Caught Stealing
While I agree that mid-budget films have largely disappeared from cinemas and landed on streaming services, Caught Stealing bucked that trend in 2025 with its roughly $50 mission budget that was sent out cinemas. Unfortunately, it didn't make the biggest splash at the box office but I don't doubt this film's future will be on streaming services where it will find a bigger audience. So is it any good? Adapted from Charlie Huston's 2005 novel of the same name, Caught Stealing is set in late 1990s New York and focuses on a young former-baseball player who, following a car crash that ruined his career, now has him working in a bar. He has a girlfriend who believes in him but he is still haunted by the events of his past and can't seem to turn things around. One day, his British punk rocker neighbour asks him to look after his cat while he's away but then some thugs come knocking at the neighbour's door causing things to turn very messy. Caught Stealing is a ve...
