Robert Duvall is an actor who can do stoic Southern characters in his sleep. He has always had a knack for playing the down-home philosopher who chooses his words carefully, and he’s as sturdy and subtle as ever in “Get Low,” a measured drama set in Depression-era Tennessee. Partially inspired by the true story of […]
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Watch Eric’s review from ABC KTKA-49 above or check out his more detailed print review of “The Switch,” starring Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston.
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What is it about space that so captures our imagination? Is it the vastness that seems to beckon, almost tease us, upward and outwards to explore its seemly endless wonders, or is it simply how it allows us another perspective in order to see how small and relatively unimportant one tiny blue dot is in […]
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Watch Eric’s on-camera review of “The Switch” with clips from the movie here. Narration in movies is a tricky thing. Sometimes it illuminates the thoughts of an anachronistic, layered character. Sometimes it’s used to create a mood or rhythm—it’s another detail of a film’s setting. Often times, however, narration is there to tie up a […]
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Watch the Scene-Stealers On-Camera Review with clips from the movie here. See why “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” came in at #7 on the Top 10 Modern Magic Realism Movies list here. Overloaded by lightning-quick information via social media, text messages, and an unlimited supply of TV and computer screens that never seem to shut […]
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Eric Melin from Scene-Stealers and Aaron Weber from DadsBigPlan review “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” starring Michael Cera and directed by Edgar Wright. Will the visual inventiveness and stylistic trappings of a movie within a videogame kill the movie or does the film succeed as a metaphor for an entire generation? Watch clips from “Scott […]
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Here’s Eric’s on-camera review of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg‘s new comedy “The Other Guys” from ABC affiliate KTKA-49. See this clip on the 6pm news tonight. Eric’s full print review of the movie is here.
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My on-camera review with clips from the movie is here. Read on for the detailed print review: If “The Other Guys” is Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay’s attempt to educate the public about the evils and abuses of Wall Street, they sure picked a roundabout way to do it. The fourth teaming of this […]
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I hate it when people complain that a movie isn’t believable enough. My brother complained to me that he had a hard time buying the fact that in Inception, people could just enter dreams so easily. But sometimes movies just require to you to make a leap of faith into the story and if they […]
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In this video, Eric and Trevan review Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” moments after a press screening (with clip, as usual). Read Eric’s more in-depth print review of “Inception” right here. Also, a detailed, spoiler-heavy post about the ending and its interpretations is here.
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The on-camera review with clips is here and the post about plot questions and the ending of “Inception” is here. A good fantasy film creates a wholly original world or concept convincingly. A good science-fiction film asks questions about our humanity while bending the laws of nature. “Inception” is all of this and more. In […]
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I was fortunate enough to be in New York City this past weekend, one of the few cities showing “The Kids Are All Right” before its wider release later this month. I’ve been anticipating this film since I saw the trailer a few months ago during “Greenberg”. I jabbed whoever was sitting next to me and […]
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I kind of adore Nicolas Cage. My friends think he’s a terrible and unforgivably over-the-top actor, and I can’t totally disagree. But Cage has an ability, and I think he’s totally aware of this, to elevate a movie to a completely different mode of enjoyment that always pays off. I mean, I love this video […]
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Ever wonder how bad movies ever came to be so bad? Well, now’s your chance to find out and have a drink with us this Friday at one of the coolest theaters in town! Scene-Stealers is sponsoring the 3-day run of a fantastic and hilarious documentary called “Best Worst Movie” at the Screenland Crossroads. The […]
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