Wild Child

Rose (Emily Blunt) and her charming, thieving ways, tame the redoubtable Viktor (Bill Nighy), hired assassin with many scalps to his credit. When Rose pulls off a sale of a fake painting to one Ferguson (Rupert Everett), the latter hires Viktor to take her out – the assassin way, of course. Hilarious escapades with an ensemble cast in tow ensue, and the ending is not quite what the hired hitman’s doting mother Louisa (Eileen Atkins) might have liked. Quite amusing, the Wild Target and pursuer herein are fairly evenly matched

11.5/20

Monkey Business

Having a young one in the house keeps us in touch with old favorites. When the Hotel Majestic in New York has Lord Rutledge (Rupert Everett) and Dunston the trained-thief orang-utang over, the scene is set for hilarious escapades with a truly comic cast. Dunston and his young friend Kyle (Eric lloyd), son of hotel manager and late convert Robert Grant (Jason Alexander), must navigate a path around a quirky set of characters, particularly the authoritarian hotel heiress Mrs Dublow (Faye Dunaway), and not lose their heads – or their lives – while solving the ever-increasing list of strange goings-on at their majestic property. Needless to say, Dunston Checks In is an all-time favorite

14/20