Dan Mecca

[Review] Faster

Against all odds and without much warning, George Tillman Jr.'s Faster comes to life with more than just gun shot shells and head wounds, but also style and...

[Review] The Next Three Days

His writing may be somewhat derivative and his direction may be somewhat bland, but few filmmakers can build a scene like Paul Haggis. What starts as the next...
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Luhrmann Plucks His Daisy: Carey Mulligan

After weeks of meetings and readings and the like, director Baz Luhrmann has found his Daisy Buchanan: 'it' girl Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go, Wall Street ...

[Review] Morning Glory

It's hard to know how much to expect from Morning Glory going in. Written and directed by the people behind easy, enjoyable fare like The Devil Wears Prada ...
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DiCaprio To Cut Up ‘The White City’

Leonardo DiCaprio might play the star serial killer of Erik Larson's best-selling non-fiction bestseller The Devil in the White City, which has been in some...

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.