Top 10s

Top 10 Movies of 2010

by Eric Melin on December 28, 2010

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Even though theaters were focused on 3D and IMAX presentations this year to keep people coming to the theater, the best movies of 2010 aren’t necessarily big epic films—in fact they are kind of all over the map. Here’s my list of the Top 10 movies of 2010. Runners up that just missed the cut: […]

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Top 10 Worst Belated Sequels

by Eric Melin on December 14, 2010

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Sometimes sequels come out a long time after the release of the original film. This weekend, “Tron: Legacy” will come out a full 28 years after Disney’s 1982 groundbreaking digital effects extravaganza “Tron.” Now that computer-generated VFX and virtual realities are commonly accepted in the world of film, this belated sequel must prove it has […]

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A terrifying list of the worst Christmas movies ever made.

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Top 10 Runaway Train Movies

by Eric Melin on November 16, 2010

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Suspense and action movies fall into all kinds of strange little subcategories. Even though we already have a list of the Top 10 Trains in Movies, I thought it would be fun to take a look at a more specific kind of movie. There’s not a lot of them, so it’s padded a bit to […]

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This list of Top 10 Most Manly Movie Deaths contains the best and most violent movie death scenes out there.

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When “The Blair Witch Project” was a box office smash in the summer of 1999, people braced themselves for a slew of imitators. But it wasn’t until recently that Found Footage as a sub-genre of horror has really started to mature and become respectable as more than just a collection of “Blair Witch” knockoffs. Like […]

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Out of the thirty plus films I’ve seen that played Fantastic Fest this year, picking only ten favorites was a surprisingly difficult task. Given more time to digest, this list could change, but as it stands these are my Top 10 Fantastic Fest 2010 Movies. The quite excellent runners-up: Buried, Red Hill, Legend of the […]

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The wildman known as Warren J. Cantrell is back with another Top 10! Warren liked contributing Top 10s to Scene-Stealers so much, he started his own site, 10Rant.com. Check it out now. In the meantime, here’s Warren: Why are bathtub scenes so frequently showcased in films? Though I know that many out there still take […]

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Thursday marks the beginning of Fantastic Fest, now in its sixth year. Held in Austin, the film festival is eight days of the best genre filmmaking has to offer. While it also has hosted some higher profile films such as “There Will Be Blood,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” and “Zombieland,” the importance of Fantastic Fest is that […]

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Today’s excellent Top 10 comes from Kansas City animation student Jessica Wisneski. Make sure and watch some of the amazing stop-motion animation shorts and clips embedded within the post. If you have an idea for a Top 10, email me at eric@scene-stealers.com. Here’s Jess: After I talked some trash on a Top 10 list, Eric, […]

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Top 10 Mockumentaries of All Time

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Top 10 George Clooney Movies (movies he starred in or directed) This weekend A-lister extraordinaire George Clooney continues his 12-year streak of picking movies that are a little left of center with “The American,” a slow-moving drama that’s kind of a throwback to 70s art-house fare. It wasn’t always that way for the man who […]

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Today’s Top 10 list comes from Sean O’Connell, a NYC-based writer who has contributed Top 10 Worst Movie Neighbors, Top 10 Worst Movie Husbands, Top 10 Midget Performances, Top 10 Movie Rain Scenes, Top 10 Movie Brothers, and Top 10 Cameo Roles in Movies. If you have a Top 10 you’d like to contribute, email […]

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Top 10 Modern Teen Bitches

by Eric Melin on August 17, 2010

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Julia Kukiewicz contributed Top 10 Modern Teen Bitches for today’s Top 10 Tuesday column. She is an editor of UK DVD rental site Choosedvdrental. The site reviews all the big UK DVD rental companies – like Lovefilm – and also covers DVD news and new releases. If you have a Top 10 of your own […]

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Magic realism (also known as magical realism) is a literary term that’s applied when a book blends the real and fantastic together, usually to reach a deeper understanding of reality. But when you apply it to film, it’s a bit harder to pin down. Films tend to explain things, even when they revel in the […]

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