//M.T) Heist and Robberies

Surprisingly a very good film. If you're expecting a Hollywood Action film as I was (yes I didn't read up on it before I watched it) you'll be pleasantly surprised by this story. based on true events, told in a true London gangster tradition kind of way, with high ranking envolvement.

A very enjoyable Brit film, with a great cast. Statham is back playing the roles he is good at.

Much more impressive than Ocean?s 12 and much more on par with the first of the trilogy. More trickery, gadgets, team working and planning, an entertaining watch, however I did get quite excited when I saw Vincent Cassell, only to be disappointed when I realized it was just a cameo role for him.

An extremely surprising find with possibly Ethan Hawke?s best performance to date, plus great performances from both Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Albert Finney. The flashbacks are a tad tiresome at times, but the editing of them are very clever in the storytelling. A unique angle for the ?robbery? theme films and one that just got better and better as it went on.

Entertaining and different, a love triangle with unusual circumstances. An easy laid back watch.

A very clever heist plot, with a great performance from Clive Owen, a very enjoyable watch.

Quite typical of this style of film, so not particularly original, yet it was easy watching and had some good little technical moments. Definitely a film worth watching, liked the mix of Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany in this.

This sequel was absolutely awful. How can they get it so wrong, with the list of stars that appeared in this movie? Had to watch it in two parts from boredom and when it came to the 'Julia' scene, I just thought it was laughable

Watchable but pretty boring in part. I think the performance in this film goes to the actual lady and not the killers

Not the best heist film I've ever seen, but a strong cast (half of which I'd forgotten was in this film) and an easy sit back and and just watch with no complicated working out - a film for a lazy day!

Possibly my favourite comedy of all time, a family Christmas film this ain't! In fact quite the contrary.

Billy-Bob's charater's bad attitude is hillarious, he plays a bad guy really well and the shock factor lasts throughout the film. Definitely my kind of humour.

A surprisingly enjoyable film, one that you can just sit back at let it unravel.

A good little scheme, predictable, but enjoyable.

With part of the same cast as Lock, Stock and of course appearances by Brad Pitt and Benico Del Torro, this film shares the same principles of Lock, Stock, whilst raising the stakes. Themed with unlicensed fighting, this film takes you into a part of the criminal underworld, rarely shared. The characters are again developed well and intertwine nicely and comically.

What Director Frank Oz has put together here are three generations of outstanding Talent.

A sophisticated Heist movie, character driven, with an exciting build up to the Criminal Mastermind Operation. Exciting, tense at times and genius work with the use of the character ?Brian?.

This film gets added to my favourite film endings list.

With an all star cast I think this was a pretty good film, great twist

A fantastic performance by Brittany Murphy makes this story so great. My favourite performance of hers to date. Original story, covering a heist, a mental institution and a kidnap

VERDICT: Definitely recommend.

I think if this had been based on a ture story the events would have seemed a little more intersting. Kevin Spacey plays a mastermind of a criminal, who is shared by his wife and her sister.

The only known Irish person in this film that I recognised was Colin Farrell, who played a relatively small part.

Interesting story, not very interestly told.

VERDICT: Worth a watch, but wait until it's on tv

A superb performance by Ben Kingsley who had the accent and style of talk down to an absolute ?T?. The film itself and storyline seemed to lack something I can?t quite put my finger on. Less convincing to British viewers was the idea of Ian McShane, aka Lovejoy as the top guy.



Ben Kingsley?s performance is definitely the biggest contribution to the amount of stars but just have to mention how great Amanda Redman looked in this, especially as a Brunette.

Hilarious circumstances, with some really funny moments. Enjoyable with a good comedy plot.

One of my favourite British films, so many well know faces in this film, both big stars like Ray Winston, Robert Carlisle and Phil Davis, along with lots of others that Brits will recognise.

A story of a robbery that turns into a dog eat dog competition of greed.

I think Robert Carlisle has to be one of the best British actors at perfecting different regional accents.

VERDICT: Quite an old film now, but if you've not seen it, give it a watch, I have probably watched this film around 10 times at least

One of the most monotenous films ever made. It was certainly action packed, but it just went on and on doing the same thing over and over again.

One for the 'awful films' list.

Directed by Roger Avery, Produced by Quentin Tarantino, amidst the height of the 90?s Cult drug fuelled storylines, topped with violent criminals and a chaotic bank robbery.

Some pretty good camera shot interpretations and probably the role Eric Stoltz is best known for (apart from his smaller role in Pulp Fiction that is).

Certainly not flawless and perhaps the one that has dated more than some of the other within this genre and era, but one woth watching.

An Oldie, but worth a watch

This is a great film, Martin Short is very funny in this

Have put off watching this film for years and I have to say it was everything I?d expected from the 80?s Action Flic, guns, explosives, more guns and more explosives. I did like the Bruce Willis character and can see it?s appeal to Action junkies, but it?s a fairly drawn out affair at 2 hours 7 minutes and feel at times, it was a little repetative.

Phil Collins as Buster Edwards, one of the Great Train Robbers, shows the whole thing before, during and after through Buster's eyes and his wife played by the talented Julie Walters.

Filled with various other known British actors to tell a pretty interesting story of true crime.

VERDICT: Worth a watch, a true story of a London villain

A little tongue n cheek storyline, with a slightly different style to most Hitchcock films, which was an enjoyable watch, without being one of the greats. There is very much a comical theme throughout.

Not quite as good as I was expecting this to to be, although I think Faye Dunnaway played a great part. Interesting to know the full story, but a lot of boing parts this hasn't made me become any more of a Warren Beatty than I was.

Worthy of all it?s praise, Cagney just has great presence on screen and of course the lovable rogue image suits him well.

As a storyline, this ticks many boxes for me, a Gangster story, Robbery, Undercover operation and is such a good base story for modern day films and tv Dramas.

An instant favourite!

Entertaining and comical with great developed characters, sporting a transatlantic cast. A great bad guy role for Kevin Kline.

Such a huge musical production adapted from the Charles Dickens novel, which captured the era and it?s class divide so clearly. The film also managed to show an authentic look of London during the 19th Century, made possible from a huge ensemble of people working on the set design and build.

Impressive casting abilities allowed for a perfectly selected group of Actors to bring the already established characters to life and do them justice and have made the characters, people whom weve all come to know and love today.

Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart set the mood of scenes throughout and have become well-known sing along classics.

Some interesting ?Behind the scenes? footage appear on the special features and are worth taking a look at.

Oliver is a must see of Classic musicals.