Dan Mecca

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Top 20 Films of 2008 [Dan]

Unlike Jordan, I decided to stay traditional and put down the 20 best films of the year. Because if I did put down my faves something silly like Role Models mig...
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In Defense of…the 2008 film season

The general consensus of the past year of movies is a rather negative one, from a critical standpoint. "We were spoiled in 2007," seems to be the excuse, and it...
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Top 5 Most Underappreciated Films of 2008

5. AugustThis smart taut 85- minute character study watches the collapse of the '01 web bubble the month before 9/11 through the eyes of Tom Sterling (Josh Hart...
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[Review] Valkyrie

Valkyrie, directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns), tells the undeniably interesting true story of Nazi Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise, Tropic Th...

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.