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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 #11, Eric discusses a not entirely by-the-book romantic comedy in Ivan Reitman’s “No Strings Attached.” Trevan recounts the horror of “Spice World” and the two recap the Golden Globes. Listen or download here.

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Top 10 Buddy Movies

by Eric Melin on January 18, 2011

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Top 10 Buddy Movies, not always buddy cop movies

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We had a contest to win passes to “No Strings Attached” and I asked our readers to tell us who their “no strings attached” hookup would be and why. Thanks to everybody who entered and the winners have all been emailed! Our winner (who gets the prize pack too) shall go unnamed, for obvious reasons. […]

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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 #10, Trevan and Eric argue about “The Green Hornet” and this predict and mock this weekend’s Golden Globes. Listen or download here.

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Here’s my review of “The Green Hornet” from KTKA-49. Early in “The Green Hornet,” Seth Rogen says to Jay Chou, his soon-to-be-partner-in-crimefighting—and I’m paraphrasing—“You know what the stupid thing about superheroes is? They announce to everybody that they’re good guys and all the villains need to do is start killing innocent people and they’ve got […]

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Back in 1994, my band Truck Stop Love was featured on a Tom Petty tribute record called “You Got Lucky.” (This was back in the time when people bought a lot of compilation CDs — you know — before the advent of the iPod “shuffle.”) We appeared on an episode of ABC In Concert where […]

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Here’s my review of “The King’s Speech” from KTKA-49. There are many ways to make a feel-good picture, but in the movie ‘The King’s Speech,’ the personal triumph that gives audiences a warm glow happens on the national stage with everyone listening. Prince Albert, played in a wonderfully nuanced performance by Best Actor frontrunner Colin […]

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San Francisco’s The Flamin’ Groovies were way more influential than their album sales at the time would show. 1976’s “Shake Some Action” is a classic power pop single.

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The Year in Movies 2010 – 10 trends and top stories

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Tonight the Kansas City Film Critics Circle chose the winners of its 2010 Movie Awards. The award winners for the year 2010 are:

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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 #8, we are again joined by Aaron Weber and Alan Rapp from dadsbigplan.com to talk about new movies like “True Grit” and “The King’s Speech.” Listen or download here.

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Top 10 Movies of 2010

by Eric Melin on December 28, 2010

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Even though theaters were focused on 3D and IMAX presentations this year to keep people coming to the theater, the best movies of 2010 aren’t necessarily big epic films—in fact they are kind of all over the map. Here’s my list of the Top 10 movies of 2010. Runners up that just missed the cut: […]

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Top 5 Movies of 2010

by Eric Melin on December 27, 2010

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Here’s my Top 5 Movies of 2010, which originally appeared on KTKA-49.

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Here’s my review of “True Grit” from KTKA-49. In 1969, John Wayne won his only Oscar for playing an alcoholic, one-eyed fat man named Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit.” Jeff Bridges reprises the role in a new version of the story that isn’t a remake of the original movie, but rather a new adaptation of […]

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