In the heist comedy “Going in Style,” Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin star as Joe, Willie, and Albert, lifelong friends who hatch a drastic, late-in-life plan to become bank robbers. The catalyst for this career change comes after the factory which employs the men suddenly decides to shift manufacturing overseas to Vietnam, leaving […]
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Film review: “Youth”
Two affluent, aging, creative types contemplate love, life, and regrets in the melancholy dramatic-comedy “Youth” from Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (“The Great Beauty”). Michael Caine portrays a renowned composer, Fred Ballinger, now semi-retired and enjoying an extended stay at a luxurious spa in the Swiss Alps. In this secluded paradise the wealthy patrons can laze […]
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“Now You See Me”
Bank-robbing magicians is the basic idea behind “Now You See Me,” and it’s such a ridiculous and yet ingenious premise for a movie that it’s a wonder it hasn’t been done before now. The marriage of magic to the heist film genre is a natural fit; both require a fair amount of misdirection, sleight-of-hand, and […]
