March 2011

SXSW 2011 is underway and contributor George Hickman is filing his reports each day as the festival and its several world premiere movie events and panels continue. In 2009, director Duncan Jones gave gaggles of geeks flaming nerdboners with his debut feature “Moon,” a film that dragged science fiction kicking and screaming back into the […]

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KTKA film critic Eric Melin reviews Love and Other Drugs and Four Lions on DVD and Blu-ray.

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For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! Sergei Eisenstein, one of the Russian Formalist filmmakers and the director of “The […]

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Our intrepid Austin, TX freelancer George Hickman is at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival for the next week and will be providing us with daily content. One film I thought looked interesting is Sebastian Gutierrez’s GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR. The movie stars Carla Gugino, Zachary Quinto, Danny DeVito, Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, and Robert […]

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Eric Melin’s review of the new movie “Red Riding Hood” from KTKA-49.

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Lawrence.com editor Trevan McGee and Scene-Stealers.com creator Eric Melin join forces for The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast. In podcast #18, Trevan and Eric review “Red Riding Hood,” “Battle: Los Angeles” and chat about the upcoming Kansas City “Red State” screening, which is sure to be protested by the Westboro Baptist Church. Listen or download The Scene-Stealers […]

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For the straightforward action pic “Battle: Los Angeles,” director Jonathan Liebesman focuses on a worldwide alien invasion, but he does a couple specific things that make it bearable, if not a complete retread. First: He tells the story from the point of view of one Marine Staff Sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon as […]

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Movie review of “Family Instinct” : a shocking, emotionally intense work directed by Andris Gauja.

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Today is the first installment of a brand new bi-weekly comic strip here on Scene-Stealers called The Chicken and the Egg. The artist is Ben Townsend and each strip will have some kind of movie-related theme. Click on the strip for a larger image! Contact the cartoonist: thechickenandtheegg@hotmail.com

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For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! Sometimes you just need a break from all the war that AFI’s list […]

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Top 10 Superhero Movies

by Eric Melin on March 8, 2011

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This list is strictly a compilation of those masked adventurers who fight for justice. I’m getting my engines revved up early for comic book fun in the theater with the Top 10 Superhero Movies.

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For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! I understand that some of the most inspirational stories are stories of incredible […]

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Here’s my review of the new Matt Damon movie “The Adjustment Bureau” from KTKA-49. Philip K. Dick, the science fiction author whose works were the basis for “Blade Runner” and “Minority Report,” is famous for his far-out concepts. Movie adaptations of his work usually take the premise from Dick and little else because his ideas […]

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Here’s my review of the new DVD/Blu-ray release “127 Hours” from KTKA-49. The buzz on author-actor-phd candidate James Franco before hosting the Oscars last Sunday was basically: what can’t he do? After seeing the Oscars, we now know. Thankfully, we have the fantastic and unusual film “127 Hours” out this week on DVD and Blu-ray […]

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Lawrence.com editor Trevan McGee and Scene-Stealers.com creator Eric Melin join forces for The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast. In podcast #17, Trevan and Eric review “The Adjustment Bureau” and “Take Me Home Tonight.” Eric vents about the Oscars. Trevan discusses camp and “Drive Angry 3D.” listen or download The Scene-Stealers Podcast Ep. 17 here.

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