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Review of The Act of Killing (2012)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

a fascinating exploration into the ways that guilt can manifest itself ... a mind-boggling two hours…

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Review of West of Memphis (2012)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

A documentary that distills 19 years of a witch hunt, a grass roots movement, lost leads, confusion, countless appeals, and hope into one remarkable…

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Review of Fruitvale Station (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

There are scenes that were certainly fabricated for the movie, but the emotional truth behind them feels real…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

The world-building is fantastic and detailed...When there is violence, it is gory and brief, used to shocking (and sometimes campy, whether…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

Besides droll supporting work from an excellent Charles Grodin, Ishtar also gets a lot of mileage out of its terrible and terribly funny songs…

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Review of 2 Guns (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

It's the casting of 2 Guns, which sports as familiar a formula as can be, that keeps it breezy and fun for most of its 105-minute running time…

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Review of The Wolverine (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

After 2009′s bland X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it's refreshing to see Hugh Jackman inhabit the character in a movie that actually understands…

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Review of Aftershock (2012)

By Eric Melin (822) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 08 Aug 2013

It feels like overeager tourists playing make believe on the old Earthquake attraction at Universal Studios…

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Review of Magic Magic (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Aug 2013

As a study in deliberate pacing and unsettling tone, Magic Magic is a success…

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Review of World War Z (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 21 Jul 2013

The ultimate strength of World War Z is its ability to consistently create ticking-clock situations for its characters after laying out very…

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Review of Stoker (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 21 Jul 2013

Classic film language has been fixed since the 20th century and modern film language can be so frenetic that it's refreshing to see a daring…

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Review of Evil Dead (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 21 Jul 2013

Rarely do you find a modern reboot that has the power to satisfy fans of a revered franchise while simultaneously grabbing audiences unfamiliar…

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Review of An Affair of the Heart (2012)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 21 Jul 2013

Although it veers dangerously into whitewash territory several times, the movie wears its heart on its sleeve, which is appropriate for a film…

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Review of The Way Way Back (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Jul 2013

Liam James is the introverted heart of the film, and is somewhat of a revelation…

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Review of The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 21 Jul 2013

A tedious, underwhelming cash grab if there ever was one - a cynical attempt to use the iconic bent-over-backwards image of a possessed girl…

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Review of Pacific Rim (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 11 Jul 2013

It has enough bombast and vigor for 100 summer movies, but it also has a firm grasp on what makes genre storytelling work, and it's del Toro's…

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Review of Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 16 Jun 2013

There is a lot of hollow talk about codes of honor and some really corny dialogue and delivery, but the light tone and breakneck pace make…

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Review of This Is the End (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 16 Jun 2013

Because its transplanted the egotistical and childish behavior normally reserved for Team Apatow's lovable manchild characters onto the actors…

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Review of Medium Cool (1969)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 16 Jun 2013

Despite the 1968 conflict(s) dating the film to a very specific time and place in American history, there's nothing that can't be applied to…

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Review of Now You See Me (2013)

By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 30 May 2013

A slick piece of populist entertainment [with] an extra layer of fun guesswork built in because its characters are constantly explaining how…

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