resist making this set (even though there's a sharper gif out there via @peterlorrelove) because -

Darling man Peter Lorre ❤❤❤

The way he looks down at his cigarette in the second one is as alluring as that little nod and finger curl he does in the first one

I am perfectly normal about all this

It's perfectly reasonable to want to be what he's holding

[zippocreed501]

Peter Sellers as Pearly Gates and Bernard Cribbins as Nervous O'Toole

The Wrong Arm of the Law  (1963)

[theoscarsproject]

A Fish Called Wanda (1988). In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.

I was really expecting to love this one - particularly as a big Monty Python fan - but I don't know. It didn't really do all that much for me. I didn't mind the silliness or the hijinks, and Kevin Kline really is pretty funny in it, but to me it just felt like it kept changing its mind about what it wanted to be in a way that didn't charm me as much as it seems to have others. So yeah. Just not for me, I guess. 4/10.

[erikasandersonactor]

Audio Drama Hub Podfest 2023

More live show and audio shenanigans!

This weekend (Sat 4th Nov) I’ll be performing in a brand new audio comedy GERTRUDE & DOROTHY from Unbound Theatre as part of Audio Drama Hub’s Podfest 2023.

The show will be performed live at Wycombe Swan’s Oak Room on Saturday night, and streamed online.

Tickets for the live shows and audio workshops and panels throughout the day available from the Wycombe Swan website.

[countesspetofi]

Vincent Price as board game tycoon Milton Parker in SCAVENGER HUNT (1979)

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 26, 1967, Catalina Caper debuted in San Diego, California.

Here's some new art inspired by the cult classic!

[romanceyourdemons]

i mean idk what else i expected from a british film from the 60s but there’s a whole joke character here whose bit is. he’s attracted to fat women. cue the laughter, what a sick pervert he is, why isn’t he attracted exclusively to bond girls like a normal person

[lifewithaview]

I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970) Jeannie and the Marriage Caper

S1E4

When Tony's future father-in-law is accepting an ambassadorship, he offers Tony a prestigious position if he leaves tbroken engagementhe Air Force.

[sloshed-cinema]

The Innocent [L’Innocent] (2022)

Clémence has more improv skill in her left pinkie than your average UCB troupe member.  The aquarium worker starts out the film as a chaotic presence, disrupting Abel’s tank talk (the pronunciation of ‘axolotl’ is VERY important and VERY hard for little French kids) and making his early and extremely incompetent surveillance efforts that much more difficult.  Not that he isn’t doing a grand job of that himself.  Immediately suspicious of the ex-con his over-attached mother married while still in the big house, stick-in-the-mud Abel sets out tailing new stepfather Michel.  Very poorly.  Michel has a warmly indifferent attitude toward this, wryly commenting on the moped Abel’s car is about to hit while watching him through the window of a diner.  His associate in one last heist is less forgiving: get rid of the baggage or he’ll deal with it.  For Abel’s suspicions are correct: Michel is pulling a job rather than going totally clean.  But he’s a charismatic and charming presence nonetheless.  Salsa dancing with his wife in their new flower shop, training Abel and Clémence to improvise a scene compelling enough to keep the truck driver hauling the caviar they intend to steal glued to his truck stop seat rather than returning to his coach on his regular schedule, he’s a winning presence.  This is what cements the magic of The Innocent.  Crime capers need for us to root for the criminals, to want them to pull it off.  And this film pulls that off with ease through the creation of a gaggle of wonderful characters, melding comedy with weight.  The haggard, moody defensiveness of Abel.  The crazed look in Clémence’s eyes as she commandeers the heist van.  The genuine pain when Michel realizes his dream life is slipping away and Sylvie’s hurt at her betrayal.  It’s a simple, small story, and all the better for that.

Abel may be the worst improv scene partner in history.  Clémence has to absolutely carry them, bringing the trucker into this couple’s pain and then pivoting with all of Abel’s missteps to keep the ship on its course.  And when a double-cross threatens things?  Why not just grab a traffic cone and impersonate a horde of cops?  Absolutely the move.

THE RULES

SIP

Someone says ‘flower’ or ‘axolotl’.

Abel looks disapproving.

Abel’s past is brought up.

The dog starts barking.

Clémence is... not all there.

BIG DRINK

Split screen moment.

Clémence pulls a 5D chess move.

[clemsfilmdiary]

Dunstan Checks In (1996, Ken Kwapis)

6/28/24

[agentnico]

The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024) review

This would make for a great triple bill alongside The Hateful Eight and Bad Times at the El Royale!

Plot: While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.

These types of film noir crime capers are consistently referred to as Coen Brothers-like, or Lynchian, or Tarantinoesque, but at this point I swear we need to come up with an actual genre name for these movies. An ironic western film noir so to speak. Regardless, I really enjoy these sort of movies. A interesting ensemble of characters stuck together in one place and then things go sideways. The amusingly titled The Last Stop in Yuma County is exactly that, yet even though it treads familiar territory, it still manages to stand out as the most entertaining movies of this year so far. Which isn’t high competition as the only two other stand out flicks of the year so far are Dune: Part Two and Furiosa, both set in the desert. Wait - The Last Stop in Yuma County is technically also set in the desert of the Americano plato. Can it be - my top 3 films of 2024 so far are all set in the desert! Coincidence? Yeah, probably.

What a confident film debut for the Francis Gallupi! In addition from managing to obtain outstanding performances from his mostly unknown cast of actors, the director demonstrates a vast knowledge of the cinematographic language, as even though you can tell that this movie was made on a small budget, he manages to successfully create an immersive experience for the audience. The camerawork and use of colour is great, but I also applaud him for managing to take what essentially is a very simple straightforward story, and make it really engaging and exciting by consistently upholding a sense of rising tension from scene to scene. This is an extremely well-paced build up, especially in the first two thirds of the film, which naturally results in an excitingly chaotic climactic Mexican stand-off. So hats off to Gallupi - I’m certain we will be seeing more work from him soon. Wait, he’s directing the next Evil Dead movie?! What???

I’ve already mentioned the solid performances. In regards to big names there’s only really Jim Cummings and Richard Brake, with Cummings highly entertaining as an anxiety riddled divorced father who is constantly on the brink of having a darkly comedic panic attack, and Brake as usual delivering a creepy unsettling turn as one of the robbers. But I even recognise some of the other actors. Gene Jones as part of the elderly couple played the shopkeeper in No Country for Old Men where Javier Bardem nearly killed him over a coin toss. Then there is Faizon Love who was the store manager in Elf! That’s right, the one who caused Will Ferrell to scream his signature line “Santa!!!! Oh my God!!!!” But this proves the point of why indie films are so charming. You don’t need big name actors to make a good movie. There’s so much talent out there and everyone in this movie played their part well.

The Last Stop in Yuma County is a movie that has existed before and will be made many more times again. However it is the overall presentation that makes it stand out, and it hit all the marks for me. Only complaint I’d say is that even though it’s a short movie, the last 15 minutes do drag a little as after the big inevitable shootout the film continues a little longer and loses a little it’s well crafted pace. Also throughout the movie so many characters end up walking into the diner that I do think the movie could have lost a couple and still been as enjoyable. Nevertheless a great time overall, and makes me only wonder, would rhubarb pie really taste THAT good?…

Overall score: 7/10

[duranduratulsa]

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[zippocreed501]

The Wrong Arm of the Law  (1963)

directed by Cliff Owen