The box office performance of “Observe and Report” this past weekend proves that subversive comedies usually have a way harder time finding an audience than a nice, family-friendly picture, even when that movie stars Seth Rogen. Funny thing is, subversive comedies often make a bigger impact and have a longer shelf life. To make this […]
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Elliot Kort and Abby Olcese are the Two Awesome Movie Nerds from Lawrence, KS. Once we get the new, completely interactive Scene-Stealers redesign up and running, you can see their reviews here, but for now, check out their YouTube page. If you have a Top 10 list of your own, email to me at eric@scene-stealers.com. […]
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Today’s user-submitted Top 10 comes from Ryan Magnuson, a musician and film student at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS. Ryan proves that there is more than one way to read a film, and sometimes it’s better if it’s not the way it was originally intended. If you’d like to submit your own Top 10, just […]
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Contributor Alan Rapp offers this surprising list up for today. If you have your own idea for a Top 10 list, email eric@scene-stealers.com. It’s just an honor to be nominated… Is it really? You’ve heard that expression for years. Let’s face it, the Academy Awards snubs many a film when it posts its nominations. Almost […]
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In honor of the remake of “Friday the 13th,” this past weekend’s box-office darling, this week’s edition Top 10 Tuesday brings you a list from Charles Gooch, who writes for ink.kc.com. If you have a list you’d like to contribute to Scene-Stealers, email eric@scene-stealers.com. In the meantime, enjoy Gooch’s Top 10 Instruments of Death in […]
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Today’s excellent Top 10 comes from the man behind Transbuddha. If you have a list you’d like to contribute, just email Eric at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s the list: Ah, Valentine’s Day! It’s the day when thoughts turn to love, commercials stab at every feeling of loneliness and alienation, and studios unleash even more crap into the […]
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Last year around this time, J.D. made a list of his Top 10 Romantic Comedies, and I never mustered up a response. So here we are in February, and another Valentine’s Day is upon us. It’s my turn for recommendations that won’t leave you feeling cheated in this much-maligned (and sometimes very rightly so) genre […]
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I know there’s only so many good ideas out there, and filmmakers are constantly recycling the same ones over and over, but just because we have computer-generated special effects now doesn’t mean that Hollywood has to raid its back catalog of movies. Check out this link if you don’t believe me that it’s gotten out […]
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Southern California resident Jonathan Dale, the author and operator of Imperial Valley Press’ Geek Corner emailed me before the new year with an interesting idea for a Top 10 list. I’ll let him take over from here. Remember, if you’d like to submit your own Top 10 list for publication, just email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. […]
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After the busiest December in movie-watching history, I finally managed to squeak out a list of the best movies of 2008. After going back through my favorite films of the year, I noticed that the last-minute Oscar contender cramming didn’t really change things all that much. Sure, “The Wrestler” and “Let the Right One In” […]
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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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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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