Also Watched - The Ladykillers, Blue Ruin, Brooklyn, Magnum Force, The Limey, High-Rise

This week I watched The Ladykillers, Blue Ruin, Brooklyn, Magnum Force, The Limey, High-Rise.


The Ladykillers (2004)
Written by: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (screenplay), William Rose (movie "The Ladykillers")
Directed by:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Starring: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Ryan Hurst, Bruce Campbell
Rated: R

Tom Hanks plays a Southern professor leading a band of would-be robbers on a heist.

 
Blue Ruin (2013)
Written by: Jeremy Saulnier
Directed by: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring:  Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Rated: R

A man returns to his childhood hometown for vengeance.


Brooklyn (2015)
Written by:  Nick Hornby (screenplay), Colm Tóibín (novel)
Directed by: John Crowley
Starring:   Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson
Rated: PG-13

An Irish immigrant girl has to decide whether home is Brooklyn or Ireland.


Magnum Force (1973)
Written by: Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink (original material), John Milius and Michael Cimino (screenplay), John Milius (story)
Directed by: Ted Post
Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan
Rated: R

Dirty Harry tracks down vigilante cops.


The Limey (1999)
Written by:  Lem Dobbs
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring:  Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Nicky Katt
Rated: R

An Englishman goes to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter.


High-Rise (2015)
Written by:  J.G. Ballard (novel), Amy Jump
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy
Rated: R

Things get out of control for residents in a condo.