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‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, road movie, Streaming Movies, SVOD 11/24/2022 Sean Axmaker

Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges become unlikely partners in this offbeat road movie / caper film from 1974.

‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ – third time’s the charm on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, Comedy, DVD, heist, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/26/2022 Sean Axmaker

George Cooney and Brad Pitt reunite to old gang for one more romp in the third film in Steven Soderberg’s jaunty heist franchise.

‘Ocean’s Twelve’ – let’s do it again on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, heist, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 10/10/2022 Sean Axmaker

George Clooney is back as the caper ringleader and he brings the entire crew with him in Steven Soderbergh’s jaunty sequel to his swinging heist romp.

‘Ocean’s Eleven’ – the art of the modern heist on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, heist, Netflix, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 10/01/2022 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and friends join director Steven Soderbergh for a swinging heist romp.

Last chance: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Catch Me If You Can’ on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, BAFTA winner, Based on a nonfiction book, based on a true story, Blu-ray, caper, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

FBI agent Tom Hanks chases check forger Leonardo DiCaprio in Spielberg’s lively take on the true story of a con man who successfully posed as a pilot, a lawyer, and a doctor, and passed millions in forged checks, all before his 21st birthday.

Last chance: ‘Argo’ – a stranger than fiction rescue tale on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, based on a true story, Blu-ray, caper, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 09/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this based-on-a-true-story drama of the rescue of American hostages in Iran that won the Oscar for best picture.

'Furious 7' with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges, Jordana Brewster, and Dwayne Johnson

‘Furious 7’ – la familia gets bigger in Peacock

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, Peacock, Streaming Movies, Summer movie 09/14/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Dwayne Johnson and Kurt Russell join the heist-on-wheels speed franchise and its extended family in this wildly entertaining, globetrotting chapter.

‘Now You See Me’ – a sleight-of-hand heist on Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, Crime, DVD, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/18/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco pay stage magicians who combine con games, high-concept heists, and an elaborate revenge plot in this silly but colorful and entertaining crime fantasy.

‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ on Disney+ and Hulu

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Animation, based on a novel, Blu-ray, caper, Comedy, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Wes Anderson brings his distinctive sensibility to Roald Dahl fantasy and stop motion animation in this storybook kid’s movie for grown-ups.

John Cleese falls for ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ on Paramount+

!Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, British Cinema, caper, Comedy, DVD, Free, Hoopla, Paramount+, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/14/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin costar in this zippy mix of caper comedy, sexy romantic comedy, and Pythonesque zaniness, one of the funniest films of the 1980s.