(Good) Dog Days
Posted 8 hours 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
Uni-corny
Posted 1 week ago

'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.

‘Death of a Unicorn’ Swings for the Fences, Hits a Single
Feel the Pain
Posted 3 weeks ago

'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.

‘Novocaine’ is a one-trick, mind-numbing action flick
Beary Adventurous
Posted 4 weeks ago

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

A Bear on a Mission in “Paddington in Peru”
Bleedin' Love
Posted 4 weeks ago

Love can have deadly side effects!

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Think Twice Before Riding ‘The Wave’

by Nick Spacek January 17, 2020 Print Reviews

‘The Wave’ is a visually impressive trip, but ultimately a very hollow experience.

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Talented Ensemble not Enough to Save ‘Three Christs’

by KB Burke January 17, 2020 Print Reviews

The acting is engaging, but the ensemble drama ‘Three Christs’ is let down by a dull script.

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‘Disturbing the Peace’ is a Crime

by Warren Cantrell January 15, 2020 Print Reviews

The macho, Rambo-esque energy throughout ‘Disturbing the Peace,’ combined with its social politics, make it a thoroughly ugly and distasteful experience.

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Black comedy ‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ offers more than gore

by Nick Spacek January 14, 2020 Print Reviews

Laden with British character actors and featuring a whip-smart story, ‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ (out January 13 on iTunes and Digital HD), takes the road movie formula and turns it into a dryly black comedy about finding one’s true self.

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‘Inherit the Viper’ Doesn’t Bite

by Warren Cantrell January 10, 2020 Print Reviews

‘Inherit the Viper’ is a slick, well-crafted journey into the heart of an opioid-ravaged America that is disappearing in pockets day by day.

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New DVD of 90s Oddity ‘The Spirit Gallery’ Worth Checking Out

by Nick Spacek January 5, 2020 Blu-ray/DVD Reviews

Director John Strysik’s 1995 feature ‘The Spirit Gallery’ is a hallucinatory shot-on-video oddity which manages to take a familiar plot and turn it into something special.

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‘1917’ Is the Movie to End All Movies

by Warren Cantrell January 2, 2020 Print Reviews

Tense, gripping, beautiful, and brutally relentless, director Sam Mendes has achieved something extraordinary with his newest feature, ‘1917.’

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Top 10 Movies of 2019

by Eric Melin December 29, 2019 Top 10s

As Scene-Stealers.com enters our 15th year of bringing you unique perspectives on current movies, we polled our critics for their own Top 10 list of 2019’s best movies, and these are the ones that made the cut.

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Relax: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Isn’t That Bad…From a Certain Point of View

by Warren Cantrell December 24, 2019 Print Reviews

Don’t for one second try to tell me that it is even in the same league of mediocrity as the prequel trilogy.

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‘Spies in Disguise’ is feathery fun

by Kate Valliere December 24, 2019 Print Reviews

The kids will have fun at ‘Spies in Disguise.’

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Big Praise for ‘Little Women’

by Warren Cantrell December 20, 2019 Print Reviews

Greta Gerwig has absolutely knocked it out of the park with her take on Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women,’ which is as affecting as it is relevant.

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‘Cats’ doesn’t even deserve a clever cat pun

by Kate Valliere December 20, 2019 Print Reviews

It’s pretty awful, but ‘Cats’ is somebody’s kink, somewhere.

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The End of an Era and ‘The Rise of Skywalker’

by Sophie Williams December 19, 2019 Print Reviews

Star Wars, at its best, explores these kinds of messy, difficult places in an arc mythic setting, better allowing us to delve into those emotional pits contained within us. Not this one.

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‘1917’ NAMED BEST FILM OF 2019 BY KANSAS CITY FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

by Eric Melin December 16, 2019 Blogs

“1917,” Sam Mendes’ look at a secret mission during World War I, was named the Best Film of the Year by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. The film also took home honors for Mendes’ direction and for its cinematography.

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‘Bombshell’ Easily Defused, Fizzles Out

by Warren Cantrell December 13, 2019 Print Reviews

A ripped-from-the-headlines drama with timely themes and an A+ cast, ‘Bombshell’ has everything it needs to succeed, yet sucks all the same.

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