Scene Stealers: Jane Lynch in Role Models Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan January 3, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Jane Lynch has been making people laugh since her career began, but she really became a household name in 2009 when she began playing Sue Sylvester in Fox television series Glee. Despite perhaps being most...
Scene Stealers: Fred Willard in Best In Show Conor Morgan December 4, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers A mockumentary by the undisputed master of the genre, Christopher Guest (of This Is Spinal Tap fame), Best In Show follows five pairs of owners and handlers of dogs competing in the prestigious Mayflower...
Scene Stealers: Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross David Brake November 6, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment "You think I'm fucking with you; I'm not fucking with you." Just a curt flick of his tongue and Hollywood's golden boy has your attention. This is no hyperbole. Search your mind and truly ponder this...
Scene Stealers: Matthew McConaughey in The Wolf of Wall Street Eddie Falvey October 16, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It could be said that for the last couple of years Matthew McConaughey has stolen the show in just about everything he’s laid his hands upon. It began in the summer of 2012. Joss Whedon had torn up box...
Scene Stealers: Spike Milligan in Monty Python’s Life of Brian Patrick Taylor September 26, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Monty Python’s Life of Brian is fabled for many things. From poking fun at organised religion, to serenely encouraging us all to (always) look on the bright side of life, it is a film of many and varied...
Scene Stealers: R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket Ben Murphie September 15, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment “I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “Sir”. Do you maggots...
Scene Stealers: Martin Short in Get Over It Stephen O'Nion September 9, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers “Bill Shakespeare was a wonderful poet but Burt Bacharach he ain’t.” With these words Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates, a name and character more suited to breakfast cereal than high school directing, sets...
Scene Stealers: Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors David Brake August 23, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Oh mama. Orin Scrivello is an abusive, nitrous oxide-huffing, sadistic, twisted mad man. In the hands of Steve Martin, he becomes a scene-stealer of the highest quality. The 1986 musical Little Shop of...
Scene Stealers: Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in Love Andy J Smith August 10, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Starlet of the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Shakespeare in Love is a film that offers comedy, heartfelt sincerity and some brilliant performances. Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman’s script leaps off the screen...
Scene Stealers: Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction Madeline Joint August 4, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers This is a bold one, it’s true. With a cast that includes Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, reborn John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Chistopher Walken, Uma Thurman and Ving Rhames it's hard to say...
Scene Stealers: Philip Seymour Hoffman in Punch-Drunk Love Conor Morgan July 8, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Scene Stealers is a new feature exploring supporting characters, smaller roles or particularly memorable cameos that either stick with you more than their screen time would warrant, or steal the whole show...
