The Bank Job 2008  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Georgia Taylor, Richard Lintern, Peter Bowles, Alistair Petrie, Angus Wright, David Suchet, Rupert Frazer, Christopher Owen
This story is based on a 1971 bank heist in London that begins when Martine (Saffron Burrows) tells Terry (Jason Statham) that the alarms have been shut down temporarily at the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank while the security system is being changed. Terry is a car dealer who has been having financial problems. He listens to Martine and then rounds up his friends (Stephen Campbell, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, and Alki David) to tunnel in for a bank heist. After four days of digging, while Eddie (Michael Jibson) is stationed on a nearby roof with his walkie-talkie, they open the vaults and find cash and valuable jewelry–along with incriminating secrets involving the Royal Family, the British government, and notorious gangsters. What they do not know is that because a ham radio operator (Angus Wright) has been listening in on Eddie's conversations and has alerted the authorities, the heist is doomed.
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 Empire of the Sun 1987 PG, 152 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, Burt Kwouk, Ben Stiller, Robert Stephens, Masato Ibu, Emily Richard, Rupert Frazer, Peter Gale, Takatoro Kataoka, David Neidorf
During the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1941, Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) was 11-years-old when he was separated from his upper-class parents, captured, and placed in a Japanese confinement camp. While in prison, Jamie overcomes illness and food shortages. He learns how to survive and shares his spirit with others in the camp.
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Scoop 2006  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Woody Allen, Romola Garai, Kevin McNally, Jim Dunk, Geoff Bell, Christopher Fulford, Nigel Lindsay, Fenella Woolgar, Matt Day, Rupert Frazer
Recently deceased journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) is still able, in his after-life, to uncover a good story. He works through college journalist Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) who, in turn, teams up with two-bit magician Sid Waterman (Woody Allen) to uncover information implicating distinguished British Lord Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman) as the "Tarot Card Killer" who has been terrorizing London.
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Shadow Run 2000  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Geoffrey Reeve
Cast: Michael Caine, James Fox, Leslie Grantham, Christopher Cazenove, Kenneth Colley, Matthew Pochin, Rae Baker, Rupert Frazer, Tim Healy, Emma Reeve, Katherine Reeve, Angela Douglas
Gangster boss Landon-Higgins (James Fox) assigns Haskell (Michael Caine) the job of hijacking an armored van filled with cash. As they work to carry out the heist, fears rise to the fore as Haskell suspects Landon-Higgins of a double cross.
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| 1. The Bank Job (2008)
2. Empire of the Sun (1987)
3. Scoop (2006)
4. Shadow Run (2000)
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