Frenemy Mine
Posted 2 weeks ago

A 97-minute love-letter to obstinance, tunnel vision, and indignant narcissism, 'Friendship' is the movie 2025 deserves, and is hilarious to boot.

‘Friendship’ Is So Good It Should Win 55 Oscars, 55 Golden Globes, 55 BAFTAS, 55 SAGS, 100 PGAS, 100 WGAS, and 55 DGAS
Too Many Detours
Posted 2 months ago

A road-trip comedy, 'Sacramento' tries to answers questions about fatherhood and friendship but falls short in the end.

Road trip comedy ‘Sacramento’ takes too many detours en route to destination
Mind Crash
Posted 2 months ago

Fans will love it. Non fans will be confused. And gamers will wanna game.

All Whammies
Posted 2 months ago

'The Luckiest Man in America' feels like a missed opportunity, and a tease of a better movie hiding somewhere in the margins of this one.

‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Makes Its Play, Lands on a Whammy
(Good) Dog Days
Posted 2 months ago

An odd couple dramedy with a strong thematic backbone rooted in explorations of grief and acceptance, 'The Friend' creeps up on you.

‘The Friend’ Is Very Good Company
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A 97-minute love-letter to obstinance, tunnel vision, and indignant narcissism, ‘Friendship’ is the movie 2025 deserves, and is hilarious to boot.

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Chosen family under one big roof!

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A road-trip comedy, ‘Sacramento’ tries to answers questions about fatherhood and friendship but falls short in the end.

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Fans will love it. Non fans will be confused. And gamers will wanna game.

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‘The Luckiest Man in America’ feels like a missed opportunity, and a tease of a better movie hiding somewhere in the margins of this one.

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‘The Friend’ Is Very Good Company

by Warren Cantrell April 3, 2025 Print Reviews

An odd couple dramedy with a strong thematic backbone rooted in explorations of grief and acceptance, ‘The Friend’ creeps up on you.

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‘Death of a Unicorn’ Swings for the Fences, Hits a Single

by Warren Cantrell March 26, 2025 Print Reviews

‘Death of a Unicorn’ is fun, interesting, and good (enough), though shoddy CGI work and a somewhat flat performance from Paul Rudd keep it from realizing its full potential.

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“Snow White” is More Like Snow YIKES!

by Christian Ramos March 21, 2025 Print Reviews

Snow White and the Seven Ugliest Things

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‘Novocaine’ is a one-trick, mind-numbing action flick

by Tim English March 14, 2025 Print Reviews

‘Novocaine’ is fast and at times funny, thanks to a solid performance from Jack Quaid, but it struggles to stay interesting beyond the movie’s gimmick.

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A Bear on a Mission in “Paddington in Peru”

by Christian Ramos March 9, 2025 Print Reviews

Paddington is taking names and making marmalade sandwiches. And he’s all out of marmalade.

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Love is Deadly in “Heart Eyes”

by Christian Ramos March 9, 2025 Print Reviews

Love can have deadly side effects!

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Oscars Preview 2025! Scene-Stealers Talk the 96th Annual Academy Awards

by Warren Cantrell February 28, 2025 Blogs

“If Will Smith wins, he’s going to have the speech that people talk about for years.”   -Joe Jarosz, February 10, 2022 We’ve done this before, people! The bullpen of writers here at Scene-Stealers KNOWS the Oscars, and is once again offering up all the hot takes a person can handle just days ahead of the […]

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No Need to Whisper About ‘The Quiet Ones’

by Warren Cantrell February 23, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters and VOD on February 21 If America can repackage (Den of Thieves) or reimagine (The Town) Heat every couple of years, why can’t Scandinavia? The Quiet Ones (De Lydløse) may not live up to Michael Mann’s 1995 opus, but none do and that doesn’t really matter, because in […]

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“Dog Man” is SUPA Cute

by Christian Ramos February 4, 2025 Print Reviews

Dog-Man hybrid takes names and sniffs butts. And he’s all out of butts.

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Lots of Cents in “Nickel Boys”

by Christian Ramos February 4, 2025 Print Reviews

The horrors of a reform school are seen through the eyes of two young men.

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