With the release of the unimaginatively but appropriately titled “She’s Out of My League” last weekend—which despite the participation of “Undeclared” star Jay Baruchel doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Judd Apatow—yet another movie where the schlub gets the hot girl has entered the history books. It’s a trend that seems to be […]
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“How could guys like us worry about a tiny little thing like the sun?” The bracing melancholy of childhood is an underrepresented phenomenon in popular entertainment. By and large, children’s films prefer to coast by, parading antiquated, uninteresting archetypes and reducing all conflict to clinical action sequences devoid of substance or originality (see: Tim Burton’s […]
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Director Paul Greengrass and ever-reliable leading man Matt Damon team for a third time in “Green Zone,” an action-heavy, revisionist political thriller that takes place in Baghdad shortly after the U.S. invasion into Iraq. And while detractors will be quick to make the comparison to the duo’s previous outings together (the two previous chapters of […]
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To show you that we care for quality review content over quality of production, we present the worst-looking webcam review ever. The audio is fine (save for a couple microphone pops here and there), the lighting was fine, but the frame rate sucks, so there’s lots of blur and it’s grainy as hell. Again, we […]
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If you have a Top 20 list you’d like to contribute, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Below is a text exchange between contributor Warren Cantrell from 10rant and myself that explains his Top 10 list (which follows) better than I could: Eric: What’s up, man? Warren: Hey. Nothing much, been drunk for about three straight days. […]
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Overcast skies and drab blue/gray interiors dominate Roman Polanski’s smart, tense thriller “The Ghost Writer,” setting up a foreboding mood that never lets up, even when it finally seems that all of its mysteries are resolved. (They’re not.) Based on Robert Harris’ 2007 novel “The Ghost,” Polanski’s film is a modern lesson in expertly controlled […]
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Sure, Tim Burton directed this new loose adaptation of the Lewis Carroll novels “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass,” but you know exactly what to expect with him: Gothic art direction and loony characters. What makes a Tim Burton movie something more than just a visual delight is its screenplay. This one was […]
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The Oscar Fix, Episode 5 of 5: Back by popular demand! Eric and JD pick the winners for the upcoming 2010 Academy Awards. In this first episode, Eric and JD predict the winner in the newly expanded 10 movie Best Picture race.
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Disney may have the most famous one, but it wasn’t the only studio to adapt Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Check this weird, disturbing clip of W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty in a 1933 live-action adaptation. Classic-era movies STILL have the best special effects, man. This is creepy stuff. (Thanks, DailyBeast!)
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