Scene-Stealers Editor-in-Chief Eric Melin and a gaggle of guest reviewers take on Zack Snyder‘s (300, Watchmen) latest cinematic assault, the girl-powered action fantasy “Sucker Punch.” Will Snyder’s fetish for stylized sexuality and violence translate into something bigger than the sum of its pop-art influences? Find out in this review of Sucker Punch (2011) starring Emily […]
OK, this is just plain awesome. There is a half-hour new show coming to a TV near you called CinemaKC. The Kansas City area is full of talented filmmakers, and local organization CinemaKC is partnering with KSMO-TV to put those filmmakers in the spotlight every week for close to four months! CinemaKC, a new weekly […]
Our brand new bi-weekly comic strip here on Scene-Stealers is back. Here’s Strip number two of The Chicken and the Egg. The artist is Ben Townsend. Click on the strip for a larger image! Contact the cartoonist: thechickenandtheegg@hotmail.com Link to The Chicken and the Egg #1
Last weekend, the UFO Reykawvik Summit 2011 brings authors, investigators, and researchers to Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS to discuss alien abduction and ongoing UFO sightings. Coincidentally, while this 3-day conference visited my town, the new alien comedy “Paul,” starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as two British nerds who discover an alien in Area […]
Here’s my review of the Blu-ray/DVD combo packs of “Hereafter” and “The Fighter” from KTKA-49. Out on a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack this week is Clint Eastwood‘s afterlife drama “Hereafter,” starring Matt Damon as a psychic whose ability to read other people’s thoughts leaves him cut off from the world. His and two other stories concerning […]
Lawrence.com editor Trevan McGee and Scene-Stealers.com creator Eric Melin join forces for The Scene-Stealers Movie Podcast. In podcast #19, Trevan and Eric review “Paul” and chat about UFO movies and films that feature first contact with aliens. Listen or download The Scene-Stealers Podcast Ep. 19 here. Subscribe to The Scene-Stealers Podcast on iTunes here.
Here’s my review of the new Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movie “Paul” from KTKA-49. Together with director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created two of the funniest and most loving tributes to genre films in recent memory: The zombie spoof “Shaun of the Dead” and the action movie “Hot Fuzz.” The duo returns […]
The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced last night at the festival’s awards ceremony, hosted by comedian Owen Egerton in Austin, Texas. For the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, 140 features, consisting of 66 World Premieres, 15 North American Premieres and 15 U.S. Premieres, were […]
SXSW 2011 reviews of The Innkeepers and The Key Man
Why Richard Lester’s “Superman II” is an overlooked movie classic that is reflective of its era.
KTKA film critic Eric Melin reviews Love and Other Drugs and Four Lions on DVD and Blu-ray.
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 […]
Eric Melin’s review of the new movie “Red Riding Hood” from KTKA-49.
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 […]