Scene Stealers: Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids Louise Burrell June 9, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Melissa McCarthy has carved herself quite the lucrative niche in recent years, playing the loud, brash character who will say literally anything to get a laugh. Her latest comedy vehicle The Boss hits UK...
Scene Stealers: Judy Greer in Grandma Rachel Brook June 7, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Grandma is an excellent film, featuring an equally excellent performance from the hilarious and hell-raising Lily Tomlin in the titular role. As her pregnant teenage granddaughter Sage, Julia Garner makes a...
Scene Stealers: Rose Byrne In Spy Naomi Soanes May 6, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It isn’t a secret that Spy isn’t exactly Oscar-worthy – nor was it even the biggest hit of 2015. But it’s a hell of a lot of fun. And this is in the most part due to Rose Byrne and her undoubtedly...
Scene Stealers: Philip Seymour Hoffman In Mission: Impossible III Patrick Taylor May 4, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Normally when we talk about a certain actor stealing a scene, it’s an instance when they’ve completely owned a particular portion of screentime and left the audience wishing they’d return. In the case of...
Scene Stealers: Carey Mulligan in Inside Llewyn Davis Nick Evan-Cook March 2, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Jesus Quintana. Anton Chigurh. Osbourne Cox. Most characters played by John Goodman. The entire supporting cast of The Big Lebowski. From sex pests and kidnappers to psychotic murderers and plain...
Scene Stealers: Brie Larson in Scott Pilgrim vs The World Tom Bond February 24, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers This weekend, Brie Larson is going to win her first Best Actress Oscar for Room. Trust me. It will be a well-deserved honour after her complex, emotional performance in the film, and a long-overdue reward for...
Scene Stealers: Sir Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs Daniel Orton February 13, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Dr Hannibal Lecter is without doubt the most terrifying villain ever to grace the big screen. FACT. The AFI has voted him the Number One villain of the last 100 years, out-villaining even the murderous loner...
Scene Stealers: Will Ferrell in Zoolander Tom Bond February 11, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers You know, there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good-looking. Sometimes you need a great fashion sense as well. Ben Stiller may dominate Zoolander as writer, director and idiotic lead,...
Scene Stealers: Bruce Campbell in the Spider-Man Trilogy Conor Morgan October 30, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Bruce Campbell, the mighty chin, has a long association with his friend, director Sam Raimi. Campbell is almost as regular a feature in Raimi's films as his beloved Oldsmobile Delta 88, 'The Classic'. This car...
Scene Stealers: Kenneth Branagh in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Nick Evan-Cook July 31, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It's a fact widely acknowledged that the first two entries in the eight part Harry Potter adaptations, helmed by noted "bean counter" Chris Columbus, were the series' weakest. Uninspiring, overlong and...
Scene Stealers: Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers Sam Kerridge July 16, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Wedding Crashers is not a ground-breaking film. Most of the characters are unapologetically one-dimensional, the romantic dilemmas are predictable and most of the jokes were done better in American Pie, six...
Scene Stealers: Vanessa Redgrave in Atonement David Brake April 14, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It’s rare that a film hangs upon a single point. A small moment that affects the entire direction, feel and impact of a film. By Atonement's end, Vanessa Redgrave shoulders this responsibility. In the final...
Scene Stealers: Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights Thom Denson February 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers "You want somethin' to drink? A little pill, a little coke, a little dope? I got everything!" In 1997, Californian auteur Paul Thomas Anderson shone a spotlight on the American adult entertainment industry...
Scene Stealers: Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer Phil W. Bayles January 28, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers "Passengers, eternal order flows from the sacred engine. We must occupy our preordained position. I belong to the front, you belong to the tail. Know your place! Keep your place!" Tilda Swinton has earned a...
Scene Stealers: J.K. Simmons in Spider-Man Nick Evan-Cook January 9, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers “Cash money for a picture of Spider-Man!” The beauty of J.K. Simmons as an actor is that he has made a career out of stealing the thunder of his better-known, more highly-paid co-stars. Rarely being...
