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Everything goes exactly as planned when Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) and
his crew pull a $35 million heist in Venice—until inside man, Steve (Edward Norton),
decides to take the millions in gold bars for himself.
A year later,
Charlie’s hunted Steve down, and Charlie and the rest of the crew are ready to get the
gold back. But to do that, Charlie’s got to convince expert safecracker Stella (Charlize
Theron) to do the job. What follows is a blur of planning and re-planning and high-speed
car chases (both above and below ground) with a small fleet of Minis.
In
fact, this movie takes my award for Best High-Speed Car Chase Involving Minis (bumping The Man Who Knew Too
Little into the number two position).
The Italian Job was
brilliantly written. It’s smart, suspenseful, and witty. In fact, it’s sometimes even
hilarious—thanks, especially, to Lyle (Seth Green), the crew’s computer genius, who
declares (repeatedly) that he’s the real creator of Napster. The cast—Theron,
Green, and even Wahlberg (who, in my mind, will forever be Marky Mark)—is spectacular.
And the action is even better. Don’t even waste the extra money on a rental—just go out
and buy it.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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