CALLERI: Austin Butler and Tonic the cat are a good team in ‘Caught Stealing’

CALLERI: Austin Butler and Tonic the cat are a good team in ‘Caught Stealing’

Celebrated silent movie producer and director Mack Sennett was born in Canada, but he moved to Hollywood to find fame. In 1912, after Sennett had opened his Keystone Studios, famous for the Keystone Kops comedies, a cat was giving birth…

Five Cent Cine: Caught Stealing - Buffalo Rising

Caught Stealing ★★★ (out of 4 stars) When Backstories Matter Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing” is a sometimes charming, sometimes nasty film. It’s also one in which backstories—or their absence—explain the feelings, motivations, and actions of principal characters. The second half, dominated by aggression, violence, car chases and the like, features 2 pairs of really, really bad guys—the Russians and “The Hebrews.” The Russians (Nikita Kukush…

Big Screen Verdict: ‘Caught Stealing’ – Sun News Daily

The only two things I knew about “Caught Stealing” was that the movie poster had a cat, and the catchphrase was “2 Russians, 2 Jews and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar.” Boy, was I surprised when I watched the film and found out it was about Hank Thompson (Austin Butler), whose punk rock neighbor asks him to babysit his cat. Then, Butler’s character gets caught in the middle of dangerous criminal rivalries he wants no part of — the criminals bein…

'Caught Stealing' review: Crime, chaos and cats

Austin Butler stars in Darren Aronofsky’s gritty comedic crime thriller "Caught Stealing"