Ron Howard directs Tom Hanks again in this faster-paced but equally unfulfilling sequel to “The Da Vinci Code.”
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About halfway through “Angels & Demons,” I started thinking about when it would end. Admittedly, that may have had something to do with the fact that the season finale of “Lost” was waiting for me on my DVR at home, but nevertheless, that’s a bad sign for any suspense movie. “Angels & Demons” is director […]
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What is IMAX? The “fake IMAX” controversy and boycott. IMAX facts on retrofit for theaters. How big is the screen? The sound? It’s a huge Twitter trend as I write this. Comedian Aziz Ansari (from NBC’s Parks and Recreation) published this tirade about paying an extra $5 to see and IMAX showing of “Star Trek” […]
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Filming started yesterday in New Mexico on an adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, Jim Thompson’s “The Killer Inside Me.” Director Michael Winterbottom (“24 Hour Party People”) is in charge and I couldn’t be happier. It stars Casey Affleck as Lou Ford, a small-time sheriff who no one would suspect has finally started […]
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Read the facts about the “Star Trek” IMAX controversy here!! Eric Melin and guest host Billy Brimblecom review the new J.J. Abrams reboot of the “Star Trek” franchise, starring Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. It’s part origin story, part re-do, with a lot of character and action. It also contains […]
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J.J. Abrams relaunches a tired franchise with youthful vigor, exciting action, and efficient character development to spare. Crowd-pleasing Hollywood blockbusters don’t come much more entertaining than this.
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Today’s Top 10 comes from Andrew Reed, a frequent contributor who runs the excellent Fighting the Youth blog, and currently resides in Argentina. This is a great list that I hope you all enjoy! If you have a Top 10 list you’d like to contribute to Scene-Stealers, drop me a note at eric@scene-stealers.com and let […]
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Here are some more of the winning videos from our 2009 “Star Trek” screening contest. Congrats again to the winners, and to everyone else—enjoy! Johnathan M. Reeves put together a cool “Star Trek” tribute that uses the classic theme song and superimposes the old and new actors in the series over the top of it: […]
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Eric Melin and guest host Aaron Weber from Transbuddha.com lock claws over the X-Men prequel starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Does the movie live up to the hype? How does it stack up against the other X-Men movies (especially since “X2: X-Men United” is one of the best comic book adaptations of all-time)? Find out […]
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Which “Wolverine” ending did you see? Weigh in here. Watch our on-camera movie review with clips here. The thing that made Bryan Singer’s “X-Men” and its first sequel so compelling was that the team of superheroes known as the X-Men were not superheroes at all, but mutants. Born with special powers, they were looked at […]
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This disappointing action movie reduces Hugh Jackman’s complicated anti-hero to a wisecracking cliche in favor of inconsequential fight scenes.
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After a screening at last weekend’s KC FilmFest at the AMC Mainstreet Theatre in Kansas City’s Power & Light district, the appropriately titled B-movie “Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula” will have a limited run this weekend only at the downtown Screenland Theater. On the surface, the title sets your expectations perfectly. Tiffany Shepis and Trent […]
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Multiple endings? Different Deadpool endings for the new “Wolverine” X-Men movie? Easter eggs? Links to different “Wolverine” endings? As Marge Gunderson from “Fargo” would say: “You betcha.” I’m going to see an advance screening of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” in about two hours and I’ve been reading a lot of chatter about multiple endings for the […]
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Our Top 10 list today comes from Sean O’Connell, a frequent sitegoer who lives in Rockaway, New York City. If you have a Top 10 list you’d like to contribute, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s Sean: I have always overheard people say that there is no stronger bond than that of sisters. The opposite is […]
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Jamie Foxx shines in director Joe Wright’s inspirational feel-good movie about a homeless musician. Co-stars Robert Downey Jr.
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