REVIEW: Revolutionary Road [2008]
“It takes real guts to see the hopelessness” Here it is, the start of suburban sprawl. So many people will look at it as success—the ability to survive and raise a family away from crime, in a...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Town [2010]
“It’ll be just like one of my sunny days” There is just something about Ben Affleck and Boston. Raised in Cambridge, it seems that success and the hometown accent combine as though they are directly...
View Article10/12/10 … Talking Movies with Nick Mendola on WECK 1230AM
On the air with Nick Mendola at Buffalo’s own WECK 1230AM radio. 10/12/10 – Talking about, but not limited to, 127 Hours; The Social Network; Catfish; The Town; Jackass 3D; and A Woman, a Gun and a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sucker Punch [2011]
“It will be a deep sacrifice and a perfect victory” If you’re going to make an R-rated film, you better well do so. Zack Snyder is a director who has been given the green-light to go for broke on all...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bridesmaids [2011]
“Hold on for one more day” The best things a comedy can do are to exceed expectations and prove you don’t need to show all the funny parts in the trailer to con people into coming. Kristen Wiig and...
View ArticleTIFF11 REVIEW: Friends with Kids [2012]
“Death by shark or alligator?” This has been the year of romantic comedies doing their best to overcome the genre and crossover to succeed with men and women alike. An unintentional reunion for four...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda March 2012: Gimmicks and Blurs
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Million Dollar Arm [2014]
“That better have been filtered water” The seventh and final season of “Mad Men” has begun yet star Jon Hamm is only now getting his first leading man role in a feature film. So why does what should be...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Town [2010]
“It’ll be just like one of my sunny days” There is just something about Ben Affleck and Boston. Raised in Cambridge, it seems that success and the hometown accent combine as though they are directly...
View Article10/12/10 … Talking Movies with Nick Mendola on WECK 1230AM
On the air with Nick Mendola at Buffalo’s own WECK 1230AM radio. 10/12/10 – Talking about, but not limited to, 127 Hours; The Social Network; Catfish; The Town; Jackass 3D; and A Woman, a Gun and a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sucker Punch [2011]
“It will be a deep sacrifice and a perfect victory” If you’re going to make an R-rated film, you better well do so. Zack Snyder is a director who has been given the green-light to go for broke on all...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bridesmaids [2011]
“Hold on for one more day” The best things a comedy can do are to exceed expectations and prove you don’t need to show all the funny parts in the trailer to con people into coming. Kristen Wiig and...
View ArticleTIFF11 REVIEW: Friends with Kids [2012]
“Death by shark or alligator?” This has been the year of romantic comedies doing their best to overcome the genre and crossover to succeed with men and women alike. An unintentional reunion for four...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda March 2012: Gimmicks and Blurs
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Million Dollar Arm [2014]
“That better have been filtered water” The seventh and final season of “Mad Men” has begun yet star Jon Hamm is only now getting his first leading man role in a feature film. So why does what should be...
View ArticleREVIEW: Baby Driver [2017]
“They call. I go.” I’ll admit that writer/director Edgar Wright‘s departure from Ant-Man was met with mixed feelings on my part. On one hand I was disappointed that we’d never see what he could have...
View ArticleREVIEW: Tag [2018]
“Our friend is a psychopath and this is scary” The most memorable moment throughout Jeff Tomsic‘s Tag is the introduction of one of the five grown men engaged in a thirty-year game of trading who’s...
View ArticleREVIEW: Bad Times at the El Royale [2018]
“Why even have a bell?” Writer/director Drew Goddard‘s affinity for voyeuristic set-ups continues with Bad Times at the El Royale‘s “pervert hotel” aesthetic. His first feature-length screenplay...
View ArticleTIFF19 REVIEW: The Report [2019]
It’s based on science. It matters that Diane Feinstein and other Senators (John McCain included) fought to make the Intelligence Committee’s report on “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” public because...
View ArticleREVIEW: Richard Jewell [2019]
I’m me. There’s a major difference between fact (Richard Jewell is currently being investigated as a potential suspect) and editorial conjecture meant to carry your byline and publication into the...
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