Posts Tagged ‘Tom Wilkinson’

Duplicity [Movie Review]

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

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Ray Koval [Clive Owen] and Claire Stenwick [Julia Roberts] are former intelligence operatives who are now working for corporate businesses. They plan to take two rival corporations, owned by Howard Tully [Tom Wilkinson] and Richard Garsik [Paul Giamatti], for a ride and try to swindle some 40 million dollars out of the deal. (more…)

Valkyrie [Movie Review]

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

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Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg [Tom Cruise] has come to the conclusion that to serve Germany and to serve Hitler [David Bamber] is two completely different things. After being injured in Africa Stauffenberg is recruited by General Friedrich Olbricht [Bill Nighy] to become a part of the coup and overthrow Hitler so to end the war and save Germany.

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RockNRolla [Movie Review]

Friday, November 21st, 2008

So it’s been a while I suppose since I’ve really drooled over a movie. Possibly Taken was the last movie that I enjoyed this much, and after the utter disappointment that was Quantum of Solace this movie was the right pick me up I needed. Guy Ritchie returns with some new tricks up his sleeve for his newest movie, RockNRolla.

Now as with Ritchie’s more popular movies [i.e. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch] the movie follows a few different characters who all end up knocking heads together by end of the flick, and of course this all involves the British Underworld. In this edition of Ritchie’s ‘how to’ guide for the anglo-gangster we get to observe a few groups of characters.

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