All in Crime

BONUS EPISODE - Uncut Gems

BONUS EPISODE - Uncut Gems

Mission 250 Staff
Crime, Drama, Film, Movie, Podcast, Thriller

This week, we watch an under-appreciated film from last year that is, as of today, streaming on Netflix. This movie isn’t on the top 250…but hey, we’re all stuck inside (the responsible ones, anyways - looking at you idiots packing in public pools), and is perfect if you’re looking for fictional stress to overtake your real life stress. Adam Sandler arguably gives his best performance to date, and Kevin Garnett and The Weeknd are written in as themselves in very cool cameos, if you can call it that. Uncut Gems (2019), directed by the Safdie Brothers (Benny and Josh).

BONUS EPISODE - Andhadhun

BONUS EPISODE - Andhadhun

Mission 250 Staff
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film, Foreign, Movie, Podcast, Musical, Romantic Comedy

This week, we start a new format - every other week, we’ll be watching a more recent addition to the top 250 movies of all time list, and we’ll try to make them as easily stream-able for everyone as possible (stuck inside, together!). This week’s movie is currently 185 on the top 250 list, and is streaming on Netflix. If you’re looking for something fun to watch in this new world we live in, strongly consider this comedy/mystery film from India. Andhadhun (2018), directed Sriram Raghavan.

Episode 81 - Double Indemnity

Episode 81 - Double Indemnity

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Crime, Drama, Film, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the classic noir that has a “bad guy” as the protagonist for the first time in Hollywood film history. A man finds himself in the positions of both the investigator and the person being investigated in an insurance fraud scheme. Even though the film tells you who is the murderer is within the first five minutes, it manages to keep you guessing until the end. Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder.

Episode 88 - The Sting

Episode 88 - The Sting

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Classic, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the best picture winning film about two Con-Artists going in together to pull off a huge grift. Those two men happen to be Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The Duo’s on-screen charisma shines yet again, and while it might not be setting out to do anything but entertain, it does so in spades, and amounts to a ride worth taking. The Sting (1973), directed by George Roy Hill.

Episode 98 - For a Few Dollars More

Episode 98 - For a Few Dollars More

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Western, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Foreign, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the second installment in the Man-With-No-Name Trilogy (sandwiched between A Fist Full of Dollars and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly). This film helped Clint Eastwood further catapult himself into stardom, launch a fully fledged international film industry in Italy, and push the boundary of allowable violence in film a few years ahead all across the world, as evidence by it being X rated even with multiple scenes cut and edited down. For a Few Dollars More (1965), directed by Sergio Leone.

BONUS EPISODE - The Irishman

BONUS EPISODE - The Irishman

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Historical Period Drama, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the controversial Netflix best picture hopeful that reunites De Niro and Scorsese, De Niro and Pacino, De Niro and Pesci, De Niro and Keitel… you might want to call it a 3.5 hour reunion tour from Scorsese, but the emotional retrospective weight of the characters makes this one of the most impactful of all his films. The Irishman (2019), directed by Martin Scorsese.

Episode 99 - Rashomon

Episode 99 - Rashomon

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Action, Drama, Crime, Foreign, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the film that broke Japanese cinema onto the worlds stage. Revolutionary for its time, its non-linear story telling has influenced not only film, but criminal psychology as well, as lawyers and academics alike have referenced the theories presented here for the past 70 years. Rashomon (1950), directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Episode 101 - Scarface

Episode 101 - Scarface

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Crime, Drama, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the story of Tony Montana, a cuban refugee who builds an empire from blood and cocaine. Al Pacino’s performance is memorable, lastingly quotable, and somewhat off the rails. He also sacrificed his nostrils health by snorting large amounts of powdered milk. Scarface (1983), directed by Brian De Palma.

Episode 122 - Chinatown

Episode 122 - Chinatown

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Crime, Drama, Crime Fiction, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the film that launched Jack Nicholson into stardom while creating perhaps the best film noir of all time, decades after the genre left the mainstream. With a chaotic shoot, and uncertainty about the quality of the film until its 11 Academy Award nominations, it remains fascinating to watch the mystery of the films story unravel with Mr. Gittes. Chinatown (1974), directed by Roman Polanski.

Episode 158 - Dial M For Murder

Episode 158 - Dial M For Murder

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Crime, Crime Fiction, Drama

This week, we watch the classic Alfred Hitchcock adaptation of the stage play about organizing and attempting the murder of a cheating wife. Great acting and fun plot twists keep this film entertaining throughout, which is a feat, given that the film takes place almost entirely in just one room. And we hope you like dialogue. Dial M For Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Episode 166 - No Country For Old Men

Episode 166 - No Country For Old Men

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Crime, Crime Fiction, Drama, Horror, Movie, Podcast, Thriller

This week, we watch the movie that features the creepiest haircut ever to grace the silver screen.  One man finds a bag of money in a drug deal gone wrong.  The haircut then proceeds to murder everyone in its path on its quest to retrieve the money.  The FBI agent from The Fugitive is on the case.  No Country For Old Men (2007), directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

Episode 183 - Zootopia

Episode 183 - Zootopia

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Crime, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the animated comedy that tells the tale of a small town bunny moving to Zootopia, a city where all animals can live together without stepping on each other.   Also following in Disney tradition, this film introduces a great pop song that you will grow to hate as it plays over and over again in your head.  Zootopia, directed by Bryon Howard and Rich Moore.

Episode 185 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Episode 185 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Mission 250 Staff
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Classic, Biographical, Crime, Drama, Movie, Podcast, Western

This week, we watch the block-busting film that paved the way for all buddy movies that came after it.  Paul Newman and Robert Redford are a perfect team, as they rob and steal their way across the mid-west. Once a super-posse is assembled to take them down, they attempt an escape to South America.  Comedy ensues.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), directed by George Roy Hill.

Episode 198 - Touch of Evil

Episode 198 - Touch of Evil

Mission 250 Staff
Classic, Crime, Crime Fiction, Drama, Thriller, Movie, Podcast

This week, we watch the character study disguised as a crime thriller, where Orson Wells flexes his impressive acting chops in a movie he also writes and directs.  Drugs, murder, sex, and lots of lying fill this classic noir film, which takes place in a Mexican boarder town, and has two police officers (Charlton Heston and Wells) clashing in an investigation.  Touch of Evil (1958), Directed by Orson Wells.

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