Trevan and Eric talk about Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s eighth collaboration Dark Shadows before moving onto a movie they actually want to talk about: The Avengers. And check out Eric’s other project U.S. Air Guitar. Subscribe to The Scene-Stealers Podcast on iTunes or our RSS.
Maybe it’s a little early to call ‘Goon’ overlooked, but considering the movie came out in January and has been available on-demand for even longer grants it early access to this column.
Eric tackles The Five-Year Engagement, the latest from Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller. Meanwhile, Trey watches The Pirates! Band of Misfits and [spoiler alert] doesn’t hate it! Trevan asks questions and makes snap judgments. Subscribe to The Scene-Stealers Podcast on iTunes or our RSS.
This week Trevan, Eric and Trey welcome director Tony Ladesich and Dadsbigplan.com writer Alan Rapp to the show as we talk about Ladesich’s award-winning short Two Sisters before moving on to a spoilerific discussion of The Cabin In The Woods, so consider yourself warned. And don’t forget, tonight’s An Evening of 8-bit Featuring Scott Pilgrim […]
Day four came and went without any interference from tornado-palooza 2012. Trey Hock caught the Sundance shorts and I caught Chel White‘s film Bucksville. Take it away, Trey: The Sundance Film Festival Showcase did an incredible job of balancing shorts that offer laugh-out-loud humor with those that serve up emotionally driven drama. Each of the […]
The busiest day of the festival drew more than the standard filmmakers, students and critics, as casual and curious fans showed up for some of the major screenings such as Flowers Of War starring Christian Bale and the outstanding documentary Corporate FM. Check back tomorrow for Trey Hock’s review of Flowers Of War, but in the meantime here’s […]
Day two of the 2012 Kansas City Film Festival got started in a big way with the French film Intouchables, which follows a physically disabled member of the French nobility and his untraditional caretaker. Due to scheduling conflicts neither Trey Hock nor myself were able to attend the screening, opting instead to this Saturday’s showing at 1:15 […]
There are a lot films to discuss in this week’s show, but before they get started Eric, Trey and Trevan talk about An Evening of 8-bit event at the Screenland Crossroads Friday, April 20. The trio then touch on the great work going on all week at the Kansas City Film Fest before settling in to discuss […]
Bully, the new documentary from director Lee Hirsch tackles the issue of school bullying with all of the grace and complexity of a schoolyard taunt. The film is emotionally stirring, at times for the right reasons and at other times for the wrong ones, but ultimately suffers from Hirsch’s narrow choice of subjects, foggy message […]
Much like The Raid Redemption, Lockout, the newest offering from EuroCorp, purveyor of medium budget action fare, is a stupid Sci-Fi movie that can’t see past its own cliches far enough to contribute anything to the genre. There is nothing in the film that hasn’t been seen before and better elsewhere. Current advertisements liken it […]
With the first day of the AMC Theatres Kansas City FilmFest over with, the year’s proceedings are off to a great start. The festival unofficially launched at 4:30 p.m.with Piran — Pirano, the music documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year and part one of the local shorts program “People Like Us,” all leading up to the official kick-off with Nailbiter. […]
In this week’s podcast Eric Melin, Trevan McGee and Trey Hock talk about Seann William Scott and the rest of the gang in American Reunion and the non-stop action import The Raid Redemption. And if you’re a fan of the awesomely underrated Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, check out our upcoming Evening Of 8-bit Featuring Scott Pilgrim Vs The […]
Fresh off of seeing Wrath Of The Titans, Trevan and Eric unleash a Kraken of rage on this unnecessary and unwarranted sequel. Meanwhile Trey struggles to come up with a single memorable thing about Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and comes away with a pretty hilarious homage to 24. Lastly, and on a much sadder note, Trevan reads racist […]
This week’s podcast is dedicated entirely to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Gary Ross. Today, Eric and Trevan review the film before moving on to discuss movies with similar themes and plot lines, including Battle Royale, which just happens to be playing at the Screenland Crossroads this weekend. We know […]
It’s a light-weight week for new releases as Trey and Eric tackle Jason Segel and Ed Helms in Jeff Who Lives At Home and Trevan and Trey talk about Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill‘s surprisingly awesome 21 Jump Street reboot. This week’s podcast is spoiler-free unless you count some botched retelling of jokes from both movies and […]