Scott Mendelson's Blog
Open Salon's resident movie nerd and box office geek.
Scott Mendelson
- Location
- Woodland Hills, California, United States
- Birthday
- April 02
- Bio
- A ten-year Salon reader, Mendelson also has a film and politics blog/column at Mendelon's Memos: located at: http://scottalanmendelson.blogspot.com/.
He is also a free lance voice over artist and occasionally contributes film reviews for www.ValleySceneMagazine.com.
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Dark Knight didn't
*really* inspire grim
blockbusters.
May 21, 2012 02:39PM - Why's Rihanna in Battleship
instead of a minority
*actress*?
May 15, 2012 12:52PM - The Avengers's debut is even
more impressive than you
think.
May 07, 2012 12:10PM - Why I don't care if today's
kids know about the Titanic...
April 16, 2012 04:44PM - 9 female directors who should
direct a Hunger Games sequel.
April 11, 2012 01:14PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “10 - "the departed" -
saw it, liked it, put it on my
2006
best-of
list.…”
May 07, 2012 05:47PM - “Hate to tell you this,
but I saw The King's Speech
four
months ago, back when
it…”
March 14, 2011 10:34AM - “There is a single press
screening for The Rite
tomorrow
night, but other
responsi…”
January 24, 2011 02:42PM - “I don't watch either MTV
show, so I may be very
wrong
here.
But when
16 and Preg…”
January 11, 2011 02:06PM - “Yes, I am perhaps
unintentionally slighting
Carpenter's
creepy ghost
story, but &…”
December 14, 2010 11:26AM
Scott Mendelson's Links
- Editor’s Pick
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20 years later, how Batman changed the movie business...
JUNE 24, 2009 10:38AM EDT
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Because girls only go to movies with romance in them...?
JUNE 30, 2009 9:59AM EDT
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David Letterman goes for blood on Palin.
OCTOBER 4, 2008 4:19PM EDT
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Natasha Richardson dies - and People is there (in 3D !)
MARCH 19, 2009 11:15AM EDT
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'Chick Flicks' that are actually good movies
FEBRUARY 9, 2009 10:29AM EST
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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince trailer...
APRIL 17, 2009 12:47PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
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Open Salon Review: Alice in Wonderland: A 3D IMAX Experience
MARCH 4, 2010 11:51AM EST
- Editor’s Pick
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Stop Thief!? Examining the originality of Pixar's movies.
MARCH 10, 2009 11:49PM EDT
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Open Salon review: Let Me In (2010)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 12:01AM EDT
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MPAA: Women enjoying sex = R. Women hating sex: PG-13.
MARCH 28, 2011 9:56AM EDT
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Observe and Report -Yes, it's date rape, but...
APRIL 11, 2009 10:46PM EDT
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Review: X-Men Origins Wolverine
APRIL 30, 2009 9:38PM EDT
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Open Salon review: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
OCTOBER 15, 2009 4:57PM EDT
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Review: Watchmen (2009)
MARCH 4, 2009 12:13PM EST
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Forget Bella. 5 Terrible role models in guy-centric hits.
NOVEMBER 24, 2009 1:47AM EST
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Angelina Jolie's Salt, and the action movie double-standard.
APRIL 21, 2010 8:20PM EDT
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Rush Limbaugh's ad desertion feels good, but should it?
MARCH 7, 2012 1:59PM EST
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In Defense Of Nicole Kidman...
JANUARY 6, 2009 10:22AM EST
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Open Salon review: Whip It (2009)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 11:18AM EDT
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2009 in Review: Worst Movies of the Year
DECEMBER 23, 2009 11:57AM EST
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RIP: Law and Order (1990-2010)
MAY 18, 2010 11:08AM EDT
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The Looney Tunes return!
MAY 20, 2010 12:51PM EDT
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- 28 Comments
Katy Perry bumped off Sesame Street for being attractive.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 1:03PM EDT
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- 5 Comments
Roger Ebert’s funniest, sharpest review in a long time….
OCTOBER 17, 2008 3:51PM EDT
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Sure, Twilight may be sexist, but it's also female escapism
NOVEMBER 24, 2008 10:30AM EST
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