Our friends at The Sports Buddaye graciously donated a good portion of their weekly sports wrap-up to reviewing the new Sandra Bullock football tearjerker “The Blind Side” this week. Both Ryan Magnuson and Nick Colby have co-hosted reviews with me in the past, and we’re excited to give you a taste of The Sports Buddaye as they review a movie that was shamelessly hyped by every sports network showing NFL games last weekend.

It happens almost every year.

This is deeply disappointing but unfortunately not surprising at all. The two best documentaries I’ve seen this year have just been screwed out of a shot at an Oscar nomination.

“Anvil! The Story of Anvil” and Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” were not picked as one of 15 films deemed eligible by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be nominated for an Oscar. Read on…

Here at Scene-Stealers, we’d like to think of our site as a rock n’ roll kind of movie-lover’s site. Since I come from a long history of playing in bands, I hope some of that rubs off in the site’s attitude.

Anyway, brewmeister/guitar player Bill Heinen from Leavenworth, KS contributed the much-debated Top 10 Best Horror Remakes list for Scene-Stealers back in September, and now he’s back with a list of songs he’d like to see used in movies.

These songs demand to be used in a film, he says, and Bill’s attached every song (for your listening pleasure) and written up just the kind of scene he’d like to see each song in. Enjoy Bill’s list of Top 10 Songs That Should Be Used in a Movie.

Ever wondered what happened to characters after the credits started rolling in some of your favorite films? Well, kudos to CollegeHumor.com, who managed to point out why ambiguous endings are sometimes way better than tidy ones by showing us the worst possible endings to “The Wrestler,” “Lost in Translation,” “No Country for Old Men,” HBO’s “The Sopranos,” and “The Graduate.”

Eric and guest host Trevan McGee (InkKC.com) review the new apocalyptic disaster porn movie “2012″ starring John Cusack and directed by Roland Emmerich. The Mayan prophecy says the world will end in 2012, and Hollywood has co-opted that premise for a flick with lots of state-of-the-art CGI special effects. Is “2012″ up to the cinematic standards of the man who also directed “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow”? Does it at least succeed as a doomsday action movie? Find out in this on-camera movie review of “2012″ with clips from the film. Alan Rapp weighs in with a print review right here as well!

Ever wondered what a special-effects-driven disaster movie like the upcoming “2012″ would look like if all the FX were removed? Well, an editor has done just that, posting a minute and a half of footage from “2012″ with just the actors. John Cusack and company do a lot of screaming and reacting, and it’s hilarious. Want to know what the end of the world really looks like? Stick around for the closing shot!

Why do we love the hitman character so much in movies? Is it because of their broken moral compass? It is living vicariously through a badass that takes crap from nobody?

Whatever the reason, the Hollywood hitman is one of the most well-worn cliches in movies today. One of our most prolific Top 10 contributors, Warren J. Cantrell, is back this week with a look at these men of mystery. He’s compiled a very cool list of the Top 10 Movie Hitmen. Check it out.

Has the success of “Paranormal Activity” created a monster?

The Milla Jovovich thriller “The Fourth Kind,” opening today, purports to be about real events and claims its using real documentary footage right alongside actors portraying the same scenes. Turns outmost of it may not be real at all. Read on here.

Why is this so necessary? Can’t we just have well-told suspense stories with good writing?  Ugh.

This weekend, there are a lot of new releases and each one seems to underwhelm in its own particular way.

I saw “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” which may be the least offensive of the bunch, in that its just silly and unfocused and doesn’t amount to much. At least it has George Clooney and Jeff Bridges to make it enjoyable in parts.

Contributor Phil Fava saw “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” with Jim Carrey voicing Scrooge and Robert Zemeckis employing motion-capture animation again, is a perfect example of an adaptation that loses track of what made the original such a classic.

Phil also saw “The Fourth Kind,”  a mixed-up attempt at melding “actual” footage (much of which feels staged) and Hollywood actors into a suspense movie. Maybe its filmmakers should have watched the terrific and underrated “American Splendor” for tips on how to do that better.

This weekend “The Men Who Stare at Goats” will enter theaters with George Clooney leading an impressive cast (Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor) behind the curtain for a very strange peek into arguably the most powerful organization around—the U.S. military.

Seeing the movie made me think immediately of another great Clooney film that takes a skewed look at the military (see #4). Next thing you know, I had a list. Check out the Top 10 Military Comedies here.