To Catch A Thief (Special Edition) (DVD)

Advantages: Highly entertaining cinema
Disadvantages: Not a thing

...version that well, as I watched it in the cinema and it was before the days of VCR and DVD players. But I do remember thoroughly enjoying it (as I do most Steve McQueen movies) which is the reason I had avoided watching this remake for so long, studiously avoiding it on the shelves of the local video shop and in the Sky Movie listings. But a cold, wet December evening and a dearth of anything else decent to watch on the gogglebox led me to view it for the first time during the past week. I?m very glad I did. Isn?t it a real bonus when you begin to watch a movie with no real expectations of it being anything special and then it turns out to be an absolute gem? ~ ~ The plot is relatively simple, although the convolutions and twists in the storyline are not, keeping you guessing to the ultimate outcome right up to nearly the end of the movie... Read review

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Advantages: Greatest film ever made
Disadvantages: Drug abusive scenes

...Media: DVD - Action/Adventure Actors: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia Director: Brian De Palma Format: PAL, Special Edition Language: English, Spanish Region: 2 Classification: 18 and over Studio: Universal Pictures UK Release Date: 9th December 1983 Running Time: 164 minutes Price: £3.18 Scarface is my all-time favorite film, Starring Al Pacino as gangland mobster Tony Montana. His rise from the rough streets of Cuba to the top of Miami's drug fuelled empire. Tony Montana wanted it all wealth, power and control, he was living this life, which they call the American Dream. This film is surely a true great. It's greed for wealthness would make you envious. There's always a saying for people like Tony, ' the person that wants too much from life, risk... Read review

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Advantages: Delectable story, delightful screenplay
Disadvantages: They don't make films like this anymore

...' for Murder (1951), Rear Window (1953) and To Catch a Thief (1955). Hitchcock's work intrigued and engaged me, and I am now in the process of completing my Hitchcock DVD collection. And so being instantly smitten with Grace back on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in 1995 led me to gain a passionate interest in films and film making. To Catch a Thief is typical Hitchcock. It combines many, if not all, of his trademark features. It has the iconic ice queen blonde, Frances (Francie) Stevens (Kelly), the charming bad boy made good slightly down on his luck hero, John Robie (Cary Grant), combined with an interwoven, layered plot, a sophisiticated and charming screenplay and a slightly comedic twist at the end. Not to mention the brief cameo that is the trade mark of the Hitchcock film. The film is a gorgeous masterpiece of comedy, suspense, sexual... Read review

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