Why an R-rating for A Good Day To Die Hard matters...

Bruce Willis let it be known to Harry Knowles late Friday night (and Fox confirmed sometime later) that A Good Day To Die Hard  will be open...

Press Release: A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD to go IMAX.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX’S  A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD TO OPEN IN IMAX ®  THEATRES WORLDWIDE FEBRUARY 2013 LOS ANGELES –  Dec. 14, 2012 – IMAX Corp...

Fox takes its shot at the animation crown with an Epic trailer.

Putting aside the unfortunate "comic relief" of Aziz Ansari's wisecracking slug, this looks quite promising.  The film looks g...

Review: Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012) is a mostly engrossing, richly moral inside-baseball political drama.

Lincoln 2012 145 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson In terms of long-gestating passion projects, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln ( traile...

The Wolverine gets a stylized teaser poster.

Thanks to Slashfilm for the 'get'.  This is a nice piece of stylized comic book art for what is looking to be a potentially interes...

A chance to shatter a glass ceiling: Fox should hire Jane Goldman to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past.

I'm going to make this as brief as I can.  As most of you know, the industry was somewhat stunned this afternoon when it was announced t...

Review: Taken 2 (2012) cuts its nose to spite its face.

Taken 2 2012 92 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Despite my best efforts, I actually saw Taken 2 last night.  Long-story short, I had ...

John Gosling previews the week's new releases (08/03/12).

Staring this week, Mendelson's Memos is proud and pleased to be presenting weekly new release previews from John Gosling.  Mr. Gosling ...

"Death doesn't like to be cheated." Why the Ice Age series is the Final Destination of animated franchises:

For those who wonder why I go out of my way to praise the Dreamworks Animation library, even the Madagascar films, you might want to sample ...

Good movie news in 2012: the return of R-rated movies.

Normally, I wouldn't be one to consider Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (which to be fair I have not yet seen ) as a shining example of...

Bad films have good ideas too. Or why Prometheus shouldn't get a token pass for its 'big ideas'.

Here's a newsflash: Most movies are inherently about 'something'.  Art films are about 'something'.  Studio prestige pic...

Midnight box office: Prometheus earns $3.56 million at 12:01am. Weekend looks to be around $64 million.

For the first time since The Avengers , a major summer movie has landed where its midnight grosses are actually somewhat relevant.  The hotl...

Review: Prometheus (2012) has stunning visuals, but with a generic story, old ideas, and thin characters.

Prometheus 2012 124 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Come what may, Prometheus is a mid-level version of what it is.  By that, I mean it ...

A masterpiece then and now: Why James Cameron's Titanic needs no defense.

This is an expanded and updated version of an essay I wrote on November 11th, 2007.   It was right at the opening credit sequence. That haun...

Alien prequel/spin-off Prometheus gets two very Alien-like trailers.

This looks entertaining, it's well-cast, and yes there are moments that suggest a pretty large scale, but at the end of the day, it stil...