Scott Mendelson

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

James Cameron has to stop raising expectation levels. It's the job of rival studios and brainless, colluding gossip columnists to inflate expectations to where nothing can meet them, not the director's.

Scott Mendelson

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

With the Internet, it is no longer necessary to go to a theater to see the must-see coming attraction, and I genuinely miss the days when I would watch Entertainment Tonight hoping for a sneak peak at a major preview.

Scott Mendelson

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

Between The Fifth Element, Deep Impact, and now 2012, must the president be black every time the world is about to end?

Mark Blankenship

Pop Culture Critic, www.thecriticalcondition.com

The first quarter of 2009 has been a boon for the movie industry. Film likes Madea Goes to Jail, Fast and Furious, Taken, and Paul Blart: Mall Cop ha...

Scott Mendelson

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

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Melissa Silverstein

At the intersection of feminism and entertainment

Women need to get out and support films they are interested in on opening weekend so they get counted in Hollywood terms.

Scott Mendelson

Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

I don't usually do a "let's rundown all the new trailers," but there were several released just in the last week that are worth discussing.

Dan Brown

Teacher, Author of "The Great Expectations School"

Don LaFontaine, a man with perhaps the most widely recognized and imitated voice in the English-speaking world, has died. He was "The Voice" of over 5,000 movie trailers.

Chris Weigant

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...