April 2012

Watch Bruce Lee kick all sorts of martial arts ass in this Top 10 list of the Best Fight Scenes from Bruce Lee Movies ever put to film. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Check. Chuck Norris? Check. An entire factory full of goons? You know it. Watch the Top 10 Bruce Lee Movie Fight Scenes.

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The whole week at the Kansas City Film Festival has been a whirlwind of excitement and the final day was no exception. Eric went to the action comedy ‘Opération Casablanca’ while Trey screened the anticipated ‘The Flowers of War.’ Read their reviews of each film.

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Day four came and went without any interference from tornado-palooza 2012. Trey Hock caught the Sundance shorts and I caught Chel White‘s film Bucksville. Take it away, Trey: The Sundance Film Festival Showcase did an incredible job of balancing shorts that offer laugh-out-loud humor with those that serve up emotionally driven drama. Each of the […]

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The busiest day of the festival drew more than the standard filmmakers, students and critics, as casual and curious fans showed up for some of the major screenings such as Flowers Of War starring Christian Bale and the outstanding documentary Corporate FM. Check back tomorrow for Trey Hock’s review of Flowers Of War, but in the meantime here’s […]

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Day two of the 2012 Kansas City Film Festival got started in a big way with the French film Intouchables, which follows a physically disabled member of the French nobility and his untraditional caretaker. Due to scheduling conflicts neither Trey Hock nor myself were able to attend the screening, opting instead to this Saturday’s showing at 1:15 […]

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There are a lot films to discuss in this week’s show, but before they get started Eric, Trey and Trevan talk about An Evening of 8-bit event at the Screenland Crossroads Friday, April 20. The trio then touch on the great work going on all week at the Kansas City Film Fest before settling in to discuss […]

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The new Three Stooges movie has been a passion project for Peter and Bobby Farrelly for over a decade now. Since bringing us the memorable stupidity of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ 18 years ago, the Farrelly brothers have been pretty hit or miss, and ‘The Three Stooges’ is no exception.

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Gareth Evans, director of ‘The Raid: Redemption’ doesn’t care about pushing the constraints of the action genre. He only intends on crafting a film so fast paced and action packed that it will make your sides cramp.

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  Bully, the new documentary from director Lee Hirsch tackles the issue of school bullying with all of the grace and complexity of a schoolyard taunt. The film is emotionally stirring, at times for the right reasons and at other times for the wrong ones, but ultimately suffers from Hirsch’s narrow choice of subjects, foggy message […]

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Much like The Raid Redemption, Lockout, the newest offering from EuroCorp, purveyor of medium budget action fare, is a stupid Sci-Fi movie that can’t see past its own cliches far enough to contribute anything to the genre. There is nothing in the film that hasn’t been seen before and better elsewhere. Current advertisements liken it […]

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Coming off his recent Oscar nomination for Moneyball, Jonah Hill headlines the comedy ‘The Sitter.’ ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ is Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut about the worst European war in the last 50 years.

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With the first day of the AMC Theatres Kansas City FilmFest over with, the year’s proceedings are off to a great start. The festival unofficially launched at 4:30 p.m.with Piran — Pirano, the music documentary  Andrew Bird: Fever Year and part one of the local shorts program “People Like Us,” all leading up to the official kick-off with Nailbiter. […]

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The new horror movie ‘Nailbiter,’ shot entirely in Kansas and Missouri, shows director Patrick Rea in full control of his cinematic faculties.

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The Chicken and the Egg #27: Our bi-weekly movie-reference-happy comic strip here on Scene-Stealers is back!

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The new Luc Besson-produced Guy Pearce sci-fi action flick inspired this list of the best space commanders in movies from Warren Cantrell. Take no prisoners indeed!

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