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We are pulling an all-nighter with Victoria this week on Scene Stealers. For The Vault Charles continues his love for Denis Villeneuve and riding sand worms talking about Dune Part Two. Leo flexes his muscles talking about a new movie for his Vault choice with Rose Glass' strong neo-noir Love Lies Bleeding. The main take is 2015's German film Victoria. Directed by Sebastian Schipper, the story follows a women named Victoria, played by the lovely Laia Costa, who has a fun night out of dancing, meets a group of guys, and finds herself mixed up with the wrong people. The catch, however, is that Victoria is filmed in one singular take, with the camera constantly moving, and the intensity taking the audience for a wild ride. Find out what Leo & Charles think on this episode of Scene Stealers!

We are still a Heist movie podcast but this week on Scene Stealers we can't stop talking about Anne Hathaway. Or everyone in Ocean's Eight for that matter. Leo and Charles love talking about another Ocean's movie and this time it is with a killer cast of cool leading ladies. For The Vault, Leo expresses his love for 1987's Masters of the Universe. Charles is spending time in the sand talking about Denis Villeneuve's Dune. The big take is 2018's Ocean's Eight, starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, the lovely Miss Hathaway, and this new crew. Leo and Charles discuss the Met Gala Heist, expanding the Ocean's universe, and how Ocean's Eight is worth another look. Give it a listen! 

This week we add an extra Layer on Scene Stealers. We are talking about Matthew Vaughn's 2004 debut feature Layer Cake. For The Vault segment, Leo is talking about the 1986 Sylvester Stallone action flick Cobra and Charles is talking about Daniel Kaluuya's directing debut with the 2023 dystopian film The Kitchen. The main attraction is Layer Cake, which is all about gangsters and an unsuccessful drug heist. It was a breakthrough film for Daniel Craig, helping him land the Bond role and the beginning of Vaughn's rising career.  Leo and Charles discuss Craig's grounded demeanor, the misuse of an all-star cast, and an unpredictable ending. We baked a nice cake this week on Scene Stealers, won't you have a taste? Or at least a listen...

This week on Scene Stealers we are talking about our first heist documentary and it is a big one with Daniel Gordon's Billion Dollar Heist. For The Vault we are paying our respects to the late great Carl Weathers. Charles is talking about 1996s Happy Gilmore and Leo is going deeper into the vault for 1988s Action Jackson. The main take is our first documentary feature, Billion Dollar Heist, which covers the 2016 cyber theft of the Bangladeshi Central Bank. There are a lot of moving parts but Leo and Charles cover a lot of ground, both on how the money was stolen and how it connected to past cyber-attacks. Listen right now:

It's another episode of Scene Stealers- Archetypes Series and this week it is The Leader of the Heist Crew. These are the people that have the savvy and skill to gather a top crew, put together a plan, and execute it to perfection. There may be some familiar names on this list but when you are the top dawg, what comes with that position is all of the pressure, and everything to lose. Charles and Leo have a fun time discussing this group and naming their Top 5 because these are the characters that make the heist movie happen. Give a listen!

The big five-O! This is our 50th episode of Scene Stealers and it is a good one- The Town. We saunter into The Vault and talk about a few cool movies- Charles is talking about the newly Oscar-nominated film American Fiction and Leo is playing with his toys, talking about Joe Dante's Small Soldiers. But we just want to be authentisious for this episode which is why we love talking about Ben Affleck's 2010 classic The Town. Charles discusses why The Town has one of the best heist crews and his appreciation for their scary masks, while Leo shares his Boston accent and ranks the movies directed by Affleck. But overall, it's a celebration of hitting the 50 mark, and we're doing it with one hell of a heist movie. Listen in...or are you a narrc? 

Welcome to the Jungle...We've got fun and games. Well, what we have is the 49th episode of Scene Stealers. We are talking about John Huston's 1950 film The Asphalt Jungle. For The Vault, Leo is throwing jabs and talking about Rocky III. Charles has a fresh jewel from The Vault, the highly acclaimed film about the Von Erich wrestling family- The Iron Claw. The main event is The Asphalt Jungle, featuring an all-star cast of actors, Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and the legendary Marilyn Monroe. It begins as what should be an easy jewel heist but as we've seen before...One way or another, we all work for our vice. Give a listen: 

Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends…This week on Scene Stealers we're talking about Sofia Coppola's 2013 film The Bling Ring. For The Vault Charles is still in the Christmas spirit talking about Falling for Christmas and Leo is smitten with the 2020 apocalypse movie Love and Monsters. The main take is The Bling Ring, based on actual events, about a group of privileged teenagers breaking into celebrity mansions and stealing without a care. It's a rare episode where Leo & Charles are not in agreement which makes things even more fun. Listen now!

It's time for the 2nd Annual Holiday Heistmas episode! This year we get a visit from a bright guest, someone who really knows how to make his presence glow. But what we're most excited about is that we are talking about the 1990 Christmas movie classic- Home Alone. Leo goes into The Vault for the new Eddie Murphy film Candy Cane Lane and Charles is searching for a Turbo Man doll with Jingle All the Way. The main movie is Home Alone and we dissect why the Wet Bandits is a great crew name, how greed gets the better of Harry & Marv, plus the ways Kevin could have helped himself. It's all on Scene Stealers, so…crowbar's up!

This week on Scene Stealers we bear the gift of an insightful heist movie discussion. We are talking about the 1999 film Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell. For The Vault, Leo professes his admiration for Al Pacino in the 1989 murder mystery Sea of Love, and Charles is taking us back into the web with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The main take is Three Kings, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube, as a group of soldiers in the Persian Gulf War on a mission to take gold from a bunker of Saddam Hussein. It brings out all sorts of conversations about war, the charisma of Clooney, and why it's called Three Kings. Give it a listen. 

Things are getting Real…The Real McCoy that is. This week on Scene Stealers we are getting into the spirit of The 90s with Russell Mulcahy's 1993 heist film. For The Vault we get animated with Leo talking about Trolls Band Together and Charles getting cooled off with Frozen. The main event does not disappoint, with Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer bringing their sexy energy, in this hidden heist movie gem. Get Real and give a listen…

Don't Panic. Just get in the room with Leo and Charles this week on Scene Stealers. For The Vault, Charles is money baby and talking about Swingers. Leo is making it a David Fincher double and taking out the newest film The Killer. For the main take, it's Fincher's 2002 thriller Panic Room. It has a crazy cool cast of Jodi Foster, Forrest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart, Jared Leto, and Dwight Yoakum. We're locked in a room with Scene Stealers. It's the safest place to be.

Things are getting pretty spooky here at Scene Stealers…This week we get a visit from a special scary guest who knows how to bite into heist movies…Dracula! We are in the Halloween spirit and this weeks heist movie is a house robbery that turns bad quickly in Fede Alvarez's Don't Breathe. For The Vault, Leo and Charles take out a pair of Tim Burton flicks, with the kid friendly Frankenweenie for Leo and Edward Scissorhands for Charles. The big take is that we are celebrating our first ever Halloween Heist episode, with the intense terror that is Don't Breathe. Leo and Charles discuss what makes it such a disturbing film, the performance of Stephen Lang, and how if you have a moment to get out alive…you take it. It's a great episode that you can really sink your fangs into but don't be too scared and remember to Breathe.

Let's ride! This week on Scene Stealers we are riding shotgun with Memphis Raines and the rest of the crew for Gone in 60 Seconds. For The Vault we are talking about new movies and getting into the spirit of scary movie season. Leo talks about the newest Stephen King adaptation with Pet Sematary: Bloodlines and Charles is talking about new chum in The Meg 2: The Trench. The Main Take is Dominic Sena's remake of Gone in 60 Seconds, which is our 2nd Nicolas Cage heist movie, and a heist movie that plays the hits. The conversation is a lot of fun, talking about the reality of stealing 50 cars in 24 hours, a crew that features Angelina Jolie & Robert Duval, and making the car become an extension of the driver. At Scene Stealers, we're a little tired, a little wired, and we think we deserve a little appreciation! 

We are 41 episodes in at Scene Stealers and at this rate we could be Kajillionaires. Or at least the movie we are talking about this week is Miranda July's 2020 independent film Kajillionaire. For The Vault Leo goes to deposit box 1993 to talk about the futuristic action flick Demolition Man and Charles gets a bit nutty with 1999's Girl, Interrupted. The Safe is Cracked and we are talking about Kajillionaire, Miranda July's dark comedy about a family of scammers and schemers doing anything to get a buck. It's odd and fascinating and it's a perfect fit for Scene Stealers!

On this special episode of Scene Stealers we are once again digging into the Archetypes of Heist movies. When you are pulling off a heist things can tend to get wild. That's why it is always important to have a “Wild Card”. This is the person in the group who is unpredictable but also willing to do the things others would not. You need that person in the group, for better and for worse. Charles and Leo put together their lists of Top-5 Wild Cards and as expected the results are a lot of fun. Let the debate begin.

A master thief, an escaped criminal, and an alcoholic former policeman walk into a jewelry store. No it's not a bad joke- it's The Red Circle. This week Leo and Charles are talking about Jean-Pierre Melville's classic. For The Vault Leo takes us back to 1985 with Richard Donner's adventure with misfits The Goonies. Charles is excited to take a wormhole to his Vault pick of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. But the main take is 1970'S The Red Circle or as the French say, Le Cercle Rouge. It's a classic for sure, where Leo and Charles discuss the similarities it has to Rififi, using a marksmen to disarm the security, and the necessity of having a “fence” in on the heist. It's a lot of fun chatter when the movies are this good and Scene Stealers is happy to hit 40 episodes…Give a listen.

We get to be a couple of American Animals this week on Scene Stealers! When we go into the Vault Charles is stepping into the ring to talk about a classic Best Picture winner Rocky. Leo is all about Samuel L. Jackson in 1998's The Negotiator, which makes it the third F. Gary Gray movie talked about on Scene Stealers. The main event is director Bart Layton's 2018 True Story Art Heist- American Animals. Leo and Charles discuss the films mixed in documentary style, whether it was a good heist to pull off in the first place, and why you can't assume someone is joking when they talk about a pulling off a heist. Be a good Animal and give a listen!  

No, you don't have déjà vu, we are talking about The Italian Job again…only this time it is the 2003 version directed by F. Gary Gray. For The Vault section of our show, Leo is taking us to Never Never Land by talking about Steven Spielberg's Hook. Charles is being a rambunctious high school kid and talking about Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The big picture is The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, and Jason Statham. Leo and Charles debate, which is the better version 2003 or 1969, enjoy discussing the status of its stars when it was made, and if it should have been called The Italian Job at all. Give a listen and everything will be just fine…

This week on Scene Stealers we are having a laugh but don't call us stupid! The movie we are talking about is the 1988 comedy A Fish Called Wanda. In The Vault this week, Leo is talking about David Cronenberg's controversial NC-17 movie Crash and Charles is talking sports with the 2011 Oscar Nominated film Moneyball. For the main course we are reeling in a big one in Charles Crichton & John Cleese's screwball comedy- A Fish Called Wanda. We chat about the jokes that did and didn't work, repeating gags that had us laughing, and the excellent charisma of Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline. Listen now: 

On this very special episode of Scene Stealers we take a trip to New Orleans in the Irish Channel. Leo and Charles were so excited about talking with the director William Kaufman, we just had to do an episode on his thrilling new heist movie- The Channel. Leo and Charles dig into what worked for them and what did not, the authenticity of the action, and the inspiration from movies like Heat and Den of Thieves. You can never get enough Scene Stealers. The Channel is now available to rent On Demand and playing in select theaters.

This week on Scene Stealers we live our lives a quarter mile at a time. Whatever that means. But seriously, we are talking about Rob Cohen's 2001 foreign film The Fast and the Furious. We say foreign because it started what would become the biggest heist movie franchise of all time but it looks nothing like what we get in the future. This is a damn good movie. For the vault, Leo talks about Guy Ritchies 2023 war film The Covenant and Charles takes a spin with Jan de Bont's 1996 movie Twister. But yes the big one this week is The Fast and the Furious and we debate if it's a Point Break rip-off, if Vin Deisel is a good actor, and how the first installment holds up today. If you listen now, we just might get you a 10-second car. 

Director and writer William Kaufman is finally getting the attention he deserves. His newest film The Channel is undoubtedly his best work yet. It's a thrilling heist movie, about two brothers that live in the Irish Channel of New Orleans, where a bank robbery goes wrong and they must rally together to survive a city-wide manhunt. We are so excited at Scene Stealers to have William as our guest for our first installment of 'The Diner Scene', a series where Leo and Charles chat with actors or directors working on heist movies new and old. We chat with William about mapping out a heist, making your movie look authentic on a budget, and being inspired by great heist movies such as Heat. Give a listen now!

Respect is the ultimate currency.This week on Scene Stealers we welcome our 2nd guest- Patrick Bromley from the F This Movie! Podcast. Patrick has been a great voice in the world of film criticism with his weekly podcast, as the editor for his website FThisMovie, and writing for other sites such as Bloody Disgusting. But for this episode we have brought him in for his expertise on Spike Lee films and specifically- Inside Man. It makes for a lot of fun. We go into the vault to talk about three different movies- Stallone's 90's hit Cliffhanger, the documentary Bama Rush, and the newest from Ted Geoghegan- Brooklyn 45. The big take is with Inside Man a quintessential heist film. It's Denzel Washington working with Spike Lee and it is a good one. It's a movie that Leo, Charles, and Patrick were all excited to revisit. Give it a listen and pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself…  

This week on Scene Stealers "We're having too good a time today. We ain't thinking about tomorrow." That's at least the way we do it when it's Public Enemies Week. Leo and Charles can not wait to "Crack the Safe" and talk about Michael Mann's 2009 gangster film. Before they do, however, they go "Into the Vault" to talk about Jurrasic Park 3 and Forrest Gump. But the real highlight is talking about Public Enemies. It's our first Michael Mann heist movie and won't be the last. We're just glad we get to talk about the rise of gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd. It's Christian Bale versus Johnny Depp. It's Chicago Gangsters. It's Michael Mann. It's Scene Stealers! 

This week on Scene Stealers we are only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Or at least, we hope to blow the bloody doors off. It's hard to predict with an episode this hot. For our “In the Vault” segment, Charles is channeling his adventurous spirit and talking about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Leo has righted a wrong and can finally discuss Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling futuristic trip in Strange Days. But the main event is what has been deemed a heist movie classic- The Italian Job (1969). It's Michael Caine putting a gang together to steal a ton of gold in three fiats. But does it live up to its “heist classic” status to Leo and Charles? Give a listen to Scene Stealers…

This week on Scene Stealers, Leo and Charles are stamp collectors. The movie is the Argentinian film Nine Queens. Charles opens up The Vault segment with his favorite “Dad movie” Draft Day. Leo goes beyond the grave with Tim Burton's 1988 classic Beetlejuice. We are cracking the safe and talking about the 2000 caper Nine Queens, directed by Fabian Bielinsky. The fact is that nobody can be trusted in this one, as two men connect over their ambitions to steal from anyone they can take, and look to make a big return on a set of rare stamps known as the Nine Queens. Give a listen because you will love this episode…trust me.

Get in the car loser…We're going on a heist! Give a listen to our new Archetype segment on Scene Stealers. Charles and Leo discuss who have been some of the best (and worst) drivers in heist movie history, ranking their top 5 in the category, and having a laugh on what makes a good driver in a heist. Give a listen and hold on for the ride!

Where ya goin Frank? We hit 30 episodes this week on Scene Stealers and we do it with a big hit- Steven Spielberg's 2002 classic Catch Me If You Can. For The Vault segment, Leo takes a journey with Julia Roberts in the film Eat Pray Love and Charles is talking about Ben Affleck's Best Picture winner Argo. For the main segment- Leo and Charles discuss just how great the caper and life of a con man is in Catch Me If You Can, debate the many excellent roles of Tom Hanks, and where Catch Me If You Can lies in Steven Spielberg's filmography. The only question you need to answer this week, is "do you concur?"

This week on Scene Stealers Charles and Leo are hitching a ride with the Barrow Gang! For the vault segment we keep it simple this week talking about a pair of movies on Netflix- The Bourne Legacy and You People. It's a heavy hitter for the main take with Arthur Penn's 1967's Bonnie and Clyde- Nominated for 10-Oscars and winning 2. Leo and Charles discuss what made the bank robbing pair so special, Gene Hackman's supporting performance, and where it stands among prestige heist movies. So hop in the car, start playing the fiddle, and listen to Scene Stealers!

Entrapment is what cops do to thieves…and it's also the movie we are talking about on Scene Stealers this week. Episode 28 is a lot of fun for Leo and Charles and they also celebrate 1-year of podcasting. In The Vault Leo withdraws Ben Affleck's newest film Air and Charles sings praise for the always great My Cousin Vinny. The main event is 1999s Entrapment with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery working together to pull off a pair of heists before the New Year. Give it a listen and you might hear a really great Sean Connery impression…

This week on Scene Stealers it seems that being Bad is oh so good! Charles and Leo are discussing their first animated heist movie with The Bad Guys. The two movies coming out of the vault are bangers- Leo celebrates the 25th anniversary of 1998's sweaty noire Wild Things and Charles is doing it all in one take for Sam Mendes' 2019 Oscar winning WWI drama 1917. But this week's episode is for the kids as well, talking about Pierre Perifel's slick and smooth animated movie The Bad Guys. It's a whole lot of fun in the animated world of Scene Stealers!

Everyone gets a Bobby pin this week on Scene Stealers! This week's episode is the Brett Ratner comedy Tower Heist. It has a big cast of actors like Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy but is it getting the coveted 5 bags of cash from Leo or Charles? In the vault Leo talks about Creed III and Charles shares his thoughts on The 40-Year-Old Virgin. It's another solid gold week of movies at Scene Stealers!

This weeks episode of Scene Stealers is all about making good on movies we promised to watch. For the vault Leo has finally watched the Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence comedy Life and Charles is going into the multi-verse with Everything Everywhere All at Once. The safe is cracked wide open this week with Dead Presidents, directed by the Hughes brothers, set during the Viet Nam war, where Larenz Tate plays a man pushed to the edge in this darker heist film. It's a new must listen to episode of Scene Stealers!

Nicolas Cage has done a lot of heist movies in his career and this week we get to our first one on Scene Stealers with 2016's The Trust. And this is Nicolas Cage giving all he's got. But the trip to The Vault is the first task, with Leo talking about Jet Li & Jason Statham facing off in 2007's War and Charles talking about 2022's deliciously wicked hit The Menu. The heist movie is the major focus and this week it's Alex & Benjamin Brewer's Las Vegas set heist The Trust. It involves Elijah Wood and Nic Cage as a pair of forensic police officers, taking advantage of a mysterious safe they located in a drug house. The question becomes if these two guys that can work together but when Nicolas Cage is pulling the strings...anything can happen. Check it out! 

We just Drive this week on Scene Stealers. In the Vault we have Leo talking about two massive titans fighting in Godzilla vs. Kong and Charles is drowning us out with Noah Baumbach's newest film White Noise. The main feature is the ultra cool and collected Drive. Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 neon lit noire is giving Leo and Charles all kinds of night moves. Ryan Gosling is behind the wheel as a stuntman who finds himself taking one too many jobs trying to help his neighbor. This episode has Leo rethinking his views on Drive and Charles expressing his love for the entire cast. Give it a listen!

Don't blink or you will miss a great episode of Scene Stealers. This week we are talking about the 2015 caper film Focus. In the Vault Leo is talking about The Quick & the Dead and Charles is talking about the all-time classic musical The Sound of Music. The main event is Focus- with Will Smith & Margot Robbie steaming up the windows and stealing your wallet when you're not looking. It's a lot of fun but keep your Focus on Scene Stealers!

Rififi means trouble and that's what Leo & Charles are getting into this week on Scene Stealers. The movie we talk about this week is Jules Dassin's 1955 classic- Rififi. For the Vault segment Leo is talking about the boxing flick Somebody Up There Likes Me and Charles pulls out the new Aubrey Plaza joint Emily the Criminal. But the main feature is Rififi and the two guys had to see why this has been considered one of the best heist movies of all time. Give a listen and find out!

The Cops, the Fuzz, the rogue agent, the crooked officer, or the detective determined to get the criminal. There are always two sides to a heist- the criminals and the law trying to take them down. You can't talk about heist movies without having a love and appreciation for the men and women trying to foil a good caper and this special episode of Scene Stealers has Charles and Leo listing some of their favorite characters of Law Enforcement. I guess the only question now is if you feel lucky? If you do then give it a listen...punk!

HO! HO! Heistmas! A Merry Heistmas to everyone this week from Scene Stealers! Charles and Leo are in the holiday spirit, giving out 12-Gifts of Heistmas and we even get a special visit from Santa Claus. We pull a few Christmas movies out of the vault featuring the new sequel A Christmas Story Christmas and the Will Ferrell classic Elf. The big one this week is Violent Night. It's a 90's throwback which involves Santa David Harbour taking out some bad guys trying to steal a lot of cash. It's the perfect movie to do for our very first Holiday Heistmas! Seasons Greetings to all! And to all a good Heist! 

Oh baby! Scene Stealers is back and ready to ride. This week Leo and Charles are pumping the tunes and moving to the beat with Edgar Wright's 2017 hit Baby Driver. In the Vault this week Leo is talking about the new director's cut of the 1997 film Going All the Way. Charles brings Black Panther: Wakanda Forever out of his vault and celebrates the life of Chadwick Boseman. The main event is Baby Driver with the headphones in and Leo & Charles nodding they're head, dissecting cool chase sequences, deciding if it better the second time around, and the cool factor of Jamie Foxx. Seat belts on. It's Scene Stealers.

We are making it a Noir November on Scene Stealers, going back to talk about 1959's Odds Against Tomorrow. The Vault is about vampires and high school football, with Leo talking about Joel Schumacher's 1987 hit The Lost Boys and Charles is dancing in the end zone for 1999's Varsity Blues. The safe is cracked wide open for a great discussion about Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow starring Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan, in what has proven to be a heist movie far ahead of its time, but rich with themes that will spark much debate. The stakes are high but the Odds are always in the favor of Scene Stealers…

We have a guest this week on Scene Stealers! Film critic Kevin Wozniak from KevFlix and fellow member of the Chicago Indie Critics joins Leo and Charles to talk about director Steven Soderbergh's 2021 noir style hit No Sudden Move. It's an episode filled to the brim. We open the vault and discover three very different movies- Leo talks about Roland Emmerich's Universal Soldier, Kevin celebrates Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Charles talks about the short film about Jeremy Lin with 38 at the Garden. Inside the safe is another movie from Steven Soderbergh, whose films are becoming recurring events on Scene Stealers, but only this time it's a heist movie with a lot of characters that can't be trusted. Leo, Charles, and Kevin try to keep it all together and stay still on Scene Stealers.

It's another exciting week on Scene Stealers because we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Jackie Brown! Charles is keeping it in the Halloween spirit for his choice from the Vault with Hocus Pocus 2, while Leo talks about a fun night out with his mom watching 1952's Singin' in the Rain. As for cracking the safe, it's a big take with one of Quentin Tarantino's more under appreciated films- 1997's Jackie Brown. The discussion ranges from debates about who delivers the best performance, the coolness of Pam Grier, and where it sits among Tarantino's other films. When you absolutely, positively got to listen to a heist movie podcast, accept no substitutes- Scene Stealers! 

We are only bringing Sugar & Spice and all things nice on Scene Stealers. First off, The Vault segment has a mix of conversations with Leo talking about a night out with the family at the Alamo Drafthouse screening of The Lion King at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Charles is conflicted on Paul Schrader's The Card Counter especially with his love of all thing's poker. The safe is cracked wide open with the 2001 cheerleaders turned bank robber comedy Sugar & Spice. Leo and Charles profess their appreciation for James Marsden and any movie that teaches you to study heist movies. Plus we all know that cheerleaders kick…butt.

We are hoping you feel the Wrath this week on Scene Stealers! We get back to business with a feeling of fall in the air. October is just around the corner; Leo opens his vault to talk about the classic horror movie Child's Play and Charles is on the loose talking about Tony Scott's Unstoppable. The main heist is the good stuff with Guy Ritchie's hardnosed film Wrath of Man, where Leo and Charles discuss the specific crew names, the work of Jason Statham, and if this is Guy Ritchie's best movie yet. The money plane has landed and we are back on our game at Scene Stealers. 

We review every and any heist movie over at Scene Stealers…and that includes Money Plane! This week we are talking high stakes in the sky. The trip into The Vault has Leo talking about the recent mockumentary comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. And Charles gets all romantic with 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You. But the main event is a wild one, because we are talking about the 2020 low-budget heist movie Money Plane. It stars Adam “Edge” Copeland, Kelsey Grammar, and Thomas Jane, in a heist movie that will certainly hold its place in the young history of Scene Stealers. Now bring me my money!

The Grift is on this week on Scene Stealers. We open The Vault for something new and something groovy. Leo talks about Idris Elba vs. a lion in the ferocious new film Beast, while Charles takes out Roll Bounce and asks for a new evaluation on this guilty pleasure. But the Safe is Cracked for the main event- Stephen Frears wickedly deceptive caper from 1990- The Grifters- which is certainly a new kind of heist movie for Leo and Charles to discuss. With a trio of slick performances from Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, and Annette Bening, every character is looking for the next score, but you can always trust the guidance of Scene Stealers. 

It's Ocean's Eleven for Episode Eleven! Scene Stealers is getting the whole gang together, Clooney, Pitt, Roberts, Cheadle, Damon, Gainey, and Brady. We go into the vault first to talk about 1989's Road House and Clint Eastwood's 2003 drama Mystic River. But when we Crack the Safe this week it's a big take with Steven Soderbergh's slick 2001 heist revision of Ocean's Eleven. This episode is jam packed with heist hijinks and an expression of our endless love for the entire Ocean's Eleven gang. 

The "Guy in the chair", "the hacker", or "the wizard with technology", these are some of our favorite characters to see in a heist movie.  Today we are in Mission Control, dropping a special episode of Scene Stealers for the men and women doing the heist work behind the scenes.  Leo & Charles give their top 5 characters in the Tech/Gadget archetypes. 

This week on Scene Stealers we give it a 10! It's the 10th episode of Scene Stealers and there's only one way to do it and that is big. In The Vault this week Leo is talking about the success of the sci-fi sequel The Matrix Reloaded and Charles is playing the right numbers with the Paramount+ film Jerry and Marge Go Large. But the main event this week we are talking about the criminally underappreciated heist movie- Widows. Director Steve McQueen's 2018 drama brought an all-star cast together, with Viola Davis leading the charge in this tense and tight drama about four women getting money before some bad guys get them first. We had to make Widows the 10th Episode of Scene Stealers because no-one thinks we have the balls to pull this off...Now listen to Scene Stealers.