Jack Black and Mos Def coast through this Michel Gondry flick, but the movie spoofs are brilliantly conceived.
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Eric Melin
To say that Michel Gondry’s new movie “Be Kind Rewind” has a ridiculous premise would be correct, but it would be missing the point. This peculiar little film isn’t set in any kind of reality I’m familiar with, and that is wholly its charm. One clever moment that happens early in the movie is a […]
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Eric: It seems a bit strange to talk about this one night of television in terms of how much it entertained us when the focus really should be on the nominated movies themselves. So, before we dive into what we liked and hated about Sunday night’s Oscars, let’s get one thing out of the way. […]
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Wow, what a crazy night. There were a lot of upsets–starting with three “Bourne Ultimatum” wins, and continuing through to “Taxi From the Darkside” beating “Sicko” and Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton. The Scene-Stealers Oscar Party was fantastic; thanks to everybody who helped out, and congratulations to Betsy Hatch, who picked most of those upsets […]
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Ever wonder why the TV networks try to stress a heavy amount of starpower and “the biggest movies of the year” to promote every Oscar telecast, even though neither is really true? I mean, this year, Angelina Jolie, just about the biggest celebrity name in the world, actually gave an Oscar-worthy performance (“A Mighty Heart”) […]
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[youtube YVtZS8oAcoE nolink]It’s finally here– the last installment of the Scene-Stealers Oscar Fix! (Grueling, wasn’t it?) Eric and J.D. tackle the biggest category and the one generating the biggest amount of controversy– Best Picture. Will it be the grim outlook of “No Country for Old Men” or “There Will Be Blood” that prevails, or will […]
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A rich high schooler counsels his troubled fellow classmates in a bathroom and doles out prescription pills with the bully who used to beat him up in this forced-quirky dramedy.
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In an era where teenagers are increasingly more familiar with psychoactive drugs as a socially-accepted way to deal with the pressures of high school, it is about time that a movie came along and shed an appropriately dark light on the touchy subject. “Charlie Bartlett” is not that movie. It wants to say something, but […]
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[youtube q-5L1Zz7xRc nolink]Eric and J.D. pick the 2008 Oscar winner for Best Director. If you haven’t done so yet, make sure and enter the Scene-Stealers Oscar Pick ’em Contest and (if you live nearby) come to the Oscar Party. We are giving away a 6-mo. Netflix subscription, hundreds of dollars, and tons of schwag from […]
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Usually the hype surrounding the Oscars is all about who’s going to win, but this year, with the ongoing writer’s strike reducing the Golden Globes to an embarrassing press conference starring the cheesemeister Billy Bush, the talk was all about whether the 80th Academy Awards would even happen at all. Now that we know they […]
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[youtube _PhCNQKAe4U nolink]Eric and J.D. pick the 2008 Oscar winners in the Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress categories. If you haven’t done so yet, make sure and enter the Scene-Stealers Oscar Pick ’em Contest and (if you live nearby) come to the Oscar Party. We are giving away a 6-mo. Netflix subscription, hundreds of dollars, […]
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Since 1952, Hollywood’s biggest night has been televised. Before that, the Academy Awards had been broadcast on radio, and not always the complete ceremony. Hell, before 1940, the results weren’t even in a sealed envelope. They would be printed in the next day’s newspapers, which were sometimes available before the show even started. It’s a […]
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“Hey, who wants to be a millionaire?” Some jackass at the Replay Lounge asked me that question last night after this article appeared in the Lawrence Journal-World. Hell yeah, I do. Are you kidding? Who doesn’t want to get paid a huge some of money for putting all that (formerly) useless movie trivia to work? […]
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[youtube gPTojfkVtA0]Eric and J.D. pick the 2008 Oscar winners in the Best Actor, Film Editing, Visual Effects and Makeup categories. If you haven’t done so yet, make sure and enter the Scene-Stealers Oscar Pick ’em Contest and (if you live nearby) come to the Oscar Party. We are giving away a 6-mo. Netflix subscription, hundreds […]
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George Romero’s newest zombie pic plays like a Cliff’s Notes version of all his previous ones.
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