Sometimes the most important traits of a person can be observed from the moments they spend in the background. Director Jonathan Demme’s new verite-style movie “Rachel Getting Married” is at its truest when its characters are hiding on the fringes of an event that’s bigger than them. Well at least its bigger to most all […]
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Jonathan Demme’s verite-styled wedding flick is a subtle character piece with an effective Anne Hathaway and family.
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ADDING MORE GREAT PRIZES SO KEEP CHECKING BACK! We have been lining up lots of cool stuff to do and a lot of great prizes to give away in the raffle Wednesday Oct. 29 at our Night of Rock n Roll Horror event at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City. Here’s the lineup, getting larger […]
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Alright, Scene Stealers: If you love making mix compilations as much as I do, you’ll help me out with this one. I’m creating the ultimate spooky, scary rock playlist of all time. In no particular order, these are the songs I’ve got so far. Add your own in the comments below, and if I like […]
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The score to a horror movie can be the most essential thing sometimes. It sets the mood, the pace, everything. A great score can even make a bad horror movie seem semi-decent if the music is scary enough. Try putting these themes on a Halloween mix for trick-or-treaters this year if you want to keep […]
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With the help of a very likable Josh Brolin, Oliver Stone pains an extraordinarily devastating portrait of an empty, sad man. Beware; not a satire.
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Eric and guest critic Nick Colby of The Dead Girls walk out of a jam-packed screening of people ready to laugh and laugh at the over-the-top antics of our country’s worst President. Did they get what they expected? How did Josh Brolin do as the mighty “W.”? These questions and more are answered only in […]
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I am very excited to invite all of our Lawrence/Kansas City-based Scene-Stealers sitegoers to our first gathering of the masses. It’s a perfect amalgamation of the Halloween spirit, a charitable cause that we truly believe in (Children’s Music Fund), and everything else our website stands for—including partying, rad movie memorablia, trivia, and rock n’ roll! On […]
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Manhattan, KS in the house! There was a brief “whoop” from the crowd last night at the advance screening of Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush biopic “W.” when the Bill Snyder-coached 2003 Kansas State football team made a brief appearance in the movie. Having gone to school there, played probably more than a hundred rock shows there, […]
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[youtube y2SVdshWjD4 nolink] If you’re a fan of the original BBC version of “The Office,” with Ricky Gervais (whose better-than-average romcom “Ghost Town” was unfortunately ignored by moviegoers last month), then you’ll get this comparison with Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin right away. If you’re not, maybe it will be the impetus for going out […]
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Eric and guest co-host Matt Brown do an Instant Review of the new Ridley Scott-directed “Body of Lies,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. “Body of Lies” is a mature movie about complicated issues. It is also is a well-acted, convincing piece of work. But does it have as much emotional complexity as it has […]
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe turn in fine performances in a Middle Eastern-set Ridley Scott film that can’t seem to muster any emotional dynamics.
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Bill Maher leads the attack on Christianity in this agnos-terrific documentary that never gets beyond a bunch of talking heads.
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Say what you will about the manipulation of facts in a Michael Moore-directed documentary, but the man knows how to tell compelling stories. Critics accuse him of hogging too much face time, mounting attack interviews, and staging publicity stunts, and they would all be right. But his films resonate. Not only does Moore cover hot-button […]
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The upcoming Academy Award telecast on Feb. 22, 2009 will have contain something during the station breaks that no other Oscar broadcast has in 50 years. Ads for other movies. Any movie up for an award is still prohibited form advertising during commercials, but during this downturn in the movie business, the studios are hoping […]
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