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January 2019

Revenge drama ‘Destroyer’ is an unsatisfying ordeal.

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KC Oscar Party 2019

by Eric Melin on January 31, 2019

in Blogs

The 91st Academy Awards are Sunday February 24, 2019 and your pals at Scene-Stealers and Screenland Armour are hosting the coolest movie party in Kansas City for the seventh year in a row. And, as always, it’s free! This is your chance to see Hollywood’s best and worst dressed, watch the Academy Awards broadcast on the big screen […]

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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] The body-horror movie Piercing lives up to its name both figuratively and literally. It opens with one of the most shocking images one could think of—Reed, a father, holding an ice pick above his baby—and it’s a fair warning for what the viewer can expect from there. To fend off […]

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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up]  Getting it out of the way early, yes indeed The Standoff at Sparrow Creek is similar to the classic film The Usual Suspects. Don’t quote me on that film since it’s been ages, but it’s iconic enough not to compare the two. But it’s certainly a mystery whodunit with a […]

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‘Cold War’ is a gorgeously shot, ill-fated yet passionate sweeping romance set against the harsh back drop of 1950s post-war Europe.

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Well, here’s the furthest thing from a nice mess to get into! A great biopic that conveys both laughs and heartwarming sentiments.

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Newcomer Angus Imrie is the best thing about Joe Cornish’s ‘The Kid Who Would be King,’ an Arthurian tale for the tween set.

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Survival, conflict, and a little bit of meth keep this survival thriller moving.

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If Sarah Paulson’s Dr. Staple is looking for a character with delusions of grandeur in this film, she might not have to look further than the director himself.

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This documentary shows how obsessive life online can be and how it’s effecting America’s young lives.

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Romance ruins bromance in badly written ‘The Upside.’

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‘Burning’ is the ultimate meme of “You vs. the guy she tells you not to worry about,” shrouded in a tense mystery.

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The most provocative thing about this rote RBG biopic is the title.

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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ talks about two lovers who find themselves facing racial injustice that threatens to tear them apart and the strongest love they have for one another that is seeking to keep them together.

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Hirokazu Koreeda’s award-winning ‘Shoplifters’ deserves the accolades for its beautiful, bittersweet family portrait.

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