Dan Mecca

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[Festival Spotlight] New York Lately

By Dan Mecca Sporting a familiar story in a familiar city, writer/director Gary King's indie film New York Lately is a very comfortable affair. Most reminisc...
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Melissa Leo Set To Get Wet

As reported in Variety, Melissa Leo,  Frozen River star and recent first-time Oscar nominee, has signed on to the indie film Betty Ann Waters, joining Sam Roc...
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Why Watchmen Is Doomed To Disappoint

By Dan Mecca I don't know about you, but I've been watching these clips Warner Bros. have been putting out, and the whole thing's just not registering with m...
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Watchmen Deemed “Staggering Failure”

Well, this doesn't look good. As reported by Jeff Wells on Hollywood Elsewhere. Read the short review here. I've read the graphic novel and love, but actually...
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[Early Review] Crossing Over

Well, 'at least it was better than Crash' seems to be the general opinion of Variety writer Todd McCarthy, who offered this short, but sweet, early review of ...
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Rainn Wilson Getting Serious?

Rainn Wilson, TV and movie star most famous for his role as Dwight on "The Office" wrote this interesting opinion piece for CNN on the Baha'i religion and its...

Dan Mecca

Managing Editor

Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.