Fan Effect

Fan Effect


Logan Lucky and The Art of the Heist: Why We Root For People to Steal Stuff

August 17, 2017

The heist movie. They've been around forever, often feature all-star casts and are usually tense, exciting and fun.  They're also the kind of movie that gets us to root guilt-free for the good guys to do a "bad" thing. In this podcast, Andy, Aaron and Tysen talk about the new movie "Logan Lucky", a Coen Brothers-esque blue-collar heist movie directed by Steven Soderbergh ("Ocean's 11" trilogy) and featuring a surprisingly long list of stars like Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Seth McFarland, Katie Holmes, Katherine Watterston, Sebastian Stan and Hilary Swank. We also explore why as viewers we seem to be OK with our good guys committing a crime; and we pick our favorite heist movies from the past few years.