Entrapment (DVD)

Entrapment is a 1999 film directed by Jon Amiel and the main characters are played by Virginia 'Gin' Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Robert MacDougal (Connery). Virginia is hired by an insurance company to catch veteran thief Robert. The film will forever be remembered for a very revealing scene of Zeta-Jones rear, yes her bum. The movie in itself is something that I will remember for another reason, and that is The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. That is where breath taking shots are shown of two stars. You have to marvel at physical activities of grand dad Connery and the beauty of Mrs Douglas. Some of the locations are ...  Read the complete review

Entrapment is the 1999 film that centres on trickery from all angles and has you guessing from the start to the finish. It stars Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones. Jones was on form at the time, ahving had many starring roles. She was just breaking into Hollywood and had forged a partnership with Michael Douglas. She could seemingly do no wrong. Connery was nearing the end of his acting career, but coming off great performances in other films, this seemed to be a great role for him. Director Jon Amiel looked to be able to give some fresh injection into an unlikely pairing of stars, and the scope was good for this film. So, di I like it? Unfortunately ...  Read the complete review

When I first saw Entrapment on video, I wasn?t too sure what it was about. All I knew is that it involved intelligent thieves and Catharine Zeta-Jones. When I watched it, I was extremely impressed. With its acting, plot line and even its twists throughout the movie were of a high quality. The actors chosen to play the roles of Mac and Gin are, again of a high calibre. For the character of 'Mac' McDougal, the Scottish Sean Connery took up the role of a worldwide thief, who is wanted by many people - in particular the company Gin Baker work for. His acting in this movie is, like always fantastic and he really gets involved in the role of character. ...  Read the complete review

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I give you in the blue corner, the most eminent Syrup known to mankind (for those of you for whom the fabled Cock-erney-ese as popularised by such as Terry Venables [from El Tel to El Tyke, will wonders never cease?] is as impenetrable as Mrs D's rice pudding, Syrup is yer Pearly King's way of saying wig. Syrup of fig = wig, y'see, my dear? Cock-erney is surprisingly easy to master when you suss out the simple rules. In general, you just preface your desired phrase with 'apples', as in apples'n'pears = pears, apples'n'stairs = stairs, apples'n'Ruby Murray = Ruby Murray and apples'n'particularly ...  Read the complete review

3 years after its initial release I finally managed to sit down and watch Entrapment courtesy of the BBC over the Easter weekend period. So far I had managed to miss it at the cinema, rented it twice and never found the time to watch it and missed its satellite showing by being on holiday and it was beginning to bug me! I can’t say it was a movie I was particularly desperate to see in the first place but seeing as I had tried and failed to watch it on at least two occasions I was damn sure I would see it this time. I can’t say the initial premise filled me with that much glee, but it sounded serviceable enough - I like a good campy caper movie and ...  Read the complete review