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Movie Review – Caught Stealing (2025)

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Caught Stealing, 2025. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Bad Bunny, Carol Kane, Will Brill, George Abud, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Action Bronson, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Gregg Bello, Nikita Kukushkin, and Tonic. SYNOPSIS: Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous […]

Darren Aronofsky Movies Ranked from Worst to Best

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Casey Chong ranks the filmography of director Darren Aronofsky… The term “playing safe” isn’t in Darren Aronofsky’s filmmaking vocabulary, especially when it comes to his body of work. His movies are often thought-provoking and, at times, polarizing and even controversial – and that makes his works all the more interesting and worth checking out. Aronofsky’s […]

First trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Matt Smith

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Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for director Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing. Based on Charlie Huston’s novel of the same name, the film stars Austin Butler as Hank, a former baseball phenom who finds himself the target of New York City’s treacherous underbelly after his neighbour asks him to take care of […]

First look at Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz and Matt Smith

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Sony Pictures has shared a batch of first-look images from Caught Stealing, director Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming adaptation of Charlie Huston’s novel of the same name. The crime thriller features a cast that includes Austin Butler, Matt Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Vincent D’Onofrio, Bad Bunny, Will Brill, Griffin Dunne, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Action Bronson, George Abud, […]

Matt Smith and Liev Schreiber are Caught Stealing in new Darren Aronofsky film

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Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming crime thriller Caught Stealing has added Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Liev Scheiber (Ray Donovan) to his cast. Smith and Schreiber join Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two), Zoë Kravitz (Blink Twice) and Regina King (Watchmen) in the film. Character details for Smith and Schreiber are kept under wraps, but the film […]

Zoë Kravitz joins Austin Butler in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing

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Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) will be joining Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two) in Darren Aronofsky’s (Black Swan) crime drama Caught Stealing, according to Deadline. Caught Stealing sees Butler as Hank Thompson, “a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s New York […]

Darren Aronofsky to direct Austin Butler in Caught Stealing

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Austin Butler stratospheric rise is set to continue with the news that he is to headline Darren Aronofsky’s crime drama Caught Stealing.  Following his Academy Award nominated turn in Baz Luhrman’s Elvis, Butler has had his choice of projects, appearing in Masters of the Air and Dune Part 2, and now according to Deadline he […]

Movie Review – The Whale (2022)

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The Whale, 2022. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, Samantha Morton, and Sathya Sridharan. SYNOPSIS: A reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. How do you prove to someone that, deep down in your […]

James Corden almost starred in The Whale instead of Brendan Fraser

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Could we have seen James Corden in the line for an Oscar nomination this year? In an alternative universe, the actor and talk show host would’ve been in The Whale instead of Brendan Fraser. In a new story from Deadline, the possibility of a James Corden-led version of The Whale was unleashed into the world. […]