According to Warren J. Cantrell, today’s Top 10 contributor and regular all-around manly guy, some films considered “classics” got it wrong from the get-go. Because of nostalgic vice-grips on memories or experiences associated with the pictures, he says, people refuse to re-think the movies with a critical 21st century eye. The films in his list should not be considered indispensable members of the holy Hollywood fraternity of screen gems at all. In fact, he wants us to take a harder look at what these films were saying to their audience.

Warren does just that in his Top 10 Classic Movies That Got it Wrong.

“Paranormal Activity” expanded this weekend to more cities and for the first time was shown at a time other than midnight. It’s a very strange marketing campaign that seems to have paid off for the ultra-low-budget horror flick.

One of those cities is Kansas City, so I saw it Friday night, and here’s my uncharacteristically neutral review. What a strange and unfulfilling evening it was.

George Hickman, our man down in Austin, TX for Fantastic Fest 2009, saw it weeks ago and has a full review of right here. He and the genre-friendly crowd at the festival had an easier time with it than I did.

The sensation that is sweeping LA, NY, DC, and Chicago comes directly to the Midwest! AIREOKE is a combination of air guitar and karaoke that was created by “Air Guitar Nation” star Bjorn Turoque, and it’s coming to Lawrence/KC!

YOU be the rock star! Bring your own mp3 player or rock out onstage to any number of your favorite songs from the vast AIREOKE catalog. *No guitars allowed.

If you were at the Kansas City US Air Guitar Regional, you know how fun and infectious a night of pure, unadulterated air guitar can be. You may not think you’ll be performing, but after seeing everyone else do it (and having a couple drinks), you may think differently.

The entire event is hosted by 2009 KC air guitar champion Mean Melin and authorized by “To Air Is Human” author Bjorn Turoque.

Ryan Klima has joined the esteemed list of many Scene-Stealers readers before him. He proved his mettle as an obsessed movie fan by contributing his own Top 10 list! From a giant shark to a giant ape, his list of the Top 10 Most Iconic Movie Posters is right here. To send me your list, email eric@scene-stealers.com. Speaking of cool Scene-Stealers contributors …

… also up today is George Hickman’s Day 5 report from Fantastic Fest 2009. He’s got the early scoop on some of the scariest movies for Halloween this year. One is out now in sort sort of secret Amazon alliance and another comes out on DVD/Blu-ray today. Make sure and read all about “House of the Devil,” “[REC] 2,” and “Trick ‘R Treat” right here.

Eric welcomes Trevan McGee from Inkkc.com back as guest host as they review the new horror comedy “Zombieland.”  Also new in this weekend that’s unusually overstuffed with good movies, Eric has print reviews for “Zombieland,” “Whip It,” “The Invention of Lying,” and “Capitalism: A Love Story.”

George Hickman’s days and nights are filled with nothing but movies lately. Our man on the scene in Austin, TX for Fantastic Fest 2009 has five more screenings under his belt, including the Terry Gilliam mind-trip “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.”

You may recall that the late Heath Ledger’s unfinished role in the movie was filled out by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell after his unexpected death last year. Does it affect the continuity or concept of the movie? Find out about that film and four more in George’s Day Four report from Fantastic Fest.

Michael Moore has always gone for the big picture. He’s always tried to re-frame the argument. And to some extent, the buttons he pushes get people to talk. Many of the issues brought up in his movies have gradually seeped into the collective consciousness.

Will the thesis of “Capitalism: A Love Story” do the same thing? Only time will tell. Eric sure had a lot to say about it. Join in the discussion after you’ve seen it too. For now, read his lengthy review (complete with footnotes–oh boy!) right here.

Ricky Gervais‘ new comedy “The Invention of Lying” (opening this weekend) made me think about his little-seen movie from last year called “Ghost Town.” It was a terrific little film that embraced sentimentality yet didn’t fall into all the cliched traps of most modern romantic comedies. That started me thinking about other films from the past five years that either were unfairly bashed in the press, underperformed at the box office, or simply disappeared without a trace soon after they were released.

What I ended up with is a pretty exciting list of movies that you may want to think about renting soon. (Chances are, they are probably on the 99-cent shelf by now, so there’s not much risk involved.) Click here to read the Top 10 Overlooked Movies of the Last Five Years.

Our pal George Hickman has been watching movies in Austin, TX at Fantastic Fest for three straight days nonstop. It sounds like his sleeplessness was rewarded on his third day with a slew of great movies that most of us won’t be able to see for months.

George Romero hosted a surprise screening of his newest zombie movie “Survival of the Dead.” “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2″ were unveiled in a cleaned-up, 3D format. Takashe Miike’s “Yatterman” and Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Fish Story” were unspooled, as well as “The Revenant,”  D. Kerry Prior’s hilarious zombie comedy, which George says is the funniest since “Shaun of the Dead.” Sorry, “Zombieland”! Click here to get the scoop on all of these movies.

What do a mid-70s Japanese punk band, a group of Doomsday cultists in 1999, paranormal recording aficionados in 1982, and a girl in 2002 who finds herself in the middle of a ferry hijacking all have in common?

Ask Yoshihiro Nakamura, he directed the thing. Or if you don’t speak Japanese, you can read our review of “Fish Story,” one of the best movies at Fantastic Fest 2009. Our pal George Hickman also posted a full-length review of “Paranormal Activity” after seeing it at the ultra cool and nerdy Austin, TX film festival. Stay tuned; more to come from Fantastic Fest!