Criterion 3:10 to Yuma
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Director Delmer Daves‘ 1957 western about a cattle rancher forced into the role of getting a dangerous killer out of town finds new life on home video as 3:10 to…

Original ’3:10 to Yuma’ comes to Criterion
SIFF 2013 Opening Night
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Things got considerably crazier when Joss Whedon made his appearance, however, for as wide-eyed as everyone was at the sight of Captain Mal from Firefly, the evening’s guest of honor…

SIFF Opening Night Gala 2013: Whedon World
The Scene-Stealers Podcast 92
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The gang's all here! Eric returns to talk Star Trek Into Darkness with Trevan and Trey. Is J.J. Abrams' follow-up a worthy successor and contender for this summer's box office…

The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast 92: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Star Trek Into Darkness
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Star Trek Into Darkness outdoes the 2009 reboot in every way.

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ goes even bolder
Star Trek in KC!
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Thanks to all the Scene-Stealers sitegoers who played our Photoshop contest for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. We asked people to combine something from the STAR TREK universe with Kansas City…

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Photoshop Contest Winners
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Original ’3:10 to Yuma’ comes to Criterion

by Alan Rapp on May 18, 2013

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Director Delmer Daves‘ 1957 western about a cattle rancher forced into the role of getting a dangerous killer out of town finds new life on home video as 3:10 to Yuma is the latest classic to get the Criterion treatment. Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a struggling rancher with a wife (Leora Dana), two sons [...]

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Things got considerably crazier when Joss Whedon made his appearance, however, for as wide-eyed as everyone was at the sight of Captain Mal from Firefly, the evening’s guest of honor stole almost every gaze once he hit the red carpet.

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The gang’s all here! Eric returns to talk Star Trek Into Darkness with Trevan and Trey. Is J.J. Abrams’ follow-up a worthy successor and contender for this summer’s box office crown? Or does it aim wide? And did Eric take any pictures of his vacation? The answers to all of these questions and more will be revealed.

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ goes even bolder

by Trevan McGee on May 16, 2013

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Star Trek Into Darkness outdoes the 2009 reboot in every way.

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NOW YOU SEE ME stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Common, Michael Kelly, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. It pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against “The Four Horsemen”, a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists.

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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Photoshop Contest Winners

by Eric Melin May 14, 2013 Blogs
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Thanks to all the Scene-Stealers sitegoers who played our Photoshop contest for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. We asked people to combine something from the STAR TREK universe with Kansas City and here’s some of the winners. I’ll see you all Wednesday night at the exclusive advance screening – congratulations! Click to watch the Enterprise flyover [...]

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50th Anniversary ‘Great Escape’ Blu-ray is Impressive

by Eric Melin May 13, 2013 Blu-ray/DVD Reviews
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A new Blu-ray presentation of the The Great Escape is out now, featuring all of the insightful extra features from the 2004 two-disc Collector’s Edition DVD set.

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SIFF 2013: ‘Fuck Up’ Movie Review

by Warren Cantrell May 13, 2013 Print Reviews

The mix of a snow-stained winter setting, lost money, drugs, and pitch-black comedy gives Fuck Up (Et Slags liv) a distinctly Coen brothers flavor: a comparison the movie seems proud of.

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Film School presents ‘Casablanca’

by Trey Hock May 12, 2013 Features
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The Kansas City Art Institute and Alamo Drafthouse have joined forces to bring you Film School, a weekly student curated film series. This week – Casablanca (1942) – Saturday, May 18th at 3:40 p.m.

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A Bloated, Ugly, and Irresponsible Adaption of ‘The Great Gatsby’

by Trey Hock May 10, 2013 Print Reviews
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With his film version of The Great Gatsby, Baz Lurhmann creates a glittery and overstuffed adaptation that has all of the facts of the book right, while missing the skepticism and queries posed by it’s narrator and author.

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The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast 91: ‘The Great Gatsby’

by Trevan McGee May 10, 2013 Podcasts
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The latest from director Baz Luhrmann takes a much deserved beating this week.

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Film School presents ‘Repo Man’

by Trey Hock May 9, 2013 Features
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The Kansas City Art Institute and Alamo Drafthouse have joined forces to bring you Film School, a weekly student curated film series. This week – Repo Man (1984) – Saturday, April 27th at 3 p.m.

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Win advance passes to see FAST & FURIOUS 6 in Kansas City!

by Eric Melin May 8, 2013 Giveaways
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We have advance passes to see FAST & FURIOUS 6 on Tuesday, May 21 at Cinemark Merriam at 7:30 PM and we want you to have them! All you need to do is fill out the form below and the winners will be picked at random!

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Win Wahlberg and Crowe’s “Broken City” on Blu-ray!

by Eric Melin May 7, 2013 Giveaways

Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta Jones star in this gripping crime thriller where everyone has a motive and no one can be trusted. To celebrate this Blu-ray release, we have copies of the Blu-ray to give away to our sitegoers. All you have to do is fill out the form below and tell us what your favorite neo-noir movie is, and the winners will be picked at random.

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Win advance passes to see AFTER EARTH in Kansas City!

by Eric Melin May 6, 2013 Giveaways
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A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.

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