Cinema, Karam, Kapi

Thomas Vincent seems to have watched one average Indian heist movie, nodded wisely and said, "Let me try this in Paris." The target is the Mona Lisa, from the Louvre. Come on, is this even a heist? History says it can be done, once. Vincenzo Peruggia, a former Louvre handyman, walked out with her on 21 August 1911 and kept her at home until she was traced to Florence in 1913.  Back then, the museum had about 200 guards for 400 rooms.  Today, a recent audit reportedly found cameras in only 25% of the rooms in one wing. So the real question is not how to steal the Mona Lisa. It is why this took 110 minutes. Enter Roger Cavendish (Stanley Tucci), a legendary thief who recruits two local crooks, one a cyber criminal and the other a small-bomb specialist who can open walls like tin cans.  They break into a house to rob it, and he is already sitting inside, calmly waiting.  Like every Tamil hero in a climax scene, he announces that he is their biological father, and he e...

Good Heart, Familiar Script Nate Wilcox (Nate Bargatze) sells Toyotas, and he is very good at it. He has won Salesman of the Year several times, and the dealership still throws him a party each time. For him, the maths is simple: he earns, and Katie does everything else. Katie (Mandy Moore) runs the house like a military operation. She knows who needs toiletries, who needs food and who will not touch vegetables. She handles the tantrums, does every school drop-off and keeps three daughters on schedule, all by herself. Nate never sees any of it. Then comes her own big moment.  Katie has built the Star Minder, an invention she first made for her daughters. She takes it to Shark Tank and lands a deal.  A financial backer comes on board, and production begins in South Korea, two weeks away. Nate takes leave and steps into her shoes.  The three girls are where the film truly lives. Gracie (Stella Grace Fitzgerald), a Gen Z teenager, is old enough to read the situation. With Mu...