The Holocaust took a horrific human toll in both casualties and emotional scars that will last forever. Two movies coming out this Oscar season (and a third—“Defiance”—next month) are haunted by the spectre of this shameful event, although each takes a very different approach. “Valkyrie” recounts the true story of two attempts by German officers […]
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Will Eisner’s “The Spirit” comic may have been about a masked crimefighter, but his hugely influential series (that ran originally from 1940-1952) was not a superhero comic. “The Spirit” blended elements of lighthearted adventure, romance, and horror, sometimes with a flair for the comedic. Writer/director Frank Miller seems to be on a mission to cram […]
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Eric and guest critic Trevan McGee from inkkc.com battle it out over “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a big Oscar prestige film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, and directed by David Fincher. Will it be the big contender for Best Picture at the Academy Awards […]
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David Fincher’s latest is an overly long, nostalgic look at one man’s curious life as he ages backwards and watches history unfold.
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Frank Miller’s bizarrely hilarious adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comic veers wildly between high camp and seriousness with all the subtlety of a jackhammer and no grasp of plotting.
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This week’s user-submitted Top 10 comes from Andrew Willis, who says that Scene-Stealers was partially responsible for his creating movierabble.com and having regular Top 5 lists. That, and a healthy dose of “High Fidelity,” no doubt. If you’ve got an idea for a Top 10 list you’d like to contribute, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s […]
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Jim Carrey is getting a bit old for this routine but if you want to see some geriatric oral sex, this is the movie for you.
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Nothing I write in this movie review will convince you whether or not you should see the new Jim Carrey comedy “Yes Man.” Let me explain. I’ve seen the film, so let me tell you this much: You already know whether you want to see it because you’ve learned everything you need to know from […]
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Sometimes it’s because they need an original band to fit into their fictional story, sometimes it’s for parody, and sometimes it’s just because the filmmakers don’t want to pay to get somebody else’s song on the soundtrack. For whatever reason, there are a ton of made-up bands played by actors in the movies these days. […]
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The 2008 Screen Actor’s Guild Award nominations were announced this morning. There were some really nice surprises her for people who’s Oscar chances were waning. Melissa Leo (“Frozen River”) and Richard Jenkins (“The Visitor”) got nods for low-budget indie films that have scored pretty well in various critic’s polls (all aggregated here), but the biggest […]
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Mickey Rourke (in the performance of the year) dominates this gritty, lyrical new movie from director Darren Aronofsky, which chronicles the life of a fading wrestling star.
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Eric Melin and guest co-host Whitney Mathews (www.whitneymathews.com) review Mickey Rourke’s comeback role in Darren Aronofsky’s new movie “The Wrestler.” Co-starring Marisa Tomei as the stripper who wins his heart and Evan Rachel Wood as his estranged daughter, “The Wrestler” is a gripping, realistic walk through some important moments in the life of fictional 1980s […]
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As you may have heard we are undergoing a pretty radical transformation here at Scene-Stealers.com. In order to make this a website where movie freaks can express their opinions freely about new and old movies alike, we need to have a badass movie database. And that is a LOT of work. What we want to […]
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Just got this in my inbox about 10 minutes ago. I hope he does something different with it this time because his “Halloween” remake was about half good. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 16, 2008) — Dimension Films – the successful genre and specialty arm of The Weinstein Company – is pleased to announce that […]
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Danny Boyle’s exhilarating yet hellish fairy tale is a must-see movie experience.
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