Growing up on a farm in the small town Larned, Kan., a young Hamilton Lewis used to fly his miniature U.S.S. Enterprise toy around the room and wonder how it would look flying by the camera. These days, he’s an animator at DreamWorks Animation and the man who played Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” […]
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It’s ironic that writer/director Chris Ordal’s quietly moving “Earthwork” opens its run at Liberty Hall in Lawrence the weekend after Governor Sam Brownback erased the funding for the Kansas Arts Commission, leaving the program with zero budget and no staff or offices. Shot almost entirely in Kansas and based on the true story of Lawrence, […]
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This review of Criterion’s new Blu-ray releases of “Diabolique” and “Pale Flower” appears on KTKA-49. Criterion is releasing some pretty great new Blu-ray transfers of movie classics right now, and two recent releases showcase what a great format Blu-ray is for making old movies seem modern. Of course, it helps when the films are way […]
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This review of “X-Men: First Class” appears on KTKA-49. The “X-Men” franchise has fallen on some rough times lately. A disappointing third movie and a “Wolverine” solo adventure that was all over the place may have alienated some of its fans in recent years. But with its former director Bryan Singer in the producer’s chair, […]
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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 #25, Trevan and Eric talk about “Earthwork,” “X-Men: First Class,” and “The Hangover Part II.” Listen or download The Scene-Stealers Podcast Ep. 25 here. Subscribe to The Scene-Stealers Podcast on iTunes here.
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Our new bi-weekly movie-reference-happy comic strip here on Scene-Stealers is back. Here’s strip number seven 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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Adam Jeffers is convinced that what Lawrence needs — whether the town knows it or not — are regular, free screenings of cheesy ’80s horror flicks remixed and edited down to their basest essentials and shown in a bar. “There’s absolutely a fanbase for this kind of thing and I’m sure that a good part […]
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In movies, too often drinking is seen as a bad thing. Of course, “The Hangover” and its sequel (opening Friday) like to have it both ways, making drinking fun and the unintended consequences funny. None of these films are the cautionary ‘social problem’ drinking movies (“The Lost Weekend,” “Days of Wine and Roses”). They all […]
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This review of “The Illusionist” appears on KTKA-49. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars earlier this year, “The Illusionist” is a beautifully rendered melancholy tribute to a brand of entertainers that has long since passed. Director Sylvain Chomet follows an elderly magician in the declining years of his career. It’s 1959, and television, […]
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This review of “Farewell” appears on KTKA-49. A 2010 espionage thriller that may have slipped under your radar is now out on Blu-ray and DVD and is definitely worth checking out. “Farewell” is loosely based on the story of a KGB analyst in the early 1980s who became disillusioned with the Soviet regime and began […]
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