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The Drop

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The Drop  (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by:  Michaël R. Roskam Written by: Dennis Lehane Starring: Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini,               Noomi Rapace Rating: 14A Release Date: November 14, 2014 James Gandolfini & Tom Hardy in  The Drop Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.      Sometimes all it takes to make a great film is the right people working together at the right time. Tom Hardy, fresh off of his demented turn as the villainous Bane in The Dark Knight Rises , James Gandolfini, comfortably slipping into movie stardom after years of brilliant work in The Sopranos , and screenwriter Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River , Gone Baby Gone , and Shutter Island are all at the top of their game. Couple their willingness to explore the material with Michaël R. Roskam, a foreign director eager to cut his teeth on English-speaking North American cinema, and you have a brilliant piece of filmmaking.        The Drop  follows bartender Bo