Posts Tagged ‘con-artist’

Jackie Brown (1997)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Crosby, Denise | Grier, Pam | Jackson, Samuel L. | Forster, Robert | Fonda, Bridget | Keaton, Michael | De Niro, Robert | Bowen, Michael | Tucker, Chris | Hamilton, Lisa Gay | Lister Jr., Tom 'Tiny' | Winston, Hattie | Haig, David | Graham, Aimee | Williams, Ellis | Ambrose, Tangie
Directors: Tarantino, Quentin
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Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss’ gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don’t even know. Here’s when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you’re talking about him, you’re dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That’s when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max’s help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff…

Score, The (2001)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Norton, Edward | Brando, Marlon | Angela Bassett | Farmer, Gary | Harrold, Jamie | Oz, Frank
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Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. Soon Max, his good friend and financial partner in the illegal affairs, comes along with an offer Nick can’t refuse: A historical and priceless French sceptre has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max’ man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jackie Teller to get the precious item, and suffer no more financial problems ever. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share?

Ocean’s Twelve (2004)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Damon, Matt | Cassel, Vincent | Mac, Bernie | Pitt, Brad | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Clooney, George | Kross, Ed | Roberts, Julia | Tiffany, Don | Jacques, Anne | Sontag, David | Sontag, Larry | Garcia, Andy | Affleck, Casey | Connolly, Dina | Caan, Scott | Peltz, Nelson | Anden, Mini
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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Set three years after “Ocean’s 11,” this sequel shows us Danny Ocean gathering up his complete gang of con artists and thieves from the first film in New York City before they all jet off to Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris to pull off three seperate heists. All the while, the boys must deal with increasing pressure from a very mad Terry Benedict, a dedicated Europol agent with a link to Rusty’s past, and a mysterious French rival known as the “Night Fox.” Will Ocean’s crew reach their full potential and become the greatest thieves the world has ever known, or will they fall victim to Benedict’s revenge? All bets are off.

Birthday Girl (2001)

Friday, August 24th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Kidman, Nicole | Chaplin, Ben | Cassel, Vincent | Kassovitz, Mathieu | Evans, Kate Lynn | Mangan, Stephen | Armstrong, Alexander | Phillips, Sally | McInnes, Jo | Miller, Ben | Aris, Jonathan | Barton-Chapple, Katya | Clarke, Rebecca | Gatiss, Mark | Ghatak, Raj
Directors: Butterworth, Jez
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Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John (played by Ben Chaplin) should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia (Nicole Kidman) is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia’s ‘cousins’ unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.

Duplex (2003)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Stiller, Ben | Barrymore, Drew | Essell, Eileen | Fierstein, Harvey | Theroux, Justin | Remar, James | Wisdom, Robert | Kurtz, Swoosie | Shawn, Wallace | Rudolph, Maya | Valletta, Amber | Klein, Cheryl | Maculan, Tim | Titone, Jackie | Lazarev, Yevgeni
Directors: DeVito, Danny
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Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), the cranky old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment but their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize that Mrs. Connelly is an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. A writer, Alex is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, each day as he begins to write, he is interrupted by Mrs. Connelly’s numerous demands and requests and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war. When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbour…

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Hanks, Tom | Walken, Christopher | Sheen, Martin | Baye, Nathalie | Adams, Amy | Brolin, James | Howe, Brian | Hughes, Frank John | Eastin, Steve | Ellis, Chris | Finn, John | Garner, Jennifer | Lenehan, Nancy | Pompeo, Ellen
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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An FBI agent tracks down and catches a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, assistant attorney general and history professor, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries.

Good Thief, The (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Canada | France | Ireland | UK
Actors: Kukhianidze, Nutsa | Embarek, Ouassini | Lavoine, Marc | Nolte, Nick | Karyo, Tchéky | Darmon, Gérard | Taghmaoui, Saïd | Kell, Patricia | Maurel, Julien | Kusturica, Emir | Munter, Roland | Zavatta, Warren | Trifard, Théo | Bridges, Sarah | Dromard, Nicolas
Directors: Jordan, Neil
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram.

Heartbreakers (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Weaver, Sigourney | Hewitt, Jennifer Love | Liotta, Ray | Lee, Jason | Bancroft, Anne | Jones, Jeffrey | Hackman, Gene | Dunn, Nora | Mechoso, Julio Oscar | Jay, Ricky | Silverman, Sarah | Galifianakis, Zach | Hitchcock, Michael | Gonneau, Pierre | Colvin, Shawn
Directors: Mirkin, David
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Max (Weaver) and Page (Hewitt) are a mother and daughter con team. Max seduces wealthy men into marrying her, then Page seduces them into infidelity so Max can rake them over the divorce court coals. And then it’s on to the next victim.

Colour Me Kubrick: A True…ish Story (2005)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Malkovich, John | Davidson, Jim | Grant, Richard E. | Mably, Luke | Warren, Marc | Rigby, Terence | Dreyfus, James | Bowles, Peter | Dharker, Ayesha | Powell, Robert | Goodman, Henry | Eziashi, Maynard | Phillips, Leslie | Blackman, Honor | Hootkins, William
Directors: Cook, Brian W.
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Based on true events, the story is of a man who bluffed his way into London’s high society by pretending to be legendary director Stanley Kubrick during the shooting of Eyes Wide Shut in 1998 and 1999.

Bad Santa (2003)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Cox, Tony | Kelly, Brett | Graham, Lauren | Tom, Lauren | Mac, Bernie | Ritter, John | Naidu, Ajay | Scott, Lorna | Bieker, Harrison | Borstein, Alex | Charles, Dylan | Gardell, Billy | Ross, Lisa | Callen, Bryan
Directors: Zwigoff, Terry
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“Bad Santa” is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo’s motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas.