Aug-Heist comes to a close with this 1995 Michael Mann film starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, sharing screen time for the first time in their careers. Mann already made this movie once, in 1989 as a made-for-TV movie called L.A. Takedown. In this iteration, De Niro plays the leader of a sophisticated band…

Our first-ever Aug-Heist pick, 1973’s The Sting, saw Paul Newman and Robert Redford re-team with director George Roy Hill for a Depression-era crime caper. Now, we’re reviewing the 1969 film that brought the three of them back together for the first time. The film, from a script by legendary writer William Goldman, is loosely based…

In 2021, I, Tonya and future Supergirl director Craig Gillespie unleashed the live-action origin story of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians baddie Cruella De Vil. Emma Stone dons the iconic black-and-white wig as the dognapping fashionista, here an orphaned up-and-coming designer in ’70s punk rock London who also does crime. Emma Thompson plays her foil, the Baroness,…

Legends Podcast is cracking open the cinematic vault and bringing you a whole month of cons, capers, and car chases! Whether you’re a wrongfully-convicted banker or an aspiring fashion designer, you’ll find the big score right here on our podcast. This is Aug-Heist! This week takes us to Maine’s Shawshank Prison for a 1994 film…

This week, we’re visiting L.A. for a 1988 film that takes place almost entirely in one night, in one neighborhood, along Wilshire Boulevard. When a jazz trombonist meets a diner waitress at a museum, sparks fly – up until he gets a phone call telling him the end is nigh! With nukes about to fall,…

This week, we’re wrapping up our great “Mash-Up” picks with a film that combines mystery and comedy by parodying some of the greatest mysteries of our time. Released in 1976 from a script by the great playwright Neil Simon, this “whodunnit?” stars a veritable “who’s who?” of screen royalty, including Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie…

This week, we’re eating out with a 1989 cult film from director, writer, and visual artist Peter Greenaway. The film centers on a cook, Richard, played by Richard Bohringer; a thief, mobster Albert, played by Michael Gambon; his wife, Georgina, played by Helen Mirren; and her lover, Michael, played by Alan Howard. Through a series…

We’re celebrating summer by heading to the drive-in! Over the next two weeks, we’re bringing you a double bill of blockbuster movies from last summer. Maybe you saw them, maybe you missed them, but we think you’ll enjoy Last Summer’s Drive-In Movie Double Feature! Hit the restroom, refill your popcorn, and settle in for a…

We’re celebrating summer by heading to the drive-in! Over the next two weeks, we’re bringing you a double bill of blockbuster movies from last summer. Maybe you saw them, maybe you missed them, but we think you’ll enjoy Last Summer’s Drive-In Movie Double Feature! Grab a corndog, tune in your radio, or hang that weird…

Director James Whale brought Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the big screen in 1931, and followed it up with classics like The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House, and Bride of Frankenstein. Throughout his Hollywood career, Whale lived as an openly gay man, something quite rare in the ’20s and ’30s. Along with his horror pictures,…