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Eric Melin
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- Summer movie preview: Which new franchises will take flight?
- May 12, 2013
- Nobody ever accused Hollywood of being original, so it’s no wonder that so many sequels and reboots are on deck for 2013. The big question is whether any new franchises will be able to separate themselves from the pack this summer.
- Feature presentation
- Free State Film Festival to showcase movies that get community talking
- April 25, 2013
- The Free State Film Festival this weekend includes a lineup f independent movies, short films, discussions, workshops and live theater that should leave people talking. By Eric Melin
- Young filmmakers focused on festival this weekend
- April 11, 2013
- For the past school year, high school students from across northeast Kansas have written, acted in and produced their own original short films in anticipation of this weekend — and now there’s nothing to do but wait. By Eric Melin
- Life story: Lawrence native’s film opens across U.S.
- April 4, 2013
- Lawrence native Alonso Mayo’s first feature-length film, “The Story Of Luke” — starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Seth Green, and Cary Elwes — opens Friday in 18 cities across the country, including a 7 p.m. screening at Liberty Hall. By Eric Melin
- A return to Oz
- ‘Great and Powerful’ a high-tech take on classic, unique universe
- March 3, 2013
- “Oz the Great and Powerful,” out Friday, is the second movie Disney has produced that’s set in the mystical Land of Oz, though you may not recognize the studio’s first foray into novelist L. Frank Baum’s fantasy word. By Eric Melin
- Oz over the years
- March 3, 2013
- A look at some of the forms (successful and not so much) “The Wizard of Oz” has taken over the years. By Eric Melin
- At annual film festival, silence is golden
- February 17, 2013
- Film buffs will get a chance to see silent films almost 100 years old, complete with live music accompaniment, at the 17th Annual Kansas Silent Film Festival on Friday and Saturday at Washburn University in Topeka. By Eric Melin
- Scene Stealers: The best movies of 2012
- January 6, 2013
- Most of the best films of the year didn’t exactly catch fire at the box office.
- John Lithgow’s hilarious ‘Stories by Heart’ has deep subtext
- September 13, 2012
- Telling stories is essentially what actors do, which means John Lithgow has been telling stories virtually all his life.
- Familiar faces coming to the big screen this fall
- Gandalf, Bond and Lincoln in most-anticipated films this awards season
- September 9, 2012
- The fall is traditionally the time of year studios release what they think gives them their best chance for Oscar gold, and there’s an intriguing crop of movies slated for release for the rest of 2012.
- Will of the people May 21, 2013 · 35 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 23 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 87 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 10 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 45 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 19 comments
- Editorial: Development shift? May 24, 2013 · 3 comments
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013 · 2 comments
- Editorial: Guns, speech May 23, 2013 · 28 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
- No consensus on McLemore's draft position after lottery May 23, 2013
- 100 years ago: Exhausted man rescued after collapse on railroad tracks May 22, 2013
- 40 years ago: Liquor-by-the-drink banned on trains passing through Kansas May 17, 2013
- KU football adds Miami Ohio wide receiver Nick Harwell May 22, 2013
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- Arrest made in death of former Jayhawk McMillan May 23, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
