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“The ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.”   -George C. Scott Lol…two hours: if only. The Academy Awards are Sunday, and this year’s meat parade is an interesting one to say the least. Precursor awards like the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and SAG Awards have seen little variation […]

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Sophie Williams has treated us to a vivid, personal week of Miyazaki retrospectives, capped off with a lovely review of ‘The Boy and the Heron.’

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Yooooo!!! KC!! Planet Comicon weekend is HERE!! Finally. This weekend, PCC returns to the Kansas City Convention Center. The convention runs from 1-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.The three-day event will feature dozens of celebrity guests, creators, cosplayers and more. Here are just a few of […]

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To get a sense of what the Scene-Stealers crew is thinking about this crop of 2023 Oscar nominees, look no further.

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Soon we’ll find out if ‘Prey’ takes heed of these lessons, but if any enterprising party is curious, the data on previous ‘Predator’ installments point towards a clear winner, and is now there for the taking.

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Oscar nominations included interesting contenders and more than a few head-scratchers even the most seasoned minds at Scene-Stealers can’t quite explain.

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Phil Fava compares the big-picture concepts and emotions being explored in 1984’s ‘Iceman’ to a 2017 movie with similar concerns, a different approach, and the same title.

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The debut feature from writer/director Adam Stovall, ‘A Ghost Waits,’ now streaming via Arrow, follows on the heels of last year’s acquisition by the venerable genre company of another left-of-center, oddly quirky, black and white fun take on genre cinema, The Lake Michigan Monster.

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2020 was a historically terrible but that didn’t stop great films from being released. This list looks at the best films and hidden gems of last year.

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‘The Beach House’ is absolutely one of my favorite horror films of the year, so I was thrilled to get a chance to hop of the phone with director/writer Jeffrey A. Brown to discuss how this excellent piece of small-budget terror came to be.

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‘The Devil All The Time’ follows an unholy preacher, a twisted couple, and crooked sheriff as they converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

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‘Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies’ is a fascinating and illuminating look at how social mores have changed, as well as how the industry itself treats the subject. Therefore, it was really great to speak with director Danny Wolf Wolf about his recent spate of work, and the art of presenting underrepresented topics onscreen.

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If you’re a fan of genre cinema, actor Munro Chambers is a rising star. He appeared in one of the best small-ensemble black comedies we’ve seen in years, ‘Harpoon,’ wherein his character undergoes transformations both physical and emotional, really making for a bleakly hilarious viewing. We spoke with Munro Chambers by phone about his career, and the intricacies of ‘Harpoon.’

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Once again it is time to gather together and watch wealthy, attractive people hand eachother tiny statues made of gold! Yes the Oscars are here and Scene Stealers is joining together yet again with Screenland Armour to host the best viewing party of them all this upcoming Sunday, February 9th.

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“1917,” Sam Mendes’ look at a secret mission during World War I, was named the Best Film of the Year by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. The film also took home honors for Mendes’ direction and for its cinematography.

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