August 29, 2025 • 7 mins
Caught Stealing
When his punk-rock neighbour asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, New York City bartender Hank Thompson suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters who all want a piece of him.
The Thursday Murder Club
Four retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
B Someone someone is weird and conction and just cram
the corner somewhere and ever be changing. I'm saying it great.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Chaste.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
That's Georgia Lines and the guest House. God, she does
such an amazing voice. She had that great interview with
Hosking this week. She's confirmed she's moving over to Nashville
to chase your dreams. So good for her, certainly one
to watch and yeah, keep playing. My goodness, she's so
talent today, Steve says, Jack Rugby League, what a joke.
You might as well call it Ossie rules. When are
we going to get neutral refts? I think we know
(01:07):
where Steve stands on the knock on call last night.
Thank you for that. Right now is twenty three to ten,
which means it's time to keep your movie picks for
this weekend. Francesca Rudkin is our film reviewers. She's here
this morning. Killed her.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Good morning.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Okay, let's kick things off with a movie showing in
cinemas at the moment. This is court stealing.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I've got a fly back to London.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I need you to take Care of My Cat.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I like Dora.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Hey's Russholm. Oh were you?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
What's the.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Okay? That's court stealing? Tell us about it, Francisca.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
This is a film by Darren Aronofsky, who I really love.
He made films like Rick Raem for a Dream, Black Swan,
The Whale, The Wrestler, and it sounds often Butler and
I love his performance in this film. Apparently he went
quite method. This is quite a violent, black humored crime caper,
and he took a few beatings in it. But and
(02:07):
that's not why I love him, that he went method.
But he plays this very complex, flawed but likable guy.
And he's got rid of the Elvis voice, like I
felt like for a while after the Elvis film with Baz,
but every time I saw him he was still stuck
in Elvis land. And that's gone now and there's a
different character in front of you. And actually he's very
charismatic as Hank. I also loved the late nineties setting
(02:32):
that resonated with me a little bit. Hank lives in
New York. He's a former baseball star, or you could
actually say he was an almost.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A star.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
There's a bit of a backstory there. He had a
car crash when he was in high school and that
sort of ruined his chances. Anyway, he likes his booze.
He's working in a bar, he's dating this paramedic played
by Zoe Kravitz, and he's got this neighbor, this punk
Russ and played by Matt Smith. And suddenly Russ says,
I've got to go away family issue. Can you look
(03:08):
after the cat? And he did, he said, yet no worries.
But then these Russians.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Appear and.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
They kind of get the feeling that Hank knows Russ,
so maybe they can help him find the money that
russo's them. And then and then suddenly some pasidic Jews
played by Leed Schreider and Vincent donoughnrio are also after him.
(03:38):
And then there's this cop played by Regina King who
comes in to try and help him out and everything.
So there is lots of happening, and this is kind
of one of those films filled with miscommunications, bad timing,
bad choices. It's got a pulpy feel to it, it's
got a Quentin Tarantino feel to it, but it doesn't
have the energy. It's kind of a little bit too understated.
(04:00):
I really enjoyed it, but the pacing didn't quite work.
And actually it's quite funny. I was just going, this
is really funny, but it just didn't quite because they
weren't trying quit lady. The company didn't quite land right.
So it doesn't quite hit. But there is a lot
to like about it. It put a smile on my face.
(04:20):
I just wish it had kind of hit.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, okay, very good.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
So there's cord stealing that is showing in cinemas right now,
mixed up something completely different. This is on Netflix. It's
called The Thursday Murder Club.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
There is Joyce.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Are you with us?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Bang on Target?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
I'm Elizabeth. Would you take a look at that for me?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Please?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
God, TI's a lot of blood. Would you care to
join us to discuss things further? Who is uske? I'm sorry,
how rude of you. We're the Thursday Murder.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Club, don't dann. That's Helen Mirran alongside ps Brosnan, directed
by Christopher Columbus. Not to be confused with the Explorer.
Tell us about the Thursday Murder Club.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
So this is a cool space on the best selling
books by Richard Osmond and Richard Osmond is an absolute delight.
I have been fortunate enough to interview him, and he's
a delightful man and his books are an absolute delight.
And the cast in this film is an absolute delight,
a very impressive cast, and as you mentioned, directed by
Chris Columbus, who's done Home Alone and Harry Potter films
and things. So it feels like it would be really
(05:29):
hard to make a mess of this, and they don't
make a mess of it. It did have a bit
of a difficult start, this film that got caught up
in the Hollywood labor dispute, so there were some sort
of personnel changes behind the scenes, and it has gone
into cinema in some places, but here in New Zealand
it is playing on Netflix and it's really good fun.
It's very likable, which is probably what you'd expect if
(05:51):
you've read the books, but I actually think it could
have been more. Helen Mirren plays Elizabeth. She's a former
am I six chief. You've got Pias Brosmin's as you mentioned,
he's a x Traye unionist. Ben Kingsley joins the team.
He's a retired psychiatrist and Senior Imri is the trauma
nurse that you heard in the trailer, and they live
at this rather wonderful Cooper's Chases retirement home, a very grand,
(06:13):
stately home. And of course the idea is it, even
if you're retired, you're more than capable of contributing and
being useful and pushing back against sort of ageist condescension.
I think you need to engage with the suspension of
disbelief with this film, Jack the retirement Villages.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
The retirement village happens to be owned by three kind
of wanted known criminal gang leaders, which is probably the
first stretch you hit. But look, there's the lovely twists
and turns.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I mean, this cast has the comedic timing down pat
so there's lots of lovely life. Hannah Murrin at one
point even sort of dresses up like the Queen, and
of course she was, she played the Queen in a film.
But I think if there was a little bit more
depth to some of these characters that would have helped
witness a little bit more internal life with them would
(07:07):
have contributed to drawing us. But you can't go wrong
with it. Jonathan Price also starts David Tennant, bridget E Grant.
I mean the cast is absolutely fantastic, so it's very
pleasant and good fuck.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Nice, nothing wrong with that too. Okay, now that is
the Thursday Murder Club that's streaming on Netflix. You can
see Court stealing Francisca's first film pick for us this
week in cinemas. We'll make sure all of the information
about those movies is up on the News Talks dB
website and we will talking in very soon. Thank you, Francisca.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks 'DB from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
B Someone someone is weird and conction and just cram
the corner somewhere and ever be changing. I'm saying it great.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Chaste.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
That's Georgia Lines and the guest House. God, she does
such an amazing voice. She had that great interview with
Hosking this week. She's confirmed she's moving over to Nashville
to chase your dreams. So good for her, certainly one
to watch and yeah, keep playing. My goodness, she's so
talent today, Steve says, Jack Rugby League, what a joke.
You might as well call it Ossie rules. When are
we going to get neutral refts? I think we know
(01:07):
where Steve stands on the knock on call last night.
Thank you for that. Right now is twenty three to ten,
which means it's time to keep your movie picks for
this weekend. Francesca Rudkin is our film reviewers. She's here
this morning. Killed her.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Good morning.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Okay, let's kick things off with a movie showing in
cinemas at the moment. This is court stealing.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I've got a fly back to London.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I need you to take Care of My Cat.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I like Dora.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Hey's Russholm. Oh were you?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
What's the.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Okay? That's court stealing? Tell us about it, Francisca.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
This is a film by Darren Aronofsky, who I really love.
He made films like Rick Raem for a Dream, Black Swan,
The Whale, The Wrestler, and it sounds often Butler and
I love his performance in this film. Apparently he went
quite method. This is quite a violent, black humored crime caper,
and he took a few beatings in it. But and
(02:07):
that's not why I love him, that he went method.
But he plays this very complex, flawed but likable guy.
And he's got rid of the Elvis voice, like I
felt like for a while after the Elvis film with Baz,
but every time I saw him he was still stuck
in Elvis land. And that's gone now and there's a
different character in front of you. And actually he's very
charismatic as Hank. I also loved the late nineties setting
(02:32):
that resonated with me a little bit. Hank lives in
New York. He's a former baseball star, or you could
actually say he was an almost.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
A star.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
There's a bit of a backstory there. He had a
car crash when he was in high school and that
sort of ruined his chances. Anyway, he likes his booze.
He's working in a bar, he's dating this paramedic played
by Zoe Kravitz, and he's got this neighbor, this punk
Russ and played by Matt Smith. And suddenly Russ says,
I've got to go away family issue. Can you look
(03:08):
after the cat? And he did, he said, yet no worries.
But then these Russians.
Speaker 5 (03:13):
Appear and.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
They kind of get the feeling that Hank knows Russ,
so maybe they can help him find the money that
russo's them. And then and then suddenly some pasidic Jews
played by Leed Schreider and Vincent donoughnrio are also after him.
(03:38):
And then there's this cop played by Regina King who
comes in to try and help him out and everything.
So there is lots of happening, and this is kind
of one of those films filled with miscommunications, bad timing,
bad choices. It's got a pulpy feel to it, it's
got a Quentin Tarantino feel to it, but it doesn't
have the energy. It's kind of a little bit too understated.
(04:00):
I really enjoyed it, but the pacing didn't quite work.
And actually it's quite funny. I was just going, this
is really funny, but it just didn't quite because they
weren't trying quit lady. The company didn't quite land right.
So it doesn't quite hit. But there is a lot
to like about it. It put a smile on my face.
(04:20):
I just wish it had kind of hit.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, okay, very good.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
So there's cord stealing that is showing in cinemas right now,
mixed up something completely different. This is on Netflix. It's
called The Thursday Murder Club.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
There is Joyce.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Are you with us?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Bang on Target?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
I'm Elizabeth. Would you take a look at that for me?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Please?
Speaker 3 (04:44):
God, TI's a lot of blood. Would you care to
join us to discuss things further? Who is uske? I'm sorry,
how rude of you. We're the Thursday Murder.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Club, don't dann. That's Helen Mirran alongside ps Brosnan, directed
by Christopher Columbus. Not to be confused with the Explorer.
Tell us about the Thursday Murder Club.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
So this is a cool space on the best selling
books by Richard Osmond and Richard Osmond is an absolute delight.
I have been fortunate enough to interview him, and he's
a delightful man and his books are an absolute delight.
And the cast in this film is an absolute delight,
a very impressive cast, and as you mentioned, directed by
Chris Columbus, who's done Home Alone and Harry Potter films
and things. So it feels like it would be really
(05:29):
hard to make a mess of this, and they don't
make a mess of it. It did have a bit
of a difficult start, this film that got caught up
in the Hollywood labor dispute, so there were some sort
of personnel changes behind the scenes, and it has gone
into cinema in some places, but here in New Zealand
it is playing on Netflix and it's really good fun.
It's very likable, which is probably what you'd expect if
(05:51):
you've read the books, but I actually think it could
have been more. Helen Mirren plays Elizabeth. She's a former
am I six chief. You've got Pias Brosmin's as you mentioned,
he's a x Traye unionist. Ben Kingsley joins the team.
He's a retired psychiatrist and Senior Imri is the trauma
nurse that you heard in the trailer, and they live
at this rather wonderful Cooper's Chases retirement home, a very grand,
(06:13):
stately home. And of course the idea is it, even
if you're retired, you're more than capable of contributing and
being useful and pushing back against sort of ageist condescension.
I think you need to engage with the suspension of
disbelief with this film, Jack the retirement Villages.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
The retirement village happens to be owned by three kind
of wanted known criminal gang leaders, which is probably the
first stretch you hit. But look, there's the lovely twists
and turns.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I mean, this cast has the comedic timing down pat
so there's lots of lovely life. Hannah Murrin at one
point even sort of dresses up like the Queen, and
of course she was, she played the Queen in a film.
But I think if there was a little bit more
depth to some of these characters that would have helped
witness a little bit more internal life with them would
(07:07):
have contributed to drawing us. But you can't go wrong
with it. Jonathan Price also starts David Tennant, bridget E Grant.
I mean the cast is absolutely fantastic, so it's very
pleasant and good fuck.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Nice, nothing wrong with that too. Okay, now that is
the Thursday Murder Club that's streaming on Netflix. You can
see Court stealing Francisca's first film pick for us this
week in cinemas. We'll make sure all of the information
about those movies is up on the News Talks dB
website and we will talking in very soon. Thank you, Francisca.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks 'DB from nine am Saturday, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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