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Mystery Science Theater 3000: CATALINA CAPER Rewatch Season 2, Ep 4
Rewatch! What do you get when you cross a beach movie with a heist movie? Nothing good! It does contain a musical number by Little Richard. This movie marks the establishment of the rule that MST3K would avoid comedies, but it's still a fairly well-remembered episode from the show's classic era. With this film, we're back in Joel territory for a while! Previously
Mystery Science Theater 3000: DIABOLIK Rewatch Season 10, Ep 13
Rewatch! Super-thief Diabolik steals stuff in a series of wildly implausible heists, such is his hunger to have sex in, on, or in front of valuable things with his girlfriend Eva Kant (who seems to be misnamed). It's based on an Italian comic book. You know, in that country Donald Duck is a superhero. Italian comics are weird, is what I'm sayin'. Again, this was the last episode of the classic series. Previously.
Podcast: Last Seen: Episode 1: '81 Minutes'
In 1990, two thieves stole 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. We take a closer look at what happened that night. Last Seen is a joint production of WBUR and The Boston Globe. [more inside]
Movie: Thief
An ex-convict turned jewel thief attempts to build a normal family life and pull off "one last job." Starring James Caan as Frank, Tuesday Weld as Jessie, Willie Nelson as Okla, James Belushi as Barry, and Robert Prosky as Leo. Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. [more inside]
Podcast: Hello from the Magic Tavern: Season 2, Ep 69 - Tavern Heist
We're pulling the magical heist of the century. [more inside]
Movie: The Killing
Crooks plan and execute a daring race-track robbery. [more inside]
Movie: The Lavender Hill Mob
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. [more inside]
Movie: How to Steal a Million
Romantic comedy about a woman who must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries, and the man who helps her. [more inside]
Movie: The Thomas Crown Affair
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man. [more inside]
Movie: Topkapi
A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger. [more inside]
Movie: Ocean's 8
Debbie Ocean gathers a crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala. [more inside]
Movie: The Italian Job
Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. [more inside]
Movie: Trouble in Paradise
A con artist couple (Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins) may have met their match in their latest target (Kay Francis). [more inside]
Movie: Ocean's 11
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night. [more inside]
Movie: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away? [more inside]
Movie: Dog Day Afternoon
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. [more inside]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: DIABOLIK Season 10, Ep 13
AKA Danger: Diabolik. "Out for all he can take, seduce, or get away with." A master criminal steals all kinds of stuff in a series of capers, killing lots of people along the way. Oh, and he's our protagonist, yay! He's based on an Italian comic character, which might explain things a bit. Pearl plays around with a joystick she got at Radio Shack, but it breaks and sends the Satellite of Love into reentry, and she can't do anything about it. Mike and the 'bots are coming home! And with this, we have reached the end of our tour of Mystery Science Theater 3000; see inside for closing words and odds and ends. But MST Club isn't done yet! Episode 1013 is available on YouTube. Premiered August 8, 1999. [more inside]
Movie: The Lookout
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist. [more inside]
Supernatural: A Most Holy Man Season 13, Ep 15
Sam and Dean are close to collecting everything they need to open a rift into the Apocalyptic World and possibly rescuing Mary and Jack. The one missing ingredient leads the Winchesters to a black market for religious relics where everything is not always as it seems. [more inside]
Movie: Heat
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist, while both sides attempt to find balance between their personal and their professional lives. [more inside]
Movie: Logan Lucky
Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina. [more inside]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Halloween IV Season 4, Ep 5
"Heists are dumb."
Movie: Hell or High Water
Two brothers (Chris Pine, Ben Foster) rob small-town banks in Texas. Two Rangers (Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham) pursue them. [more inside]
Movie: The Great Train Robbery
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. [more inside]
Movie: Inside Man
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation. [more inside]
Movie: Reservoir Dogs
After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. [more inside]
Heist Movie Club starts with breakfast
What makes a heist movie?
What makes a movie part of Heist Movie Club? [more inside]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Bureau Season 3, Ep 22
The penultimate episode of the season features guest star Dennis Haysbert as a Holtalike FBI agent who offers to help them get the file on ScarJoe. [more inside]
Movie: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist. [more inside]
Farscape: Liars, Guns, and Money (Part 3): Plan B Rewatch Season 2, Ep 21
The crew of Moya assault the Shadow Depository in hopes of rescuing Crichton, now in the hands of Scorpius. [via]
Farscape: Liars, Guns, and Money (Part 2): With Friends Like These Rewatch Season 2, Ep 20
With Jothee in Scorpius' hands, the crew of Moya recruit several former enemies to raid the Shadow Depository.[via]
Farscape: Liars, Guns, and Money (Part 1): A Not So Simple Plan Rewatch Season 2, Ep 19
Stark returns from the dead with a plan to save D'Argo's son and make them all rich in the process albeit through armed robbery. What they don't know is that it is Scorpius' money they are stealing.[via]
Angel: The Shroud of Rahman Rewatch Season 2, Ep 8
It's a heist! Angel takes the place of another vampire on a crew that's stealing the titular Shroud, which has the power to make everyone around it insane. The crew predictably kills each other, and Angel gets his first taste of human blood in a while when he bites Kate. [more inside]
Podcast: Welcome to Night Vale: 71 - The Registry of Middle School Crushes
A heist is planned. Plus the answer to last week's quiz and news about The Trial of the Century. [more inside]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Halloween II Season 2, Ep 4
It's the sequel to last year's "Halloween": To win a bet with Capt. Holt, Jake orchestrates a daring wristwatch heist with the help of an expert pickpocket (guest star Apollo Robbins), but quickly discovers that he's been had. Meanwhile, Gina's dance troupe doubts in her commitment to Sparkle Motion Floorgasm. [more inside]
Doctor Who: Time Heist First Watch Season 8, Ep 5
The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse - steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos. With the help of a beautiful shape-shifter and a cyber-augmented gamer, the Doctor and Clara must fight their way past deadly security, and come face-to-face with the fearsome Teller - a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt.
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