Thursday, 12 January 2017

Crime



Teenage ATM robbery gang who targeted pensioners jailed after sparking UK-wide hunt

Three men who sparked a UK wide search after a spate of robberies at ATM machines in Scotland have been caged for more than a year each. 

Felix Stoica, 19, Forin Geblescu, 18, and Piper Dumitri 18, targeted machines all over the country and stole cash from people including an 84-year-old pensioner.

Police Scotland circulated a UK wide bulletin to try and identify the teenagers - leading to police in Manchester and Wirral recognising them.

In August last year Stoica was given two years, Geblescu 16 months and Dumitri eight months behind bars for a similar offence in Merseyside.

Monday, 9 January 2017

World Film - Rififi




Rififi

Budget: $200,000
Stars: Jules Dassin, Robert Manuel, Carl Mohner, Jean Servais
Genre: Film Noir, crime, drama
Box office:$257,749
Production: Rialto
Certificate: Unrated
Marketing: Trailer, youtube videos.
It's a remake of Rififi that was first released in 1955, this would mean the film would already have fans or people who already know about the film.
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Reviews:

'Jules Dassin's classic jewel-thief caper of 1955 looks as smart as paint, with its unendurably tense, entirely wordless robbery section.'

'If elements of it seem overly familiar now, that's only because they were done first here, and picked up by every heist film that followed.'

'The father of all caper films.'

US Independant lm - Dope



Dope

Budget: $7 Million
Stars: A$AP Rocky, Shameik Moore, Kiersey Clemons, Chanel Iman, Zoe Kravitz, Tyga.
Genre: Comedy / drama
Box office: $17.5 million
Production: Open Road Films
Certificate: R
Marketing: Trailer, posters, released posters of every character as they got closer to the release date.
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Reviews:
'I felt like the jarring use of violence was intentional, meant to remind the audience that this situation is truly dangerous every time we got too comfortable while enjoying the laughs.'

'It's true the movie, like bad dope, was cut with too many genres, therefore choppy, but metaphorically, representative of the sampling style of the 90's, which "Dope' satirizes.

'The movie is worth its flaws in bitcoin. Zoe Kravitz, a flawless Lisa Bonet - wrong, more like Natalie (Halle Berry), in 'Strictly Business', another unsung 90's treasure.'