Eric Melin guest host Whitney Mathews (www.whitneymathews.com) review the new bromance comedy “I Love You, Man,” starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jon Favreau, Jamie Pressly, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, and Andy Samberg. “I Love You, Man” gives Paul Rudd a chance to flex his leading man chops, but does it give him a good character or script to work with? Find out here.

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We have a very cool treat for all of our loyal Scene-Stealers sitegoers who live in the Kansas City area. I’ve just received word that we are getting tons of ‘admit-two’ passes to a private, Scene-Stealers only advance screening of the new comedy starring Paul Rudd (”Knocked Up”) and Jason Segel (”Forgetting Sarah Marshall”). It’s written and directed by John Hamburg, who also directed episodes of Judd Apatow’s “Undeclared,” and it doesn’t even open until March 20.

The screening is soon– NEXT WEEK–Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30pm at The Legends 14 Theater (1841 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, KS).

To win a pass, just fill out the form below, and your pass will be mailed to you just in the nick of time to attend the screening! If you are able to fill out the form (meaning it’s not sold out first), consider yourself a winner and your pass will be in the mail.

Thanks again for all your loyal support. The website is doing great, we are hard at work on a redesign, and we can’t wait to have all of you Beta-test it out!

Remember to get there early, it will probably be overbooked to ensure a full house … and we’ll see you there!

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Well, the short list for Oscar Documentary nominations has been released. Last year, the committee snubbed the best doc of the 2007, “The King of Kong.” This year, one of the biggest non-fiction films of the year, “Young@Heart,” was declared ineligible for a nomination because it was shown on TV first. Also, Alex Gibney’s “Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson” and Larry Charles’ “Religulous,” starring Bill Maher, is notably absent from this list.

It’s always something with those guys.

Anyway, here’s the list of eligible films. “Man on Wire,”  (above) one of my favorite movies of the year so far, is probably considered a frontrunner. And, even though his highly-acclaimed “Grizzly Man” was snubbed in 2005, Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the End of the World” (also pictured) should also make it in. Also notable: the esteemed Errol Morris’ “Standard Operating Procedure,” which came and went so fast this Spring, I didn’t even get a chance to see it.

These 15 films will be voted on in order to narrow the field down to five Oscar nominations in the Documentary category. Last year’s winner was Alex Gibney’s Taxi to the Dark Side,” which was viewed as somewhat of an upset over Michael Moore’s “Sicko.”

“At the Death House Door”
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
“Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“Fuel”
“The Garden”
“Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“In a Dream”
“Made in America”
“Man on Wire”
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
“Standard Operating Procedure”
“They Killed Sister Dorothy”
“Trouble the Water”

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