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Eric Melin

Lawrence.com editor Trevan McGee and Scene-Stealers.com creator Eric Melin join forces for The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast. In podcast #32, Trevan and Eric talk about “Cowboys and Aliens” and “Crazy Stupid Love.” Listen or download The Scene-Stealers Podcast Ep. 32 here. Subscribe to The Scene-Stealers Podcast on iTunes here.

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This review of “The Warrior’s Way” and “Das Boot,” new on Blu-ray and DVD, originally appears on KTKA-49. “The Warrior’s Way,” out now on DVD and Blu-ray, stars South Korean megastar Jang Dong-gun as an Asian assassin who ends up in the American West in the 19th century after taking mercy on the child of […]

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Our bi-weekly movie-reference-happy comic strip here on Scene-Stealers is back. Each week his characters recreate a famous scene from a familiar film. Can you guess which one it is this week? Here’s strip number 11 of the original comic The Chicken and the Egg. The artist is Ben Townsend and he lives in the Southampton, […]

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Today’s Top 10 list comes from sitegoer Brian Tousey, who teaches a film course in Los Angeles, and writes a film-based blog called Maximum Tenderness. His previous list for Scene-Stealers was Top 10 Stephen King Movie Adaptations. If you’d like to contribute a Top 10 list to Scene-Stealers, just email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s Brian: […]

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This review originally appears on KTKA-49. The superhero genre gets an injection of good old fashioned patriotism when “Captain America: The First Avenger” hits theaters this weekend. Set during World War II, this Marvel Comics adaptation follows the adventures of a wimpy young man with a good heart who is turned into a muscular super […]

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This weekend, America’s favorite comic-book super soldier gets his own movie as “Captain America: The First Avenger” brings the Marvel superhero to the big screen. The idea of the super soldier, however—someone enhanced beyond normal human powers for the express purpose of fighting— is nothing new. Here is a list of the Top 10 coolest […]

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DVD/Blu-ray Review – Insidious and [REC] 2

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This review of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” appears on KTKA-49. To see how this film fits in with the rest of the series, read all the films ranked in order at Top 8 Harry Potter Movies. It all ends this weekend as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part […]

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Our new bi-weekly movie-reference-happy comic strip here on Scene-Stealers is back. Here’s strip number 10 of the original comic The Chicken and the Egg. The artist is Ben Townsend and he lives in the Southampton, U.K. Click on the strip for a larger image! Contact the cartoonist: thechickenandtheegg@hotmail.com Link to The Chicken and the Egg […]

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Eight movies and 10 years ago the enormously popular film series about the boy wizard from J.K. Rowling began. The quality of the “Harry Potter” movie adaptations has varied wildly over the years, and one of my major complaints is that as the books have progressed, so have their page counts. This meant more and […]

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This review of the new Criterion Blu-rays “Black Moon” and “Zazie dans le Metro” appears on KTKA-49. Famed director Louis Malle has two movies new out on Blu-ray this month and both are variations on the tradition of film surrealism. “Black Moon,” which has been unavailable for years on home video, is a bizarre movie […]

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This review of “Horrible Bosses” appears on KTKA-49. “Horrible Bosses” has a very simple concept. Three lifelong friends—played by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis—go from thinking about killing their abusive bosses to actually plotting their murders. If the movie were a rich character drama or a suspense film, it would explore the dark […]

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This review of “Cedar Rapids” and “Elektra Luxx” on Blu-ray and DVD appears on KTKA-49. When “Cedar Rapids” hit theaters back in February, it barely made a mark at the box office. Maybe it was the fact that most of the movie takes place at an insurance conference in Iowa that kept people away. Or […]

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This Blu-ray review of Criterion’s new “Kiss Me Deadly” transfer appears on KTKA-49. Criterion’s new Blu-ray issue of the classic 1955 hard-boiled film noir “Kiss Me Deadly” is out now and is a must-have for any serious film fan. Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, the famous detective created by Mickey Spillane, in a movie that […]

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We asked you to tell us about the worst bosses you ever had to win tickets to see the new movie HORRIBLE BOSSES. We got a metric crap-ton of responses. WARNING: Some are not suitable for kids. 52 winners won advance passes to the screening and here are some of the best (i.e. worst) stories, straight from […]

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