Movies
Available On DVD This Tuesday : 02/21/12
Since we’re all huge movie nerds over here, we started doing a weekly post about the new DVD releases coming out every Tuesday.
While there wasn’t much to get excited about this week, I’m definitely interested in checking out the two movies below!
Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in Tower Heist, a comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them.
Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it.
Director Clint Eastwood delves into the personal life of J. Edgar Hoover with this biopic starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the controversial FBI director. Hoover was feared, admired, reviled and revered, a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it. His methods were at once ruthless and heroic, with the admiration of the world his most coveted prize. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. Naomi Watts and Armie Hammer head up a supporting cast that includes Josh Lucas, Ed Westwick, and Damon Herriman.
Francesco
February 21, 2012 at 5:15 pm
My parents saw “J. Edgar” and they enjoyed it. I was on the fence about “Tower Heist”, but I may end up checking it out.