Scene Stealers

‘Ex Machina’ disturbs, ‘The Wrecking Crew’ rocks

There are a lot of very uncomfortable gender issues being raised in **“Ex Machina,”** the directorial debut of novelist/screenwriter **Alex Garland** now playing in theaters across Kansas City. Taking on the point of view of a lonely programmer named Caleb (**Domnhall Gleeson**) — who ...

Why Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ is the best Marvel show yet

Can't wait for "The Avengers"? Tide yourself over with "Daredevil." In his video blog, Scene Stealers film critic Eric Melin explains why the raw, gritty "Daredevil" is Marvel's best TV show to date. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7pi9MoMs2g

1152-Hour Film Fest gives filmmakers time in more ways than one

This is the fifth year that Lawrence resident and Kansas University graduate **Bradley Cook** has made a short film for the annual Wild West Film Fest. Like the previous four years, his new film **“Descent 5: The Illusory Descension of Infinity”** was produced as part of a series, but ...

‘The Last Unicorn’ a rare kind of kids movie

This next sentence is going to sound like a massive name-dropping brain dump, but bear with me, because if you are a fan of nostalgic pop culture, it will probably at least arouse your curiosity: In 1982, the team of **Arthur Rankin Jr.** and **Jules Bass** — who made all those great ...

Don’t be ‘Furious,’ it’s only fantasy!

This weekend, millions of filmgoers will enter a fantasy world where beautiful, fantastical creatures unburdened by the laws of physics will frolic in the richest kingdom on their planet and pilot customized, futuristic machinery that flies through the air. The story they will see is ...