This week we've got Your Blains, Your McGees, Your Gellers and we're talking Magicians, Mentalists and Michael Caine's Private Planes (TM 100 Things Media before Mickelwhite gets any ideas)

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From Wikipedia:

Now You See Me is a 2013 American heist film[4] directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt and a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first installment in the Now You See Me series. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Michael Caine, Common, and Dave Franco. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track and attempt to bring to justice a team of magicians who pull off bank heists and robberies during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013 before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013, by Summit Entertainment. The film received mixed reviews with criticism being focused on the ending, but became a box office success, grossing $351.7 million worldwide against a budget of $75 million. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Thriller Movie and also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Thriller and the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film and Best Music.

A sequel, Now You See Me 2, was released on June 10, 2016.