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King of Thieves Is No Steal

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On paper, King of Thieves is an eye-catching affair. With Oscar winning director James Marsh leading a stacked cast of the UK’s finest actors, the film is primed for success. Yet, the end product is a tonal mashup that is woefully ordinary despite the pedigree of its cast and crew.

The film tells the true story of a crew of retired crooks (Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, and Paul Whitehouse) who aim to pull off the biggest bank heist in British history. They must fend off mounting distrust and flaring egos in order to keep their hopes for a cushy retirement alive.
From the opening minutes, the film reveals its highs and lows. We’re quickly introduced to our band of thieves who are all attending the funeral for the wife of Brian Reader (Caine). They get to cracking wise with each other instantly, and what is at first endearing thanks to the actors’ ability to draw you in is soon offset by the realization of the setting. The decision ends up taking the gravitas out of the situation. This scenario plays out multiple times throughout the film’s runtime and it lends more confusion than anything else to the overall product.
However, don’t get it twisted, the cast is often delightful and successful whether they are trying to get a chuckle out of you or creating a sense of tension. Caine and Winstone control the scene whenever they decide to turn on the malice, and Courtenay and Michael Gambon‘s Billy the Fish are reliable and consistent sources of comedy. Isolated, these performances are enjoyable snacks; these men have had a place in the industry for so long for a reason.
It’s the combination of it all that doesn’t quite come together in the right way. Comedic timing is ruined when its soon followed by a murderous threat, and the laugh can’t land as hard when its based on #oldpeopleproblems for the fifth time in a row. An emotional and weighty line reading can easily transform into a mundane scene when it’s shot in a routine way.
King of Thieves is the definition of a fine film. It’s okay, routine, a 5/10. But it’s exactly that which makes it so frustrating when dwelled upon. Caine and the rest of the cast only have so many more years to deliver top-notch performances and in an ideal world, those would be spent on films like The Dark Knight, Hot Fuzz, or Paddington 2. Features that will live on in different subsets of fandom for years to come. Unfortunately, King of Thieves is not one of those films. It’s here today, forgotten by tomorrow.
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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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