Jenkins Set To ‘Eat, Pray’ Against Roberts
As reported in Variety, Recent Oscar nominee and eternal character actor Richard Jenkins (The Visitor, Step Brothers) has signed up for the film adaptation of...
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Mike Judge’s ‘Extract’ Trailer
Writer/Director Mike Judge has given us cult fave Office Space and the underappreciated Idiocracy. Here is a trailer for his new film, starring Jason Bateman,...
Was Fox Smart To Fire Friedman?
By Dan Mecca
On Monday, Variety confirmed that Fox News entertainment blogger Roger Friedman was fired by the company after publishing an early review of the...
Leno’s 10 p.m. Debut Lingers Close, NBC Moneymen Get Anxious
As most reading probably already know, Jay Leno is not retiring but rather moving up earlier in the night to a daily 10 p.m. spot, washing away NBC's entire l...
The Return of Hollywood Eurocentrism? Or Something Worse?
By Dan Mecca
Not that Eurocentrism has ever really gone away, but at least high-profile filmmakers were trying to conceal it with "noble" films like Crash. H...
McConaughey Defending The Law, Lincoln Style
As Variety reports, rom-com whore, all-around decent actor and attractive male movie star Matthew McConaughey is set to star in Lakeshore Entertainment's The ...
[Review] Adventureland
By Dan Mecca
If honesty is the best quality, Adventureland is the gem of the cinematic year so far. Written and directed by Greg Mottola (the guy who dir...
Trailer For Sam Mendes’ Away We Go
Take a peek at Away We Go, the new film by Sam Mendes, the director behind American Beauty, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road.
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[First Look] Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro
Hello all! It's good to be back in Buffalo and in the world of film news. Jordan and I took a nice little break to drive up and down the east coast, and we sa...
Cloverfield Director Attached To Let the Right One In Remake
Oh no. Or maybe not. As reported by the guys over at Get The Big Picture, the incredible Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredso...
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.