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 | | 4. To Catch a Thief | | | Starring: Cary Grant Grace Kelly Director: Alfred Hitchcock | | Format: DVD Release Date: 1/17/2006 |  | To Catch a Thief - DVD By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/27/2007 7:26 PM | |
Alfred Hitchcock went a little soft in 1955, giving Cary Grant a largely throwaway role as a reformed cat burglar living incognito in the south of France. Hitch would really put Grant through the ringer in 1959's North by Northwest. Here, though, Grant's enjoying a day in the sun -- and night -- as he tries to track down the villain that's giving him a bad name. You see, John Robie (Grant) is retired. But some young upstart is stealing his M.O. -- and the new cat's eyes are on Robie's new would-be girlfriend, Frances (Grace Kelly), and her mom (Jessie Royce Landis). read the full review | |
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 | | 9. Home Alone | | | Starring: Macaulay Culkin Director: Chris Columbus | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/6/2009 | | Home Alone - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/21/2008 4:31 PM | |
Back in 1990, Home Alone was a movie sensation. Believe it or not, it earned more than $285 million during its theatrical release, more than Monsters, Inc., Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The Incredibles. While those films will surely endure, Home Alone has since turned into the butt of numerous jokes. Indeed, Home Alone is now the fallback film for anyone looking to pinpoint the decline of cinema as art. read the full review | |
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 | | 11. Heat | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Val Kilmer Director: Michael Mann | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/4/2007 | | Heat - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/30/2009 11:42 PM | |
I hate to condone the making of 3-hour long movies, but Heat is one in which you're not going to fall asleep. Comparisons to Casino are going to be inevitable, with both hitting the 180-minute mark and starring Robert De Niro as a crook, but unlike that film, Heat manages to keep the interest level high throughout the whole picture. Heat is the instantly gripping tale of a large-scale heist leader and die-hard loner named Neil McCauley (De Niro). As the film opens, he and his team of brutal, precision thieves (including Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore) knock over (literally) an armored car for a stash of bearer bonds. On the case is Detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), a troubled, angst-ridden veteran of the LAPD. read the full review | |
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 | | 18. Bad Santa | | | Starring: Bernie Mac Billy Bob Thornton Director: Terry Zwigoff | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/10/2006 | | Bad Santa - DVD Review By: Annette Cardwell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/23/2009 5:09 PM | |
Director Terry Zwigoff launched a career with his debut film, Crumb, the disturbing yet fascinating documentary about cult comic book artist Robert Crumb. It’s rumored that in order to get Crumb to agree to have a biopic, Zwigoff threatened to kill himself if Crumb refused to cooperate. Then the film festival hero went on to direct the fantastically negative, critically acclaimed Ghost World. From those dark beginnings comes Bad Santa, Zwigoff’s idea of a Christmas movie, and it’s nothing less than you’d expect. Finally, misanthropes have a holiday film of their very own. read the full review | |
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 | | 23. Ocean's Twelve new! | | | Starring: George Clooney Julia Roberts Director: Steven Soderbergh | | Format: DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Ocean's Twelve - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/15/2007 4:23 AM | |
Danny Ocean and his crew of master thieves are back on the hunt in Ocean's Twelve, but damn if you won't have a hard time mustering up an opinion about it. Twelve picks up 3 1/2 years after the surprisingly delightful original (er, remake), with our heroes living high on the hog on the spoils from robbing Terry Benedict's (Andy Garcia) Bellagio casino. Abruptly, Benedict finds them all -- Danny (George Clooney) is married to Tess in the suburbs, Frank (Bernie Mac) is running a nail salon, and so on -- and demands his money back in two weeks. read the full review | |
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 | | 38. Heat (Blu-Ray) new! | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Al Pacino Director: Michael Mann | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 11/10/2009 | | Heat - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: David R Perry - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 11/11/2009 7:51 AM | | Much was made of the mythic pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat. To the point where you wondered if people paid as much attention to the film itself as to fulfilling some fanboy wish for the ultimate action movie cast. But it's almost that too; it's both a good film and an acting tour de force. And it's also a key catalog release that is now finally available in high definition. Heat is the story of two career businessmen. One just happens to be a cop, while the other is an expert criminal. But they are both in a similar emotional state. Both are married to their jobs, both have difficulty sacrificing that to build meaningful relationships, and despite the fact that they would both like to change those aspects of their lives, they feel incapable of doing so. read the full review | |
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 | | 46. Home Alone 2-Lost in New York | | | Starring: Macaulay Culkin Director: Chris Columbus | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/7/2006 | User Rating: 5 | | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - DVD Review By: Jason Morgan - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 9/25/2009 8:08 PM | |
When Macaulay Culkin's trap-setting, burglar-fighting, Christmas-celebrating Home Alone grossed more than $477 million in its initial theatrical run in 1990, a sequel was inevitable. Two years later, Culkin was alone again, but this time New York City was his warzone. Unfortunately, we're the victims of his re-hashed antics. The McCallisters are on their way to Florida for Christmas vacation. Kevin (Culkin) makes it to the airport with his family, but somehow ends up getting on the wrong flight and lands in New York, alone. Armed with his father's wallet and a tape recorder (dubbed the "Talkboy," for marketing purposes), Kevin sets himself up in a swanky hotel room and hangs out at fancy toy store. read the full review | |
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