The Kansas City Film Critics Circle (of which I am a member) gathered last night to vote on the group’s 44th annual year-end awards. The Loutzenhiser Awards are named after KCFCC founder James Loutzenhiser. The KCFCC is the second oldest professional film critics’ association in the United States. Due to an insane amount of snow, […]
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James Cameron’s Avatar is Disney’s Pocahontas? Avatar = Pocahontas (below) Well, we all know the similarities between “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Forrest Gump,” but what about the latest record-breaking 3D epic from James Cameron? I thought it was the sci-fi version of “Dances With Wolves” (or maybe “FernGully: The Last Rainforest”) but […]
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This decade was a great one for genre films. If anything, it could be remembered as the decade that fantasy/sci-fi/action films really grew up. Of course, Peter Jackson created the critically and commercially successful “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, capping it all off with the first Best Picture win for a fantasy movie ever in […]
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This year will be remembered as the year that in-theater experiences went mainstream. Not only did James Cameron’s much-hyped IMAX 3D spectacular “Avatar” open to $77 million this past weekend, but movies in these formats were coming out on a consistent basis all year long and doing great business. Hopefully, filmmakers will continue to use […]
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The 2010 Oscars are drawing closer. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards were just announced this morning, and there are a couple of surprises from the Golden Globes, but not too many. “Precious,” “Inglourious Basterds,” and “Up in the Air” each scored three nominations. Best Cast “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Nine” “Precious” […]
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Eric Melin and guest host Trevan McGee (InkKC.com) review the new Jason Reitman movie “Up in the Air” starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, and Anna Kendrick. The film is being released as a slow rollout across the U.S. in hopes of garnering Oscar buzz. It was adapted from a novel and taps into the feeling […]
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Golden Globes Awards snubs, nominations, shockers! This morning the nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globes (to be held Jan. 17 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel) were announced. Here’s the list of nominees and my analysis: Best Motion Picture – Drama “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “Up in the Air” “Avatar” Snubbed: “Where the […]
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Today’s Top 10 comes from Moviefreak.com contributor George Schmidt. He also wrote the list of Top 10 Sexiest Cinematic Giantesses for Scene-Stealers around this time last year. If you’d like to contribute a Top 10 list of your own, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s George: I’m always intrigued about how certain film characters are introduced […]
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Last week contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock wrote up his list of the Top 10 Dysfunctional Families in Movie Comedies because when he started a list of dysfunctional families in general, it was way too long. You could look at today’s list as a sort of Part Two. Separating them into two list gave him the opportunity […]
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Anyone who knows me knows of my unhealthy obsession. KISS was the band that made me want to play the drums. They are singlehandedly responsible for getting me into rock n’ roll. That is powerful stuff. Now, after almost 20 years of playing in bands, I have my first real opportunity to open for my […]
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Today’s kick-ass two-part list comes from indie filmmaker Trey Hock. I’ll let him explain: When I suggested this list to Eric, I thought I was in for a simple and fun project. I knew I could think of a number of funny, awkward and weird families in films. Why not come up with film families […]
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Eric and guest host Trevan McGee (from InkKC.com) review the bleak new Cormac McCarthy adaptation “The Road.” Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road” was directed by John Hillcoat and follows a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi McPhee) as they journey across a scorched Earth after the apocalypse. Does it live up to […]
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With its jittery stop-motion animation, exquisitely detailed shots, and outwardly self-aware characters, director Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is the epitome of artifice. It’s also as bright and cheery a time as you’ll have at the movies this year. Anderson and co-writer Noah Baumbach have adapted Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book into a breezy 88-minute […]
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Claireece “Precious” Jones, the abused and illiterate 16-year-old in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” is so beaten down by her circumstances that she hardly ever shows emotion. Played by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, her face is frozen in a near-constant grimace that seems to anticipate that something awful is about to happen at […]
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Justin Pierre and Eric Melin Review ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner.
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