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Entries by Scott Mendelson from 03/2009

Review: Watchmen (2009)

| Posted 03.04.2009

The production is handsome, the acting is exceptional, and the special effects are mostly effective. But, at the end of the day, Watchmen is not an exciting story.

Watchmen Does $55 Million Over Opening Weekend -- Why this is Good News and Bad News

| Posted 03.08.2009

When you factor in the money earned, as well as the gender neutral demographics, Watchmen comes off as a male version of Sex & The City.

Stop thief! Does Pixar create the least original stories ever told?

| Posted 03.10.2009

This is something that has bugged me for awhile, and it came to a head during a discussion in the comment section of my Watchmen review over at Huffin...

"Lex Luthor Bailout" with Jon Hamm

| Posted 03.11.2009
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The bald cap needs more glue, but this is otherwise a great little video with Jon Hamm, our favorite would-be Steve Rogers/Hal Jordan, as Lex Luthor.

Dwayne Johnson - the next Alec Balwdin/Steve Martin/Christopher Walken of Saturday Night Live?

| Posted 03.11.2009
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My wife and I record Saturday Night Live and when we watch it later in the week, we like to play a game... let's see how many sketches we end up fast...

Batman In The Movies - The narrative arc of Bruce Wayne in the first film series...

| Posted 03.13.2009

This is an essay I wrote last June on Mendelson's Memos, in advance of The Dark Knight's theatrical release. Since it specifically concerns the origi...

When villains become heroes- the second-acts of cinema's best bad guys

| Posted 03.14.2009

There is a much quoted line about thirty-minutes into Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, where District Attorney Harvey Dent gravely intones 'you ei...

Watchmen Goes Down Hard (Friday box office numbers for 3/13/09)

| Posted 03.14.2009

While we can argue about the relative success of last weekend's opening, it can no longer be denied that Watchmen will cost Warner Bros. quite a bit of money.

DVD Review: Watchmen The Complete Motion Comic (2009)

| Posted 03.16.2009
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Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic 2009 325 minutes Not Rated Available on DVD or Blu Ray on March 3rd. by Scott Mendelson Well, this is an interes...

Watchmen continues to bleed, Witch Mountain races to #1, and Taken will not die (weekend box office rundown for 03-15-09)

| Posted 03.17.2009

Well, the bleeding clotted somewhat on Watchmen, with a 'mere' 68% drop in weekend two, ending with $17.7 million. It's ten-day take is now at a trou...

Review: The Great Buck Howard (2009)

| Posted 03.18.2009

In the end, it's is a small story, well-told by actors who rise above the sometimes stock plot mechanics. It's also worth seeing for John Malkovich's wonderfully atypical performance.

Natasha Richardson Dies at 45 -- and People Magazine Is There Immediately (with 3D Glasses!)

| Posted 03.19.2009

As most of you know by now, Natasha Richardson died yesterday after a skiing accident. Obvious sympathies go out to husband Liam Neeson, their two so...

In Defense of Nicolas Cage

| Posted 03.22.2009

Cage has a varied filmography, with various genres, many interesting directors, and far more smaller-scale pictures than you'd think from all the hand-wringing.

Blu Ray review: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood (2009)

| Posted 03.24.2009

Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter and Under The Hood Available of DVD and Blu Ray on March 24th from Warner Home Video. ...

Review: The Education Of Charlie Banks (2009)

| Posted 03.28.2009

The Education Of Charlie Banks is a film that succeeds at being good without really succeeding in being worthwhile.

Scott Mendelson's Huffington Post Friday box office rundown (03/27/09).

| Posted 03.28.2009

This will be shorter than usual because so much is up in the air due to the nature of the two big openers. I will say that there was a major surprise...

Scott Mendelson's Huffington Post weekend box office rundown (3/29/09)

| Posted 03.29.2009

Well, it's 3.55x for Monsters Vs. Aliens. The much hyped 3D toon from Dreamworks took in a best-of-2009 opening weekend of $59.3 million. This inclu...

Mother Behind Megan's Law Speaks out Against Branding 'Sexting' Children as Child Pornographers

| Posted 03.29.2009

There is a current insane trend of charging young people (usually girls) with various forms of child pornography for posting or texting sexual images of themselves.